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The cost of caring for Europe's elderly nuclear plants
2014-08-17 10:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Europe's ageing nuclear fleet will undergo more prolonged outages over the next few years, reducing the reliability of power supply and costing plant operators many millions of dollars. Nuclear power provides about a third of the European Union's electricity generation, but the 28-nation bloc's 131 reactors are well past their prime, with an average age of 30 years. And the energy companies, already feeling the pinch from falling energy prices and weak demand, want to extend the life of their plants...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical