Source : Financial Times
Last updated : August 11, 2014 2:38 pm EDF Energy shuts down four UK nuclear reactors
By Guy Chazan
EDF Energy has shut down four of its UK reactors – a quarter of its total nuclear generating capacity – after discovering a fault in a boiler unit, in a move that highlights the challenges facing Britain’s ageing energy infrastructure.
The company said on Monday it had found a defect on a boiler spine at a reactor at its Heysham-1 plant in Lancashire, (...)