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The spot price rises on the drop in wind and nuclear demand, as well as higher French demand
19 Dec 2024 12:27 GMT
… wind production output, and French nuclear availability fell sharply.
LSEG… French nuclear availability fell seven percentage points, to 81%, as Tricastin 1 reactors …
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How Nuclear O&M Is Evolving for the Emerging Power Paradigm
19 Nov 2024 16:58 GMT
… nuclear reactors across 31 countries. As the International Atomic … prominence. The Krsko Nuclear Power Plant in Slovenia offers one … movements, it contends. Nuclear power plants modulate their output for … an issue: the Tricastin nuclear site example shows that …
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Climate change, maintenance major issues in French reactor life extensions
24 Oct 2024 01:47 GMT
… temperature at which reactors and reactor equipment are functional … at our most southern nuclear power plant, Tricastin, the maximum temperature … the likelihood of permanent reactor closures, Pelle added. … of countries where nuclear reactors are operating with …
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Cruas Nuclear Power Station
03 Apr 2024 10:13 GMT
The Cruas Nuclear Power Station (Centrale nucléaire de Cruas) is a nuclear power plant located in Cruas … is 35 km north of Tricastin Nuclear Power Center and near the … .
The Cruas-Meysse nuclear power plant has four 915 MWe nuclear reactors, for a total …
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Prices of nuclear spot prices fall on increased availability
03 Sep 2024 13:25 GMT
… Tuesday, as French nuclear availability increased and … Tricastin 3 reactor was brought back online, French nuclear availability … nuclear operator, raised its projections for 2024 power output from their reactors … performance by its nuclear fleet during the …
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EDF cuts nuclear production in reaction to soaring temperatures
14 Aug 2024 14:13 GMT
… risk".
A reactor located at the Bugey nuclear power plant, a site near … are being taken at the Tricastin site. This is located in … temperatures can interfere with nuclear processes as reactors are heavily reliant on …
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France Warns of Nuclear Cuts as European Heat Intensifies
08 Aug 2024 11:01 GMT
… will likely curtail production at nuclear reactors from this weekend as the … uses water to cool its reactors before releasing it into … said in a statement. The Tricastin facility may see cuts starting … France’s fleet of 56 reactors provides more than two-thirds …
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EDF secures 'green' financing for extended operation of reactors
13 May 2024 18:32 GMT
… its existing nuclear power plant fleet in France.
The Tricastin plant comprises … Tricastin nuclear power plant in southern France became the first French power reactor … Gravelines, Saint-Laurent and Tricastin nuclear power plants.
ASN said the improvements …
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French reactor using full core of recycled uranium fuel
01 Mar 2024 15:50 GMT
… of the Cruas-Meysse nuclear power plant in south-eastern France … from used fuel from nuclear reactors that has been processed … in its 900 MWe power plants. The first enriched reprocessed … on the Tricastin site.
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France Looks To Keep Nuclear Power Plants Running Despite Heatwave
08 Aug 2022 16:55 GMT
… at the nuclear power plants Blayais, Bugey, Golfech, Saint-Alban, and Tricastin.
The regulator … to cool reactors.
France has had issues with its nuclear power … countries. Prolonged maintenance at several nuclear reactors this year, however, means that …