ASN urges EDF to repair defective welds at Flamanville-3 EPR

摘要

French nuclear regulator ASN urged EDF in a letter June 19 to fixeight defective welds at the 1,650-MW Flamanville 3 EPR underconstruction in northern France, rejecting the utility's proposal tostart up the reactor and repair the welds during a future outage,ASN president Bernard Doroszczuk said at a Paris press conferenceJune 20.The eight welds are in the piping of the reactor that transferssteam to the turbines, Doroszczuk said.