Plants are down for maintenance (this is the 'corrosion' bit in the NYT articles). They were already announcing planned reductions (for maintenance) back in wi

Plants are down for maintenance (this is the 'corrosion' bit in the NYT articles). They were already announcing planned reductions (for maintenance) back in winter 2022 (https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/power-group-edf-cuts-2023-french-nuclear-output-estimate-2022-02-11/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/power-group-edf-cuts...) I believe additional issues have popped up since then causing EDF to plan additional maintenance shutdowns.