Juillet 2017 / Bloomberg

EDF May Have to Shut Up to 17 Reactors, Ecology Minister Says

By Francois De Beaupuy

10 juillet 2017 � 09:10 UTC+2 Government plans to cut share of atomic power to 50% by 2025 Nuclear accounted for 72% of French electricity output in 2016

Electricite de France SA, the state-controlled operator of 58 nuclear reactors in France, may have to shut as many as 17 to fulfill government plans to reduce the share of atomic power in the country’s electricity output to 50 percent by 2025, Ecology Minister Nicolas Hulot said. (...)

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