Fessenheim's Final Act: A Cautionary Tale for Nuclear Relics The decommissioning of France's Fessenheim nuclear plant has been a long time coming. EDF is finally embarking on the €1.
4 billion process of dismantling the 1971 built reactors, which marks the end of an era for two of France's oldest reactors. Fessenheim's troubled history is well documented.
A series of safety failures culminated in its permanent shutdown in 2020.