The owner of one of the UK’s six nuclear power plants has said it will not extend its life beyond a planned shutdown in summer, despite officials raising concerns over the danger of blackouts in the months that follow.sent a memo to staff on Monday in which it said it would not postpone the closure of the two reactors at Hinkley Point B in Somerset, which are scheduled to be shut down on 8 July and 1 August.capacity from the UK’s system – enough to supply 1.
Let's fire up the coal instead 😡
Why do i get the impression that EDF will now turn around and say, but if you bung us a few million quid, we could do it.
I think the question we’ve all got to ask ourselves is, how did we get from Point A to here…
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