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- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 02 July 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfessenheim-closes-down-8004216
The shutdown, at 22:00 local time on 29 June, brings the number of commercial reactors in France’s nuclear fleet to 56.
Fessenheim-1, an identical 880-MW pressurised water reactor was permanently shut down on 22 February 2020.
In September 2019, EDF submitted an application to France’s nuclear regulator ASN and the French government for the closure of the two units at Fessenheim, in eastern France near the border with Germany
EDF said that under an agreement signed with the French government the utility will receive compensation for the early closure of both Fessenheim units, because it is a direct result from a 2015 law on energy transition.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 01 July 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/unit-2-at-france-s-oldest-nuclear-station-shuts-downs-for-good-6-2-2020
EDF has disconnected France's longest serving nuclear power unit - Fessenheim 1 - from the electricity grid, thus ending the reactor's 42 years of low-carbon electricity production. The unit was removed from the network at 2am on 22 February, as scheduled. The utility said the primary circuit cooling operations had been initiated to open the reactor vessel and unload its fuel. Unit 2 is scheduled for closure on 30 June.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 25 February 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Frances-oldest-reactor-ends-power-generation
President Francois Hollande of France will publish a decree later this year, formally launching the process to shut down France's oldest nuclear power plant, the Associated Press reported on 26 April. Hollande's 2012 election pledge was to limit nuclear's share of French generation at 50% by 2025 and the closure of the ageing Fessenheim plant in eastern France by the end of 2016. "Discussions are ongoing between the state and EDF on the conditions of this move," Hollande said during a speech on the environment at the Elysee palace.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 27 April 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfrance-agree-to-close-fessenheim-4876136