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Flamanville-3 reaches full power
France’s state-owned electric utility EDF has announced that Flamanville-3—the country’s first EPR—reached full nuclear thermal power for the first time, generating 1,669 megawatts of gross electrical power. This major milestone is significant in terms of both this project and France’s broader nuclear sector.
Max Chazalon, Ettore Salpietro, Federico Casci, Flaviano Farfaletti-Casali, Clive Holloway, Giabattista Malavasi, Neil Mitchell, Eckhard Theisen, A. Suppan
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 14 | Number 1 | July 1988 | Pages 156-164
Technical Paper | Net Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST88-A25155
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The Next European Torus machine is designed to be fully remotely maintainable. The assembly of the basic machine and the maintenance of in-vessel components are described. Various issues still under consideration are also discussed, including the development of methods to contain radioactive particles and to prevent the spread of contamination from within the plasma chamber.
