US EditionNuclear: the Safety Authority Asks Edf to Strengthen the Design of Epr2 Reactors
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The Nuclear Safety Authority demands improvements from EDF for future EPR2 reactors in Penly, particularly in civil engineering and risk resistance.
EDF will have to review its copy for its project of two EPR2 reactors in Penly (Seine-Maritime), after a notice published on February 2 by the Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority (ASNR). The authority considers that the file sent by EDF “does not allow us to conclude that the design and dimensioning of civil engineering structures are sufficient”. She calls for additional information, in particular for the confinement enclosure. F…
The Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ASNR) considers that EDF must further improve the design of the Penly EPR2 in the Seine-Maritime region. In a note of Wednesday 28 January, published on 30 January, the dossier transmitted by the operator to the monitoring body "does not allow to conclude that the design and the approach of the design of the civil engineering works selected by the EPR2 project for the construction" of th…
In a notice published on 30 January, ASNR (Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority) asked EDF to improve its project to install two EPR2s in Penly (Seine-Maritime). The nuclear gendarme called for more guarantees of "watertightness" and "non-deformation" of buildings.
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