Electricity generation from French nuclear reactors operated by utility EDF fell 8.6% year-on-year in September to 27.5 terawatt hours (TWh) due to a high number of reactor outages, the company said on Monday. Reuters.com Outages of nuclear power generators averaged 2.7 gigawatts during the summer, about the same as during the summer of 2018, the Department of Energy reported. Houstonchronicle.com Nuclear power and Ireland’s energy needs. Irishtimes.com EDF, the operator of the Bugey nuclear power plant in France, has strengthened operational safety by addressing the findings of an initial International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) review in 2017, a follow-up mission has concluded. The team also encouraged EDF to continuously improve safety performance. World-nuclear-news.com