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Flamanville-3 / EDF To Repair Faulty Piping Welds Before Commissioning, Says Regulator

By Kamen Kraev
20 June 2019

Company says it will update commissioning schedule and cost estimates in weeks to come
EDF To Repair Faulty Piping Welds Before Commissioning, Says Regulator
The Flamanville-3 EPR in France. Photo courtesy EDF Médiathèque/Alexis Morin/Antoine Soubigou
France’s state-controlled nuclear operator EDF will have to repair eight faulty pipe welds in the secondary main cooling loops before the start of commercial operation of its Flamanville-3 EPR unit in northern France, according to recommendations made yesterday by the French nuclear regulator ASN.

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