EDF seeks to end its U.S. nuclear misadventure
NRC file photo of Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant on the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay in Lusby, MDAs reported by the Baltimore Sun, Exelon/Constellation Nuclear will pay Electricite de France...
View ArticleFrench anti-nuclear activist acquitted in defamation case brought by Areva
Anti-nuclear activist, Stéphane Lhomme, president of L'Obsveratoire du nucléaire, was acquitted today by an appeals court of defaming the French corporate nuclear giant Areva. Lhomme had originally...
View ArticleFarewell Flamanville? French reactor may be toast
Such serious flaws have now been found in the French prototype EPR reactor still under construction at Flamanville in France (pictured) that the project may have to be scrapped. Authorities have found...
View ArticleNew French EPR in Finland now estimated to come in nine years overdue
As reported by NucNet, the Finnish nuclear utility TVO has revealed its latest estimate for grid connection of its Olkiluoto-3 reactor in Finland: 2018. That's nine years late, a major part of the...
View Article"France Plans to Reduce Nuclear in Favor of Renewables"
As reported by Eric Marx and ClimateWire/E&E, reprinted in Scientific American: "France, one of the world’s leaders in nuclear energy production, plans to draw down nuclear’s share of electricity...
View ArticleFrance to reduce nuclear power by one-third by 2025
As reported by EUObserver: Luxembourg's PM Xavier Bettel offered on Monday to help France finance the closure of the Cattenom nuclear power plant near its borders. French PM Manuel Valls visiting...
View ArticleCoverup at French Nuclear Supplier Sparks Global Review
As reported by Reuters, and Tweeted by Scott Stapf of the Hastings Group: Nine U.S. reactors linked to French scandal over falsified documents over nuclear parts. The Reuters article mentions one U.S....
View ArticleGeneric pipe degradation in reactor safety systems in France spells more...
On October 11, 2017, the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) issued an alert to the country’s nuclear industry for generically “degraded” pipes in critical pumping stations at twenty of Électricité...
View ArticleFrance's EDF to reduce Flamanville nuclear plant staffing over virus
As reported by Reuters.
View ArticleFrance's EDF to reduce Flamanville nuclear plant staffing over virus
As reported by Reuters.
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