Concrete pouring at Flamanville-3 stopped after new problems found

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Electricite de France stopped concrete pouring May 21 for Flamanville-3, its 1,650-MW EPR unit under construction, after discovery of nonconformances in rebar and new cracks in the nuclear island basemat, the Nuclear Safety Authority, ASN, said May 27.rnASN's Normandy region said that both problems were discovered by EDF's civil works contractor, a consortium led by Bouygues, and reported by EDF to the safety authority. In March, ASN itself discovered anomalies in the disposition of steel rebar in the basemat compared to the approved design.rnThe new problems "pose no safety problems, but they show insufficient discipline on the part of the licensee and insufficient project organization," ASN spokeswoman Evangelia Petit said May 28.