By Elsa Bembaron
Published
yesterday at 7:54 p.m.,
Update yesterday at 11:06 p.m.
Sébastien SORIANO /Le Figaro
DECRYPTION – The Nuclear Safety Authority authorized this Tuesday the commissioning of the EDF Normandy reactor in the coming weeks. But the project, which is twelve years late, is not completely complete.
This is a historic moment for the Flamanville EPR. The Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) authorized its commissioning on Tuesday. EDF was only waiting for this signal to begin loading nuclear fuel. This operation should begin in the coming hours. The suspense lasted until the last minute. In February, Luc Rémont, CEO of the public group, estimated that the operation could be completed before March 31. ASN quickly dashed its hopes by opening a new public consultation, which was held until April 17. And it still took ten days of waiting and false hopes before the authority gave its approval.
One more delay for a project which, from its first steps, has accumulated setbacks. “Flam3”, as those familiar with the site call it, will have required 17 years of work and cost 13.2 billion euros (19 billion according to the Court of Auditors). That is twelve years behind the initial schedule and an additional cost of 10 billion…
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