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Nuclear: Flamanville, the cursed site that never ends

2022-06-14T17:27:00.978Z


REPORT - 3,000 employees are working on the finishing touches with a view to commissioning the EPR in mid-2023, i.e. eleven years late.


The high-voltage lines split the bocage at great height.

They alone betray the presence of the Flamanville power plant.

From the lands of the Cotentin peninsula, the 120-hectare site remains hidden under the line of hills, sunk below the Norman cliffs.

The place belongs to the cursed side of the history of French nuclear power, alongside the experimental fast neutron reactor Superphénix and the Plogoff power plant, sacrificed by François Mitterrand on the altar of the Union of the Left.

With the notable difference that Flamanville 3 should start one day.

In a year, in this case.

If all goes well.

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According to EDF, since January, we must no longer speak of

"construction site"

about Flamanville.

The site is officially, for the most part,

"in pre-operation"

, we insist at the electrician.

“No less than 95% of the paintings have been completed;

90% of the buildings have been handed over to the operator and are ready to operate for the 60-year term…

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Source: lefigaro

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