CLOSURE OF FESSENHEIM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

  PRESS RELEASE30 September 2019     CLOSURE OF FESSENHEIM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT EDF has submitted an application to the regulator and to France's minister in charge of the energy and solidarity transition, in which it has requested approval for the termination of operations and permanent shutdown of both reactors at Fessenheim nuclear power plant (NPP). The shutdown of reactor no. 1 is planned for the 22 ndof February 2020, whilst the shutdown of reactor no. 2 is...

PARIS, 30/09/2019 (informazione.news - comunicati stampa - energia)

CLOSURE OF FESSENHEIM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

EDF has submitted an application to the regulator and to France's minister in charge of the energy and solidarity transition, in which it has requested approval for the termination of operations and permanent shutdown of both reactors at Fessenheim nuclear power plant (NPP). The shutdown of reactor no. 1 is planned for the 22 of February 2020, whilst the shutdown of reactor no. 2 is planned for the 30 of June of the same year.

This submission follows on from the signing, on the 27  of September 2019, by the State and by EDF, of a protocol agreement whereby the State will compensate EDF for the early closure of Fessenheim NPP, resulting from the limitation of nuclear power output set by a law passed on the 17 of August 2015, pertaining to the energy transition in support of green growth.

According to the terms of this protocol, compensation will comprise:

With these arrangements in place, EDF has been able to rationalise the redeployment of the station's personnel, within the scope of the agreement signed on the 17 of May 2018 between the company and the trade-union organisations. 

Jean-Bernard Lévy, EDF Chairman and Chief Executive Officer : “ I would like to celebrate the efforts of Fessenheim personnel and contract staff, who have continued to operate our facility safely while maintaining extremely high levels of performance. I have already ensured them that the company holds them in high esteem and that they will continue to receive all the company's support during the redeployment process”.

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