EDF delays restart of Flamanville reactors by several weeks

PARIS (Reuters) - French utility EDF has delayed the restart of its Flamanville 1 and 2 reactors by several weeks until mid-December and late January after a succession of problems.EDF delayed the restart of 1,300 megawatt (MW) Flamanville 1 in the north of France by more than a month to Dec. 15 from Nov. 11. The reactor has been offline since Sept. 18 for planned maintenance.Restart of Flamanville 2, which has similar capacity and has been offline since last January, was delayed by two months..