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Climate could pay the price as Europe s nuclear plants age Reuters 21/12/2020 By Nina Chestney and Susanna Twidale © Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann FILE PHOTO: Night view shows Electricite de France nuclear power plant near Fessenheim By Nina Chestney and Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - Nuclear power capacity able to supply roughly 60 million homes is scheduled to close this decade as utilities struggle to replace northwest Europe s ageing reactors, raising the risk of higher carbon emissions as fossil fuels plug the gap. Nuclear power provides around a quarter of the European Union s electricity generation, with 15 of the 27 nations hosting 107 reactors that provide total capacity of around 100 gigawatts (GW).

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