Sic transit gloria mundi ... France imported electricity!

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For decades, France is proud of its leadership in the nuclear field because of its 58 nuclear reactors, which provide 3 / 4 is necessary and electricity. But now that this autumn it imported electricity from its neighbors and even worse - of the current regime expected during the winter.

Oil crisis in the 70-frantsuzite is why they choose as a reliable source of energy and nuclear power plants this leads to a violent building of capacity. France and relies on the likelihood to export large amounts of electricity to its neighbors.

But aging reactors and the increased consumption drastically alter the picture. This Fall 1 / 3 of the reactors idle and one works with 60% load. At the beginning of this year the staff strike has delayed the replacement of fuel cartridges, which reflect an annual program to support some of the reactors. Things are complicated in the summer when the drought because of reduced levels of water needed for cooling nuclear plants contributed to a further contraction in manufacturing.

Here's how it was in November RTE electricity company to warn its large industrial customers the opportunity to be imposed limits of energy and even resorting to part-time off the power in some regions.

The situation is worst in the province of Brittany and in the region of Nice. Network operator announced this week that electricity production in October reached the lowest level since 1982, which had 458 gigavatchasa imports from Germany, Britain and Switzerland.

"Energy independence was just a commercial trick of the nuclear lobby" - the industry expert commented - "The real problem today is lack of qualified staff and lack of investment. Assured us that nuclear reactors designed to operate 30 - 40 years will pass without problems 60 ".

Advanced nuclear energy, with its false claim to be part of clean technologies, in fact interfere in France to develop alternative technologies and to focus on measures to improve energy efficiency.

EDF already recognizes the state losses of 1 billion euros from the beginning of the year because of its inability to meet domestic demand. At the same time imports of larger amounts of electricity from the current technically unfeasible due to lack of sufficient high-voltage lines that carry traffic over the border.

President Sarkozy said the export of nuclear know-how for top-priority for France, but offshoots of state umopomrachitelnite Areva overpraised in the construction of a new generation reactor in Finland and China, and a negative assessment of the security systems of ERP, a three edovremenno regulatory authority only a few days - the French, British and Finnish - more sense any claims to leadership and expertise.

As material: nuclearpowerdaily.com

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