A few days before the nuclear power plant in Fessenheim in Alsace was shut down, the remaining reactor was restarted after an automatic shutdown. The operator, the French energy company EDF, announced on Saturday evening on its website.
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The reactor was on Friday been shut down, The reason was a lightning strike that had hit the high-voltage network in the surrounding French administrative district of Haut-Rhin. The incident did not affect the safety of the power plant, the operator said.
France’s oldest power plant, which is still running, is to be finally shut down in the coming week. According to the operator, the remaining reactor will be shut down late Monday evening. The first pressurized water reactor was already at the end of February been taken off the network. For decades, the power plant on the border to Baden-Württemberg has been regarded as a security risk by critics.
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