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Because their nuclear power plants are currently going belly up one after another. Many of them are the same model, with parts from the same factory. That fact
by konschubert 4y ago
Because their nuclear power plants are currently going belly up one after another.
Many of them are the same model, with parts from the same factory. That factory made some bad parts. They need to be exchanged. It takes a lot of time, many months.
- paraboul 4y agoThis is not entirely true. Some power plants are just coincidentally under planned maintenance.
- jakewins 4y agoAlso significant capacity loss from plants unable to run in droughts, since they rely on cooling water that has now dried up. Nukes reliant on Loire valley water are currently curtailing production.
- sofixa 4y ago> Nukes reliant on Loire valley water are currently curtailing production. That's old information, the Loire is back up to normal levels after the last two weeks of rain, so nuclear power plants should be operating as before.
- boshomi 4y agoProduction continues to fall so far: https://energy-charts.info/charts/power/chart.htm?l=de&c=FR&stacking=stacked_absolute_area&interval=month https://energy-charts.info/charts/power/chart.htm?l=de&c=FR&...