PARIS, France — France's newest nuclear reactor, plagued by massive delays and cost overruns, resumed operations on Saturday after shutting itself down automatically earlier this week.
PARIS, France — France's newest nuclear reactor, plagued by massive delays and cost overruns, resumed operations on Saturday after shutting itself down automatically earlier this week.The European Pressurised Reactor in Flamanville, Normandy — supposed to be the model for a new generation of nuclear plants pushed by President Emmanuel Macron for the coming decades — has been completed 12 years late at a cost of 13.2 billion euros .
'Teams are resuming activities,' he added, confirming that the unit was expected to be connected to the grid by 'the end of autumn'.French nuclear safety authority ASN told Agence France-Presse that Wednesday's shutdown was the result of a 'human error'.Reactors of the same design have been completed in China and Finland.'The start-up of the EPR is a long and complex process,' EDF said, warning that further automatic shutdowns were likely.
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