The French nuclear giant so far is keeping the Jan. That, combined with Russia’s dwindling gas deliveries, has contributed to a spike in energy prices across Europe and stoked concerns of shortages in case of a windless cold snap this winter. The corrosion cracks hobbling EDF reactors this year have put a hole in its finances and made France - typically an exporter of power to its neighbors - a net importer. The impact of the incident, which is unrelated to so-called stress-corrosion cracks that have undermined the French nuclear giant’s reactor availability, still needs to be assessed, Regis Clement, EDF’s deputy-head for nuclear production, said at a news conference in Paris Tuesday. The reactor wasn’t loaded with nuclear fuel, no one was hurt nor contaminated, and no radioactivity has been detected outside the building, according to EDF. 2 when steam was released in a room of the reactor building. The utility had to stop a high-pressure hydraulic test of the primary circuit of its Civaux 1 reactor on Nov. (Bloomberg) - Electricite de France SA is investigating an incident during a test at a halted nuclear reactor last week, just as a series of repairs jeopardize the country’s power-supply security for the coming winter.
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