Hartlepool outage takes UK nuclear availability down to 3.45 GW

Unplanned outages at Hartlepool nuclear power plant’s two 620-MW reactors are set to last until Feb. 4 and Feb. 6, UK operator EDF Energy said in transparency notes Jan. 8. Production at the County Durham site in northeast England had ceased Jan. 6 “for maintenance activities”, EDF Energy said. No further details were available. The outage at Hartlepool compounds UK…Unplanned outages at Hartlepool nuclear power plant’s two 620-MW reactors are set to last until Feb. 4 and Feb. 6, UK operator EDF Energy said in transparency notes Jan. 8. Production at the County Durham site in northeast England had ceased Jan. 6 “for maintenance activities”, EDF Energy said. No further details were available. The outage at Hartlepool compounds UK…  Read More