According to the management, Flamenville EPR will be launched in 2024

Alain Morvan, site director, explains that after “ramping up”, the French network will be connected this summer.

Flamanville EPR (Manche) will be put into service in 2024 as Prime Minister Gabriel Attal confirmed last Tuesday, the management of the site confirmed to France Bleu Cotentin on Wednesday 31 January. “This year, Flamenville EPR will be operational”, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said during his general policy announcement before the National Assembly on Tuesday. The information was then confirmed by the site’s management during its greetings to the elected officials at Manche on Wednesday evening.

She thus announced the commissioning schedule in three main stages: after loading nuclear fuel in March, the reactor would theoretically reach a quarter of its production capacity in the summer and its full power at the end of the year. The year 2024. “We are doing what is necessary to load the fuel so that it happens in March (…).cites site director Ellen Morvan. After that, we will have a gradual increase in power up to 25% in the summer. At this point, we connect the installation to the French network.

“Our target is to achieve 100% nuclear power by the end of 2024.”

Alain Morvan, Director of EPR Flamenville

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This project was started 20 years ago. The Flamanville EPR will be the most powerful French nuclear reactor, capable of producing 1,600 megawatts, enough to power two million homes, recalls France Bleu Cotentin. But the schedule may be disrupted by security checks. The site management is careful to make each stage run smoothly. They will be subject to numerous controls, particularly from the Nuclear Safety Authority.

Technical inspection for Reactors 1 and 2, nearly forty years old

Consequences of the end of construction of the Flamenville site: jobs will disappear. “Every day we still have 2 000.2 200 People who visit the siteBut “The decline in numbers has already begun”Alain Morvan confirms France Bleu Cotentin. “A certain number of companies work with other regions. Obviously, we have a whole organization for local staff, people who need to be resettled. We will help them retrain.”

On the other hand, at the nearly forty-year-old Flamanville 1 and 2 reactors, labor will still be needed because they will be shut down for 230 days of maintenance, recalls France Bleu Cotentin. They must pass a technical inspection. 1,700 employees will be involved while the two sites currently have 800 professionals.