The French Secretary of State for Ecological and Solidarity Transition has set up a closure schedule for the Fessenheim nuclear power plant, which will be stopped in two phases: the first 880 MW pressurized water reactor (PWR) will stop operations by the end of February 2020 and the second 880 MW one by the end of June 2020.
The shutdown of Fessenheim, the oldest nuclear power plant in France, was part of a 2012 presidential election pledge to stop the nuclear power plant by the end of the five-year term (by May 2017) and to cut the share of nuclear power in the French power mix from over 75% currently to 50% by 2025. Delays in the commmissioning of the 1,650 MW Flamanville nuclear power project prompted authorities to postpone the Fessenheim shutdown to coincide with the EPR start up (now expected in late 2022 at the earliest). The 50% nuclear cap has been postponed to 2035 under the new energy and climate act on carbon neutrality by 2050.
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