The catastrophic scenario will have finally been avoided.
At the end of the summer, the shutdown of 32 reactors out of the 56 in France raised fears of the worst for the country's electricity supply, with cuts in the winter.
Today, 43 reactors are in operation (and 13 shut down).
The balance sheet is a little worse than EDF's initial forecasts - the energy company initially bet on 46 reactors in operation this month - but sufficient to cope with a mild winter.
Production capacities exceed 45 gigawatts (GW).
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A large part of the difficulties encountered by EDF come from a phenomenon that can be summed up in three words: stress corrosion cracking (SCC).
The expression refers to microcracks discovered in October 2021 on welds affecting the main piping of certain reactors.
An exceptional maintenance and repair program has been initiated.
Due to a lack of sufficient manpower on the territory, EDF's subcontractors…
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