#France


Cattenom reactor shut down due to transformer fault

France, Cattenom: Reactor Unit 3 at the Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant located close to Luxembourg-France border in the Cattenom commune, France, has been shut down after an electrical fault was detected in the main power transformer.

Transformer fire left thousands without power on New Year’s Eve

France, Rhone: The ERDF transformer at Dardilly substation caught fire on New Year’s Eve leaving 14,000 electricity customers without power in Dardilly, Ecully, Champagne, Limones and a few more minicipalities near Lyon in the Rhone-Alpes region of France.