{"id":4286,"date":"2008-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/4286\/epr-the-french-reactor\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T16:47:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T16:47:38","slug":"epr-the-french-reactor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/epr-the-french-reactor\/","title":{"rendered":"EPR: The French Reactor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>A costly and hazardous obstacle to climate protection.<br \/>\nThe French EPR Reactor is a new reactor design developed by the French company Areva in co-operation with the German firm Siemens. Serious doubts have been raised about the safety and cost of the EPR. A study of the EPR\u2019s blueprints and experience at the two sites where EPRs are under construction, in Finland (Olkiluoto 3) and France (Flamanville 3), has revealed weaknesses in design, problems during construction phases and soaring costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/12\/30844ab5-epr-the-french-reactor.pdf\">Download document<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Executive summary:<\/b> Despite this, the EPR is enthusiastically marketed as the world\u2019s largest reactor, with a power generation capacity of 1600 MW. The EPR is promoted as a nuclear power plant that is safer, cheaper, more mature and more reliable than any other. It has been presented as the only example of an advanced \u201cthird generation\u201d reactor; a flagship of the nuclear \u2018renaissance\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The only certainty with current EPR projects is that they are not delivering on these promises in four key areas, each detailed in this report.<\/p>\n<p><b>Num. pages:<\/b> 8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download 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