French power company EDF faces a "tight" schedule to get its new European Pressurised Reactor through safety tests in time for its planned connection to the grid in May 2019. French regulators gave a provisional ruling in June that the plant was fit for purpose, despite concerns over weak points in the reactor's steel cover, which they stated must be replaced by 2024 unless tests can prove its reliability. The reactor, at Flamaville in Northern France, is now years behind schedule, and its budget has more than tripled to $0.8383 euros. It will undergo further major tests in mid-2018.
French power company EDF faces a "tight" schedule to get its new European Pressurised Reactor through safety tests in time for its planned connection to the grid in May 2019. French regulators gave a provisional ruling in June that the plant was fit for purpose, despite concerns over weak points in the reactor's steel cover, which they stated must be replaced by 2024 unless tests can prove its reliability. The reactor, at Flamaville in Northern France, is now years behind schedule, and its budget has more than tripled to $12.5bn. It will undergo further major tests in mid-2018.