Juin 2016 / Reuters

Strikes reduce French power output, outages in some areas - CGT

Thu Jun 2, 2016 6:54am EDT

French nuclear power output fell by over 2,400 megawatts (MW) on Thursday, causing a few local blackouts, the CGT union said, after workers at utility EDF joined a nationwide rolling strike against a government plan to reform labour laws.

The union said in a statement that output from at least six of France's 19 nuclear plants had been reduced by 0900 GMT after members walked out or reduced output at some sites.

However, the reported impact was (...)

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