EDF closes Fessenheim unit 1 in eastern France : Corporate - World Nuclear News

EDF closes Fessenheim unit 1 in eastern France : Corporate - World Nuclear News: EDF has disconnected France's longest serving nuclear power unit - Fessenheim 1 - from the electricity grid, thus ending the reactor's 42 years of low-carbon electricity production. The unit was removed from the network at 2am on 22 February, as scheduled. The utility said the primary circuit cooling operations had been initiated to open the reactor vessel and unload its fuel. Unit 2 is scheduled for closure on 30 June.