Sentences with phrase «decommissioning old reactors»

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Now, some of France's reactors are showing wrinkles — France's oldest reactor, Fessenheim 1, started operations in 1977 — and officials need to decide whether to invest in costly safety upgrades to keep them operating or to decommission them, another expensive prospect that leaves open the possibility that fossil fuels may rise to meet the shortfall.

Now, some of France's reactors are showing wrinkles — France's oldest reactor, Fessenheim 1, started operations in 1977 — and officials need to decide whether to invest in costly safety upgrades to keep them operating or to decommission them, another expensive prospect that leaves open the possibility that fossil fuels may rise to meet the shortfall.