EDF Is Preparing Its Nuclear Reactors for Climate Change
- Utility is adding more resilient equipment, climate experts
- Move is response to pressure from French safety authority
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Electricite de France SA is preparing its nuclear power facilities to operate in more severe heatwaves in the coming decades as a changing climate may interfere with key electrical equipment.
The utility, which produces almost three-quarters of France’s electricity from its 58 nuclear reactors, is under pressure from the country’s atomic safety authority to improve the resilience of its power stations against rising temperatures and potentially more frequent natural disasters connected with climate change.