Tag: EPR
Inauguration of the Finnish EPR: the hope of finally arriving there in France is reborn
Samir Rahmoune October 4, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. 9 The 20-year-old project has finally come to fruition with our Finnish partners, with the commissioning of the EPR Olkiluoto 3 nuclear…
EDF CONFIRMS THAT THE INVESTMENT TO BUILD 6 NEW EPR IS OF AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF 51 MDSE
Published on 02/28/2023 at 4:47 p.m. EDF-THE CEO CONFIRMS THAT THE INVESTMENT TO BUILD SIX NEW EPR IS OF AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE…
Nuclear: Six months and 500 ME more for the Flamanville EPR
PARIS (Reuters) – EDF announced on Friday an additional delay and additional cost for the Flamanville (Manche) EPR-type nuclear reactor project, now estimated at 13.2 billion euros for start-up scheduled…
The new delay of the EPR of Flamanville could accentuate the tensions on the supply of electricity in the winter of 2023-2024
Umpteenth blow, umpteenth delay. While trying to revive its nuclear fleet, whose production is at its lowest, EDF announced on Friday December 16 that it was still postponing the commissioning…
New delay for the Flamanville EPR, in full revival of the atom
The chimney of a third-generation EPR nuclear reactor, on June 14, 2022 in Flamanville, in the Manche department (AFP/Archives/Sameer Al-DOUMY) The Flamanville EPR (Manche) will be another six months late…
in the United Kingdom, the government and EDF agree to develop a new EPR
Last-minute delays had accumulated for two months across the Channel, and the political instability that prevailed in the country did not help. However, an agreement seems to have been reached…
the endless saga of the Finnish EPR Olkiluoto 3
Good things come to those who wait for. And, in the case of the Finnish EPR, we had to wait a long time. Very long. So much so that it…
After (very) long delays, the Finnish EPR launched in the midst of a crisis
Since the end of September, the reactor has been running at maximum capacity. It should definitely enter service in December. SourceAFP The EPR alone can produce 20% of Finland’s national…
The Finnish EPR is finally producing at full power
The Olkiluoto reactor is the third EPR to enter service in the world, after those made in China, in Taishan. This time it’s the right one. The Finnish nuclear reactor…
Arm wrestling between the State and EDF on the British EPR
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson touches a generator during his tour of the Sizewell nuclear power station in Suffolk County on Thursday in England. CHRIS RADBURN/Pool via Reuters INFO LE…
China returns to service an EPR reactor in Taishan, a year after an incident
This plant is the first EPR installation to have been commissioned in the world. An EPR reactor at the Taishan nuclear power plant in southern China is back in operation…
At the EPR in Flamanville, France, a “final sprint” resembling an obstacle course
The Flamanville EPR turbine in the engine room, June 14, 2022 (AFP / Sameer Al-DOUMY) “We are in the final sprint”: in Flamanville, in northwestern France, the electricity group EDF…