France has successfully connected its most powerful nuclear reactor – the Flamanville 3 European Pressurized Reactor - to the national electricity grid. The Flamanville 3 EPR has now started providing ...

The long-delayed Flamanville 3 EPR reactor in Normandy in northern France has begun delivering electricity to the grid, EDF announced. The Flamanville EPR (Image: EDF) The utility said the 1630 MWe ...

France on Saturday connected its most powerful nuclear power reactor to the national electricity grid in what leaders hailed as a landmark moment despite years of delays and technical setbacks. The ...

The long-delayed Flamanville 3 EPR reactor in Normandy in northern France has begun delivering electricity to the grid. The 1630 MWe (net) pressurised water reactor was connected to the grid for the ...

Update on the Flamanville EPR: the reactor has reached 100% of nuclear thermal power 14 December 2025 marks a major milestone : the Flamanville 3 reactor reached 100% nuclear thermal power at 11:37am ...

[Reuters, 13 June] French prime minister François Fillon, whilst being interviewed on national television, said that the government was considering constructing a second Evolutionary Pressurized Water ...

Whenever the French are called on to justify their state-heavy approach to business, they can point with justifiable pride to what they call their filière nucléaire. This is the assortment of ...

PARIS (Reuters) - French state-owned utility EDF wants an optimized version of its flagship EPR nuclear reactor to be cost-competitive with gas-fired power stations, its CEO said on Wednesday.

PARIS, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Italy's dominant power utility, Enel SpA , will acquire a 12.5 percent stake in France's second next-generation EPR nuclear reactor, business daily La Tribune reported on ...

OLKILUOTO, Finland - Halfway around the globe from Japan's atomic emergency, engineers building a cutting-edge nuclear reactor along Finland's icy shores insist the same crisis could never happen here ...