France imports 'record levels' of power on nuclear outages ----- Original Message ----- From: Andr é Larivi è re-R é seau Sortir du nucl é aire To: Andr é Larivi è re Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 3:39 AM Subject: [rezo-nuke-info] France imports 'record levels' of power on nuclear outages
26/11/2007 : Platts France imports 'record levels' of power on nuclear outages Platts, 26 November 2007 France imports 'record levels' of power on nuclear outages:report France imported "massive" levels of power to make up for a shortfall in nuclear power production in the country during October and the start of November, according to a report Monday. The report in French daily Les Echos quotes Dominique Maillard, chairman of the French grid manager RTE, as saying state power company EDF is being forced to import "record levels" of power. Output is down because technical problems at several nuclear power plants have prolonged periods of maintenance, leaving some reactors offline for longer than scheduled periods, the paper said. A recent fall in temperatures to below seasonal norms has made this situation worse, it added. Over the year, the availability of France's nuclear power reactors is set to fall to 80%, "its lowest level for eight years," the report said. Already in October, France increased its imports of power by 143% and reduced its exports by 21%, and "the scenario is likely to repeat itself often this winter," according to Les Echos. According to the report, EDF's biggest headache concerns the cleaning of steam generators. The company has had problems with reactors at the Bugey, Chinon, Cruas, Paluel and Saint-Alban nuclear power plants, the paper said. Some 13% of France's total nuclear power generating capacity is currently off-line, according to last available information from EDF on Friday. Seven reactors representing 7,900 MW from a total nameplate generating capacity of 62,720 MW were stopped in the week to November 23, according to information from EDF. Neither RTE nor EDF were available immediately Monday to comment on the report. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- [rezo-nuke-info] - Mailing list in english about nuclear and energy alternatives. The information given on the list are not always representative of the Reseau "Sortir du nucleaire" opinion - http://www.sortirdunucleaire.org/index.php?menu=english&page=index To unsubscribe send an empty mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------
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