On September 14, by revealing his winter scenarios, RTE had placed the safety of electrical supply under reinforced vigilance and this, in the fall, an exceptional fact.
Le Monde
A “extension of the social movement” in nuclear power plants “would have heavy consequences” on the supply of electricity to the “heart of winter”, the manager of the electricity transport network said on Tuesday October 18 France RTE in a press release.
In the shorter term, RTE judges “very low” to “moderate” the risk for the security of supply of electricity in the coming weeks, according to the press release of the manager who presented his forecasts for the mid-October period at mid-November.
Among the reasons put forward at this low risk, RTE considers that the occurrence of episodes of early or severe cold is “very unlikely” by the end of October, but also that “the filling of gas stocks in France and in Europe “has now reached” very high levels “.
September 14, by revealing its winter scenarios , RTE had placed the safety of electric supply under reinforced vigilance and this, in the fall, an exceptional fact. In a context of global energy crisis, as winter approaches, France is in fact weakened by a low nuclear power production due to maintenance work and corrosion problems.
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This is added the strike for wages that have been touches the nuclear fleet for several weeks. This can “have an impact on the return schedule in production of certain reactors”, according to EDF. The electrician has already rejected the restart of five reactors.
If “the availability of the nuclear fleet is, dated October 17, exactly in accordance with the forecast of RTE from the beginning of September (…), it should deviate from it from the end of October and until At least in mid-November, “said RTE today. The repair work on portions of pipes and control for the lack of corrosion under stress take place properly according to a “favorable” evolution.
But, social movements have led “to arrest extensions, generally two to three weeks on the reactors” to deal with these problems or “delays in reactor maintenance”. Consequence for RTE:
“This will lead to an availability lower than the central scenario of RTE during the first part of November at least.”