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Fessenheim / France Confirms Closure Of Unit 1 This Month, Unit 2 In June

By David Dalton
16 January 2020

France Confirms Closure Of Unit 1 This Month, Unit 2 In June
The Fesseneim nuclear plant’s two reactors will both be shut down this year. Photo courtesy Wikipedia.
The Fessenheim-1 nuclear power plant in France will be permanently shut down as scheduled on 22 February followed by Fessenheim-2 in June, French prime minister Edouard Philippe confirmed on Wednesday.Fessenheim-1 and -2 are both 880-MW pressurised water reactor units which began commercial operation in 1978. This makes them the oldest reactor units still operational in the French nuclear fleet.In September French state-controlled utility EDF submitted an application to the national nuclear regulator ASN and the French government for the permanent shutdown of the two-unit Fessenheim station near Colmar in northeast France.

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