The reactor underwent a control operation which was to be completed on October 9, before being postponed for several weeks.
Shut down since the beginning of February, the Flamanville 2 reactor (Manche) will not be restarted in a few days as initially planned but on November 26, we learned from an EDF spokesperson on Tuesday. Arrested on February 11, 2022 for “simple reloadingof fuel, the reactor subsequently underwent a control operation which was to be completed on October 9, before being postponed for several weeks.
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“The search for stress corrosion on the Flamanville 2 reactor led to the cutting of sections for expertise“, said the energy company, “but when resoldering a section of pre-machined piping on another part, additional machiningwas deemed necessary.
These checks for corrosion problems also concerned other reactors, including Chinon 3, Cattenom 3 or Bugey 4. In France, the surge in energy prices driven by the Russian gas supply crisis is aggravated by the unavailability of part of the nuclear fleet, with nearly half of the reactors shut down, which weakens electricity production.
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