A few days before the planned shutdown of the nuclear power plant in Fessenheim in Alsace, the remaining reactor was shut down unplanned. The automatic shutdown occurred on Friday morning, announced operator EDF.
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The power plant team is working to find the cause and is preparing to restart the pressurized water reactor, the message said. This is planned for Saturday morning. EDF said that non-radioactive steam clouds could be visible above the power plant on the Rhine.
The incident may be related to a thunderstorm that had swept over Fessenheim at the time, the radio station France Bleu reported online.
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 Disconnected at the end of February. The power plant on the border with Baden-Württemberg has been a security risk for decades.
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