France is facing widespread power cuts as workers of the country’s power utility company, EDF, joined nationwide protests against proposed government budget cuts.
Power supply from EDF’s nuclear power plants was reduced by 1.1 gigawatts early on Thursday.
Data from EDF showed that workers lowered power output at the Flamanville 1 reactor as part of the nationwide strike, which is expected to affect several sectors.
Nuclear production was impacted only at this single power plant, while hydropower output remained unaffected, the data indicated.
France has 57 GW of total nuclear capacity, which generates about 70% of the country’s annual electricity.
Source:https://energynewsafrica.com
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