Nuclear News Roundup Feb 03, 2019 While arctic winds sent temperatures plunging dangerously and electricity demand soaring this week, Exelon Generation's New York nuclear plants operated at full power, producing enough electricity to keep three million homes, businesses, schools and hospitals safe and warm. Businesswire.com Cory Booker — and his full-throated support of nuclear energy — enters the presidential race. Grist.org Beijing has approved four new reactors after a two-year pause, according to Chinese media. Technologyreview.com French utility EDF said its 1,300 megawatts (MW) Flamanville 1 nuclear reactor was disconnected from the power grid on Sunday following in an unplanned outage due to a malfunction of a pump in the secondary circuit of the reactor. Euronews.com
