Tag: EPR
green light from the Nuclear Safety Authority for the commissioning of the EPR – L’Express
Twelve years after the planned schedule, it may finally be the end of the tunnel. The Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) gave the green light this Tuesday, May 7, to the…
the new schedule for the Flamanville EPR unveiled by EDF – L’Express
Twelve years behind schedule and a total bill now estimated at 13.2 billion euros, or four times the initial budget: the French electricity production and supply company EDF announced this…
the English EPR at Hinkley Point will not start before 2029 – L’Express
The commissioning of the first EPR at the Hinkley Point C power plant in England has now been postponed by at least 2 years, or even 4 years, for delivery…
why it will be necessary to build much more than 14 EPR – L’Express
Agnès Pannier-Runacher had prepared the ground by announcing at the beginning of January that France would go beyond six new EPRs. Emmanuel Macron confirmed the course during his press conference…
Agnès Pannier-Runacher wants to go “beyond” six EPR reactors – L’Express
A few weeks before the presentation of the bill relating to energy sovereignty, the Minister of Energy Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher confirms, if it still needed to be proven, that France…
a Franco-German EPR nuclear reactor enters service 13 years late
As Germany closes its last nuclear power plants this weekend, Finland is commissioning Europe’s most powerful nuclear reactor. The EPR Olkiluoto 3, of Franco-German design, will alone produce 14% of…
Flamanville EPR: delays, anomalies and lack of manpower… EDF’s cursed site
Cursed site, industrial fiasco, French nuclear nightmare… The qualifiers have been threadbare and the misadventures of the Normandy site are countless. The Flamanville EPR will experience another six-month delay before…
New breakdown on the Flamanville EPR: “EDF is currently checking all the components one by one”
After problems with concrete, steel or welding, the Flamanville EPR site experienced a new setback. Two essential systems which make it possible to control the reactor are victims of a…
Greenpeace invites itself to the EPR site to denounce pro-nuclear candidates
Greenpeace activists blocked the site of the EPR nuclear reactor in Flamanville (Manche) for more than seven hours on Thursday and others entered the site, to denounce the “irresponsibility” of…
the Flamanville EPR delayed again
The new generation EPR nuclear reactor under construction in Flamanville (Manche) continues to be delayed. It was to be launched at the end of the year. It will be rather…