PARIS — France connected the Flamanville 3 nuclear reactor to its grid on Saturday morning, state-run operator EDF said, in the first addition to the country's nuclear power network in 25 years.
The reactor, which began operating in September ahead of the grid connection, is going online 12 years later than originally planned and at a cost of about $13 billion — four times the original budget.
"EDF teams have achieved the first connection of the…

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France adds first nuclear reactor in 25 years to grid

The delay arose from technical setbacks that saw the cost of the project balloon four times from the original estimate.

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France’s most powerful nuclear reactor comes on stream after 12-year delay

EDF announced that at 11:48 (local time) the reactor was connected to the French electricity grid and began producing the first electrons. Despite the controversy surrounding this new reactor, which is twelve years late and, according to EDF, has an estimated cost of 13.2 billion euros (four times the initial forecast of 3.3 billion), the French President considered that this is “a great moment for the country”. “One of the most powerful nuclear…

A EDF anunciou que pelas 11:48 (hora local) o reator foi conectado à rede elétrica francesa e começou a produzir os primeiros elétrons.   Apesar das polémicas que rodearam este novo reator, que está com doze anos de atraso e, segundo a EDF, tem um custo estimado em 13,2 mil milhões de euros (quatro vezes a previsão inicial de 3,3 mil milhões), o Presidente francês considerou que se trata de "um grande momento para o país". "Um dos reatores nucle…

Reator nuclear mais potente de França ligado este sábado à rede

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France's most powerful nuclear reactor connected to the grid this Saturday

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(Bloomberg) — Electricite de France SA connected a new nuclear reactor to the French power grid for the first time in a quarter century on Saturday, adding low-carbon electricity supply at a time when a sputtering economy has made demand sluggish.

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France links first new nuclear reactor to grid since 1999

It is a “great moment for the country”, welcomed the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron this Saturday.

C’est un « grand moment pour le pays », a salué le président de la République Emmanuel Macron ce samedi.

Le réacteur nucléaire EPR de Flamanville, le plus puissant de France, a été raccordé au réseau national

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The Flamanville EPR nuclear reactor, the most powerful in France, was connected to the national grid

In Flamanville, Normandy, France's most powerful nuclear reactor was connected to the electricity grid on Saturday morning, after a twelve-year delay and a construction project that dragged on for seventeen years.

In het Normandische Flamanville is de krachtigste kernreactor van Frankrijk zaterdagochtend aangesloten op het elektriciteitsnet. Dat gebeurde met twaalf jaar vertraging en na een bouwproject dat zeventien jaar heeft aangesleept.

Krachtigste kernreactor van Frankrijk aangesloten op elektriciteitsnet

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France's most powerful nuclear reactor connected to electricity grid

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The most powerful nuclear reactor in France was connected to the grid this Saturday. Macron, who before arriving at the Elysée was betting on reducing the weight of nuclear energy in France, welcomed what he considers to be “a great moment for the country”

O reator nuclear mais potente de França foi este sábado ligado à rede. Macron, que antes de chegar ao Eliseu apostava na redução do peso da energia nuclear em França, congratulou-se com o que considera ser “um grande momento para o país”

Macron mudou de ideias e "um dos reatores nucleares mais poderosos do mundo acaba de ser conectado à rede" em França

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Macron changed his mind and “one of the most powerful nuclear reactors in the world has just been connected to the grid” in France

The opening of the European Pressurized Reactor in Flamanville comes 12 years late on the initial schedule.

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France's most powerful nuclear reactor connected to grid after 17-year build

France Powers Up: Flamanville 3 Joins Nuclear Grid After 25 Years  France marked a significant milestone this Saturday with the connection of the Flamanville 3 nuclear reactor to its power grid, according to the state-run operator EDF. This addition is the first to the nation's nuclear portfolio in 25 years, with the project running 12 years late and costing four times the initial budget.The Flamanville 3 European Pressurised Reactor, now operat…

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