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 (…)