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Aren't France shutting down a large number of plants due to safety issues?
by Baloo 4y ago
Aren't France shutting down a large number of plants due to safety issues?
- BurningFrog 4y agoLooked this up, and France is having several nuclear problems at once, including that rivers used for cooling is getting too warm in the summer. Some of it is indeed security concerns in aging reactors. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/18/business/france-nuclear-power-russia.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/18/business/france-nuclear-p...
- Georgelemental 4y agoYes, France is shutting down perfectly functional reactors like Fessenheim that could continue working for decades with minimal maitenance. And now electricity prices are projected to dectuple
- synotna2 4y agoIf only coal and gas were held to the same standard