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Flamanville-3 / Around 100 Welds Need To Be Repaired, Says French Regulator

By David Dalton
20 July 2020

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Around 100 Welds Need To Be Repaired, Says French Regulator
The Flamanville-3 EPR, which is nearing completion in northern France. Photo courtesy EDF.
Around 100 welds in the reactor circuits of the Flamanville EPR unit under construction in France need to be repaired before the reactor can be commissioned, although this number is expected to change depending on the results of checks, nuclear regulator ASN said.

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