” Necessarily and unfortunately due to confinement in recent weeks the project has been considerably slowed down “He admitted at a closed general meeting in response to a shareholder who asked his question on the internet.
” In the coming days, weeks, the site should start to resume a little more activity, this is our objective and we will have to take stock of these interruptions and see to what extent they impact the timetable for bringing Flamanville into service “, He continued.
” We are aiming for the first loading of Flamanville 3 to be possible in the fourth quarter of 2022 and today I have no reason to change this objective “, Concluded Jean-Bernard Lévy.
The EPR site has experienced many delays and additional costs, most recently in order to repair faulty and difficult-to-access welds.
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Gradual return to normal
” We quickly decided to modify the schedule of maintenance operations for the power stations to be ready for next winter. “, Including if it were to be very cold,” added Jean-Bernard Lévy.
” In view of the gradual deconfinement planned from next week (…) the group is organizing to set up a gradual return to normal “, He said.
The Covid-19 pandemic has complicated the schedule for maintenance work on EDF’s nuclear reactors, which has also faced a drop in demand for electricity with a slowdown in economic activity.
Jean-Bernard Lévy, however, assured that there was ” no financial emergency For the group, majority owned by the state, and that there was no discussion with the latter on a possible capital increase.
During its general meeting, EDF also established a ” purpose “Which refers to a” CO2 neutral energy future “
Unions and employees regretted that the notion of ” public service Is not included in this description. Management responded that ” the concept of public service is already included in the company’s statutes “
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