The latest nuclear shutdown in France was announced by state energy giant EDF today. They said cracks were found near welds on a safety cooling system for two reactors at the Civaux plant in central France during routine safety checks. And EDF decided to shut down another two reactors at its Chooz plant in the eastern Ardennes region as a precaution because they are built to the same design.
Karine Herviou, deputy chief executive of the French nuclear safety regulator IRSN, said: “The defects that were identified on the last-generation reactors have been found on another reactor.
“We don’t know if there are problems elsewhere. EDF is in the process of checking all of its data.”
https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1549986/macron-france-nuclear-power-edf-civaux-flamanville