EDF : Flamanville EPR: update

 Press release31 January 2019    Flamanville EPR: update On 29 thJanuary 2019, the Chairman of the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) announced that the ASN would issue a statement in May concerning the validation programme on the welds in the main secondary...

London, 31/01/2019 (informazione.news - comunicati stampa - energia)

On 29 January 2019, the Chairman of the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) announced that the ASN would issue a statement in May concerning the validation programme on the welds in the main secondary system and that "

EDF will ensure that ASN is provided with all of the information required in order for them to examine the files and rule on this validation programme.

A detailed progress update of the Flamanville EPR, including the schedule and construction cost, will then be given after the ASN ruling has been published.

The teams from EDF and its industrial partners meanwhile remain fully mobilized to complete the loading of nuclear fuel during the 4 quarter of 2019 under target construction costs for EDF at the commissioning date kept at €10.9 billion .

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