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Décembre 2010 / Bloomberg

EDF Gets First Extension to Operate Nuclear Reactor for 40 Years



By Tara Patel

Electricite de France SA, the biggest operator of atomic plants, was given approval by the country’s nuclear watchdog to run a 30-year-old reactor for another decade, the first owned by the utility to get such an extension.

The Autorite de Surete Nucleaire, or ASN, said the 900- megawatt Unit 1 at the Tricastin plant in southern France underwent inspections in 2009 that found it “suitable” to operate for 10 more years, according to a statement from the overseer of safety at (…)

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