Published on 03/07/2023 at 7:52 p.m. Photo credit © Reuters PARIS (Reuters) – The Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) on Tuesday asked EDF to revise its strategy for controlling corrosion problems at some of its nuclear reactors in France, a request linked…
An employee of the Chinon Integrated Expertise Laboratory (Lidec) at the Chinon nuclear power plant, January 26, 2023 in Indre-et-Loire (AFP / GUILLAUME SOUVANT) The pipe lab: EDF’s Chinon Integrated Expertise Laboratory (Lidec) inspects the piping of nuclear power plants under all welds, placing it at the forefront of the stress corrosion crisis affecting the…
PARIS, November 8 (Reuters) – EDF wants to industrialize and standardize work related to the corrosion problems detected in certain nuclear power plants in order to reduce the duration of shutdowns of the reactors concerned, said Régis Clément, deputy director of the direction “production nuclear” of the public electrician. Penalized by these corrosion problems and…
PARIS (Reuters) – EDF wants to industrialize and standardize work related to the corrosion problems detected in certain nuclear power plants in order to reduce the duration of shutdowns of the reactors concerned, said Régis Clément, deputy director of the “nuclear production” direction of the public electrician. Penalized by these corrosion problems and by conventional…
The site of the Cattenom power plant in Moselle, October 17, 2017 (AFP/Archives/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN) With more than 600 people on deck, the construction site is titanic at EDF to reconnect a maximum of reactors shut down because of the discovery of a phenomenon of “corrosion under stress”, micro-cracks on piping circuits which weigh down financial…
Published on 04/11/2022 at 6:14 p.m. Photo credit © Reuters PARIS (Reuters) – Two additional EDF nuclear reactors are affected by corrosion problems which have reduced the group’s electricity production for several months, franceinfo reported on Friday,…
Two more EDF reactors suffer from press corrosion problems | Photo credits: © EDF / AGENCE REA / ALLARD DENIS PARIS, November 4 (Reuters) – Two additional EDF nuclear reactors are affected by corrosion problems which have reduced the group’s electricity production for several months, franceinfo reported on Friday, quoting the public group. The Penly…
The Penly nuclear power plant in April 2012 in western France (AFP/Archives/CHARLY TRIBALLEAU) Four French nuclear reactors, affected by corrosion problems, will see their shutdown extended for several weeks this fall, EDF said Thursday, in a national context of very high tensions in terms of electricity supply. The group maintains its nuclear production forecast for…
Corrosion as a new problem France has only 24 out of 56 reactors on the grid 8/25/2022, 9:32 p.m France covers 70 percent of its energy needs with nuclear power. But not even half of the almost 60 reactors supply electricity. It is now certain that four reactors will not produce energy again until the…
Nuclear-Green light for EDF’s plan to resolve corrosion defects | Photo credits: EDF – CONTY BRUNO PARIS, July 27 (Reuters) – The Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) announced on Wednesday that it had validated the inspection and repair program drawn up by EDF to resolve the corrosion problems noted on certain reactors in the French fleet….
(Precisely updated throughout) PARIS, July 27 (Reuters) – The Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) announced on Wednesday that it had validated the control program drawn up by EDF to resolve the corrosion problems noted on certain reactors in the French fleet. ASN specifies in a press release that it considers “that EDF’s strategy is appropriate given…
The Golfech nuclear power plant in Tarn-et-Garonne, March 16, 2015 (AFP/Archives/PASCAL PAVANI) The Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) on Wednesday validated EDF’s control strategy concerning the corrosion problems encountered on certain reactors in its French fleet. EDF plans to check all of its reactors by 2025 by ultrasound to look for any traces of this problem…
