France’s fleet of commercial nuclear power plants ran more efficiently in 2024 thanks to shorter, better-managed outages, according to the French Nuclear Society (Sfen).
Sfen said data released by state power company EDF showed that 17 planned outages in the 2024 maintenance campaign met or exceeded duration targets.
Among them were four 10-year inspections, five partial outages and eight simple refuelling operations.
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