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UK / France’s Nuclear Reactors ‘Help Keep Lights On’ As Electricity Imports From Europe Hit Record High

By David Dalton
4 November 2024

Country desperately needs more baseload from reactors, says London-based industry group

France’s Nuclear Reactors ‘Help Keep Lights On’ As Electricity Imports From Europe Hit Record High
Of the UK’s current nuclear fleet, only Sizewell B will be online after 2028. Courtesy EDF Energy.
The UK has imported a record amount of electricity from Europe in 2024 to help meet the country’s power demand with nuclear electricity imported from France helping to keep the lights on as Britain waits for decisions on new reactors, the London-based Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) has found.

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