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France Belleville Reactor Output Drops 1GW Amid Strike

ELECTRICITY

A forced outage at the 1.31GW Belleville 1 nuclear reactor has curtailed output by 1.01GW, amid strike action, while the remainder of the French nuclear fleet remains unaffected by the industrial action, EdF remit data show

  • As part of CGT’s call for strike action, EdF workers announced strike action between 9PM 25 Jan and 12PM 26 Jan.
  • During the last strike action on 19 Jan, nuclear reactor availability fell by 5.3GW, forcing reactors offline, curtailing output and delaying restarts.

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