By Forrest Crellin, March 24, 2023 https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/strikes-hit-french-nuclear-output-disrupt-edf-maintenance-plans-2023-03-24/ PARIS, March 24 (Reuters) - Strikes in France are impacting maintenance plans at EDF's (EDF.PA) nuclear plants, curbing production just as the utility hoped to rebound from a 34-year output low last year. At least 14 nuclear reactors in EDF's fleet of 56 have suffered some delay affecting their maintenance plans, data…
Strikes in France are impacting maintenance plans at EDF's nuclear plants, curbing production just as the utility hoped to rebound from a 34-year output low last year.
More strikes against the government's plans to make the French retire two years later, at 64, are scheduled in the energy sector and beyond next Tuesday amid a nationwide day of protests. At nuclear reactors, the strike ended early because grid operator RTE requested that the nuclear supply be returned to the network due to the cold, a spokesperson for the energy branch of the union FNME-CGT said.
A nationwide strike against pension reform in France led to a substantial fall in electricity output and halted deliveries from refineries operated by TotalEnergies and Esso on Thursday.
By Forrest Crellin, Benjamin Mallet and America Hernandez PARIS (Reuters) -A nationwide strike against pension reform in France led to a substantial f.