Nuclear Reaction - A Greenpeace blog about nuclear power: EPR: Not learning from experience

Regular readers will know that the building of two state-of-the-art European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR) at Olkiluoto in Finland and Flamanville in France has been a disaster by any definition of the word. Massively over budget, hugely behind schedule, problems with welding in steel reactor liners and framework, cracking concrete in the foundations, disregard for safety standards and inspections – the list is a long one. So, with all that in mind, what could possibly be happening here? Th

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