(Boursier.com) — EDF could see its nuclear production go up in 2024. The electrician has just given a production target for the year in question for the first time. In a statement from RTE, EDF estimates its nuclear production in 2024 between 315 and 345 TWh, the “associated maintenance schedule being in the process of being consolidated”.
The energy group in May lowered its production target for this year between 280 and 300 terawatt hours against 295 to 315 TWh previously. It is aiming for production ranging from 300 to 330 TWh in 2023. Corrosion problems causing micro-cracks in safety system pipes have led the company to shut down or extend the shutdown of 12 nuclear reactors out of the 56 in the French fleet. , to carry out in-depth examinations and repairs.
These corrosion problems and the delay in EDF’s maintenance program have caused the availability of the French nuclear fleet to fall to its lowest level for 30 years, aggravating tensions on the European energy market, which is under severe strain. by the fallout from the war in Ukraine.
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