Tag: EPR
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…
Finland starts EPR nuclear reactor twelve years late
Twelve years late, Finland is finally starting its EPR nuclear reactor. It is the first time in fifteen years that a nuclear reactor has started up in Europe. The Finnish…