EDF applies for approval to close Fessenheim - World Nuclear News

EDF applies for approval to close Fessenheim - World Nuclear News: French utility EDF has applied to shut down Fessenheim unit 1 on 22 February and unit 2 on 30 June next year. The announcement confirms last week's statement from Secretary of State for Ecological and Solidarity Transition Emmanuelle Wargon that France's oldest nuclear power plant would close by mid-2020.