Nuclear repeated delays to the EPR

The EPR, the flagship of the French nuclear technology, today faces an unprecedented wave of questions. After the failure of tendering Abu Dhabi and pending report Roussely devoted to the articulation of the French industry, design, price and export capacity of this tool crystallize debates . At that point, for some observers, the EPR would already hit the "syndrome Concorde: a true performance machine, but particularly difficult to assemble, expensive and unmarketable.

Provisions repeated Areva's Olkiluoto site have largely supported this suspicion. But, after Finland, behold, the EPR Flamanville, built by EDF, also maintains the possibility of "industrial accident".

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