EDF confirms nuclear reactors may stay offline until year-end, fuelling energy shortage fears

James S Murray
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Energy giant completes initial phase of inspection programme and says two plants may not come back online until December

The likelihood of National Grid having to pay factories and other heavy energy users to power down at times of peak demand increased today, as EDF announced that two nuclear power plants the company took...

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