EDF, the operator of the EPR, puts forward a scenario to meet the requirements of the Nuclear Safety Authority. The use of four teleoperated robots would repair faulty welds. But this has a cost: 1.5 billion more.
Four robots for eight welds
Pinned by the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) on several welds of the future EPR, EDF announced on Wednesday (October 9th) that it would use "four teleoperated robots" to repair the eight welds of
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Nuclear. The fuel can not be loaded before 2022 in the EPR of FlamanvilleOuest-France.frENLARGE