EDF revises its nuclear production estimate downwards

EDF is now revising its nuclear production estimate for 2022 downwards.”The whole schedule is upside down. Firstly because there are at least four nuclear reactors whose shutdown will be extended, it is a question of safety, with corrosion phenomena which are much more complex to repair“, explains thee journalist David Boéri, present on the 19/20 set of France 3, Friday November 4.

Moreover, a social movement has “slowed down maintenance work for several weeks“, adds the journalist. The government was counting on a restart before winter, but that will not be possible, “car at least two months late“, specifies David Boéri, who continues: “Today, of the 56 nuclear reactors installed in France, 26 are shut down and only 30 are in operation. It would take more to meet the demand for electricity in the event of extreme cold.“However, the restarting of the reactors affected by the corrosion phenomenon,”initially planned between mid-November and mid-December, will only take place at best from the end of January and the end of February 2023“, underlines the journalist. If for the moment, cuts are not planned, everything will depend on the weather conditions for the coming weeks.