EDF Extends U.K. Nuclear Outage

GALWAY, IRELAND--September 5, 2014 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) Four U.K. nuclear reactors taken offline recently could be out of action until the end of the year, prompting concerns that the country will have to implement power saving measures. EDF Energy (London, England) shut four reactors after a fault was discovered at a boiler spine at Unit 1 of its Heysham 1 nuclear power plant in Lancashire, England.