Sentences with phrase «oldest reactors shut»

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But the old nuclear reactors that make it are shutting down

In the U.S. the five new nuclear reactors under construction will replace the four aging reactors that closed in 2013, but as older reactors like Oyster Creek in New Jersey and Vermont Yankee continue to shut down, the number of reactors in the U.S. may be doomed to dwindle as well.

The plan that was announced yesterday doesn't mandate a shut - by date for specific reactors, but says that the country's seven oldest reactors, taken off - line after Fukushima, should stay shut down, along with an eighth that was already shut because of safety issues.

She also noted, however, that shutting down several of the country's oldest reactors would not cause any electricity shortages.

The 60 - year - old reactor — the world's oldest operating research reactor — is slated to shut down in March 2018, after which Canadian and other scientists will no longer be able to use the highly specialized equipment in their experiments.

But tellingly, despite top German officials» promises that «the nuclear power chapter has come to an end for us,» Germany only shut down its oldest and smallest reactors, with a full phase - out not expected until 2017.

The country has plans to construct a set of new reactors to maintain electricity supply and cut carbon dioxide emissions as a generation of older power plants is shut down.