US EditionNuclear: the Full Power of the Flamanville Rpd Is Being Pushed Back by the End of Autumn
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"The date for the achievement of full power" of the Flamanville RPD is "now scheduled before the end of autumn," EDF said on Friday. So far, the group hoped to be able to take this stage by the end of the summer. - Nuclear: the full power of the Flamanville RPD pushed back by the end of autumn (Economy).
While the nuclear reactor had been shut down since 19 June for conventional commissioning tests, EDF had decided, on 2 July, to keep it shut down in order to intervene on valves.
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EDF hoped so far to be able to reach full power by the end of the summer. But a control and preventive maintenance operation forced the group to postpone this date.
EDF is now planning a full operation by autumn, after 12 years of construction and a first connection to the network in December 2024.
EDF announced on Friday 1 August that the EPR reactor in Flamanville would finally reach full power only "before the end of the autumn". A decisive step initially planned for the end of the summer, but postponed due to an adjustment of the schedule, said the group in a message.
Nuclear: the full power of Flamanville's EPR pushed back, by the end of autumn Admin FCE 01 Aug 2025 - 18:55 EDF now anticipates that the EPR reactor in Flamanville will reach full power "before the end of autumn", while the group so far hoped to be able to take this stage by the end of the summer, according to a message on Friday.The extension of a stop "to carry out a control and preventive maintenance operation on a protection valve of the pr…
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