A general view of the three reactors making up the Flamanville nuclear power plant with the third-generation European Pressurised Water nuclear reactor (EPR) in the background in Flamanville, France, April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/File Photo
PARIS: Electricite de France (EDF) SA has connected a new nuclear reactor to the French power grid for the first time in a quarter century, adding low-carbon electricity supply at a time when a sputtering economy has made demand sluggish.
The Flamanville-3 reactor – the first such addition since Civaux 2 was connected in 1999 – will join EDF’s fleet of 56 reactors in France, which generate more than two-thirds of the country’s electricity and are the backbone of western Europe’s power system.
