France's problems have raised questions about the UK's big bets on nuclear, which the government calls a 'necessity, not a luxury'.
Pressed on whether it was buying more gas, the power company said it was"impossible to qualify the source of energy production".
"Given the prices of electricity right now, this is very costly. For example, in December, we paid €1.4bn for our electricity imports, while usually we pay in the tens of millions."energy security strategy"The idea that nuclear reactors are always on is wrong," said Tom Burke, chairman of think tank E3G and self-described"critic" of nuclear power policy."We just don't need [new nuclear plants]. They're very expensive.
Climate campaigners have criticised plans for the North Sea, the lack of onshore wind and the cost of nuclear.EDF told Sky News the corrosion in five of the offline reactors"does not call into question the high level of safety of our facilities". The setbacks forced EDF to lower its expected 2023 output by about 40 terawatt-hours , with reduced availability expected well into next year. In February global credit ratings agency S&P downgraded EDF's rating, forecasting its earnings to fall by €5-7bn, due to the reduced output as well as regulatory measures from the French government to limit price increases.
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