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Saturday, February 11, 2012

French reactor down as cold snap drives power demand

French reactor down as cold snap drives power demand

Paris (AFP) Feb 10, 2012
A French nuclear reactor has gone into an unscheduled shutdown, state energy giant EDF said on Friday, placing fresh pressure on a national power grid already strained by freezing temperatures. The company said the shutdown, on the number two reactor at the Cattenom plant in the northeast of the country, was caused by a broken alternator in a non-nuclear part of the reactor and posed no threat

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