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French nuclear safety agency stops construction of 'flagship' nuclear reactor

Last edited 27 May 2008 at 4:02pm
27 May, 2008

The French nuclear safety agency, ASN, has ordered construction to be suspended on the new nuclear reactor being built in France - the same model that would most likely be built in the UK. (1)

Flamanville's construction in northern France has run into the same kinds of problems plaguing the ongoing construction of the only other European Pressurised Reactor (EPR), Olkiluoto 3, in Finland.

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