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CTM0001 A330Macronand CFC01 A310Trudope(converted to mil. spec CC-150 Polaris) departed Bangkok (Trudope stopped at Dhabi for refuel) and went to Djerba Island-red dot, Tunisia
Leaders of French-speaking countries hold summit in Tunisia
https://ktvz.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/11/19/leaders-of-french-speaking-countries-hold-summit-in-tunisia/
PF CONUS Activity: SAM673 C-40CWH NSONE from JBA, SAM671 G5 went to Minneapolis/St. Paul Int'l, 2 C-17 Globeys NW RCH4179 from JBA and 4119 from Wright Patterson AFB, HORST14 E-6B Mercury heading to the Gulf where CHINE07 E-6B was on patrol yesterday-that went to Peterson AFB after it's Gulf work (not a normal destination for it) SPAR595 Learjet 35 departed LAX Int'l after an overnight NE
Tunisia=access to Algerian Natty Gas and they (Algeria) is the largest exporter of it in Africa and 6th largest in the world-in 2019 Tunisia doubled it's output of Natty Gas but it still relies on Algeria for about half of it's supply (from 2021)
France Is Losing Its Race to Fix the Reactors Europe Needs
France’s nuclear industry is falling behind in efforts to get idled reactors running in time to escape blackouts and help Europe cope with the loss of Russian supplies this winter.
Once Europe’s biggest power exporter, France has made a bad situation even worse, and Europe’s energy crisis could intensify if Electricite de France SA comes up short with a plan to restart a quarter of its nuclear plants by mid-December. Its recent track record doesn’t look promising, and grid operator RTE warned on Friday that the risk of shortfalls in January is rising.
While the state-controlled utility has brought in emergency welding crews from the US and Canada to help fix unexpected cracks at a dozen units, the schedule is already well behind the plan of a few weeks ago. That means facing freezing temperatures without the backbone of its energy system intact.
“I know that EDF’s teams are extremely mobilized,” Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said in Parliament on Wednesday. “We must however be prepared for any situation,” including the possibility of targeted blackouts this winter.
The issues have made France which typically relies on nuclear for more than two-thirds of its power vulnerable, despite lower exposure to Russian gas deliveries than Germany. Potential knock-on effects from nuclear-related shortfalls in France are keeping grid operators across the continent on alert, in case the European Union’s second-largest economy needs extra power. To limit the damage to the economy and head off social unrest, President Emmanuel Macron’s administration has earmarked at least €100 billion ($103 billion) to help businesses, consumers and public authorities cope with rising prices for power, natural gas and gasoline through next year.
As Russia squeezed fuel deliveries and given EDF’s chronic failure to keep maintenance deadlines, France has introduced sweeping plans aimed at reducing gas and power use by 10% over two years. The effort involves reducing indoor temperatures and lighting everywhere from government offices and museums to factories and supermarkets.
With nuclear shortages looming, the government is working on regulatory measures to raise production caps of existing hydro- and wind-power facilities and is in talks with German counterparts on an agreement that could increase its import capacity, officials told reporters on Friday.
The government is also looking to encourage or force companies to use back-up batteries and diesel generators. Reserve power systems for data centers alone could free up as much as 1 gigawatt of electricity, said the officials, who can’t be identified in line with briefing rules.
With 25 of its 56 reactors offline on Friday, EDF’s atomic output is about 25% below historic levels, pushing local power prices even higher than elsewhere in Europe.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/france-is-losing-its-race-to-fix-the-reactors-europe-needs-1.1848735
SAM673WH NSOlanded at Prestwick Int'l
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