Times and costs multiplied by more than three.
After the industrial and economic fiasco of the first EPR reactor in Flamanville, EDF and the nuclear industry want to show that they have taken the subject head-on.
In December 2019, they launched a plan called Excell, of which they presented the first advances on Thursday.
EDF must submit a complete plan in mid-2021 to show that the sector can honor any EPR orders in the coming years.
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"Excell's objective is to secure the cost objective of future EPRs"
, puts in perspective Alain Tranzer, a former automotive industry recruited by EDF to carry out this colossal project.
The ambition:
"to manufacture good the first time"
and
"to divide by ten the time of study and manufacture compared to Flamanville"
, insists the conductor of the plan.
The nuclear industry is facing strong criticism on the cost of building the first EPR and therefore on the competitiveness of the electricity it will produce.
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