Why it's important Despite the French executive's confidence in the third-generation nuclear reactor EPR technology, developed by Framatome and Siemens, everything is not going exactly according to plan at Flamanville-3, an EPR demonstrator under construction in the English Channel. since 2007. The end of the project, initially planned for 2012, continues to be postponed, and the construction costs have already been multiplied by 276% compared to the initial estimate (as evidenced by a datavisualisation of the World). In question, the poor quality of several welds of the tank, which will have to be redone.
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