The commissioning of the EPR is due to start at the end of 2022, after numerous delays and additional costs.
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The Environmental Authority requests a series of additional information on the nuclear reactor under construction in Flamanville (Manche), in an opinion (PDF document) published Thursday, December 23. This administrative authority, which issues advisory opinions, has formulated a series of comments and requests concerning this construction, which began in 2007. The EPR reactor must start up and produce electricity at the end of 2022, after numerous delays and additional costs.
She “recommends, on the eve of the commissioning of the reactor, to summarize the deviations, incidents and accidents experienced by the EPR in connection with nuclear safety during its construction phase and to explain the measures taken to respond to them , in particular with regard to the reactor vessel “, she wrote in particular. “It also recommends presenting the experience feedback from the Olkiluoto (Finland) and Taishan (China) EPRs and specifying how the EPR will take it into account, in the context of commissioning, but also to anticipate the uncertainties associated with this new type of reactor “, she adds.
In its 38-page opinion, the Environmental Authority calls for further clarifications, considering in particular that the scope of the project’s impact study is too limited. EDF, which is building the Flamanville 3 EPR alongside two reactors already in operation on the site, told AFP that it was working “on the taking into account of the questions and recommendations raised in the context of the response which will be submitted for public consultation”.