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French nuclear sector regulator ASN said on Tuesday it had suspended the test certificate for a steam generator at EDF’s 900-megawatt-Fessenheim 2 reactor over irregularities revealed by a quality audit.ASN launched an investigation after the audit by Areva at its Le Creusot site showed irregularities in the manufacturing tracking records of equipment for nuclear power plants. “The suspension follows the discovery of irregularities in the manufacture by Creusot Forge Areva,” ASN said in a statement, adding that it had been informed by EDF that power production at the reactor was halted on June 13 and is due to restart on Aug.29. Areva said in a separate statement that it had taken note of ASN’s decision and that technical analyses conducted have so far concluded that the irregularities did not affect operational safety.
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A serviceability certificate for one of the three steam generators installed at unit 2 of the Fessenheim nuclear power plant, currently offline for maintenance, has been suspended by the French nuclear safety regulator. A number of anomalies were discovered last month in the steel of the component’s lower shell. Last month, EDF informed the ASN that parts of some steam generators at 18 nuclear power units in France may have anomalies similar to those found in the steel of Flamanville EPR vessel. At Fessenheim 2 this includes the steam generator’s lower shells. Steam generators are heat exchangers between the water circulating in the primary circuit – at a temperature of about 350°C and a pressure of 155 bar – and the water in the secondary circuit that supplies steam to the turbines. There are three steam generators in 900 MWe pressurized water reactors, while the larger ones feature four.
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The European Commission has launched an investigation to determine whether the French government’s contribution of €4.0 billion ($4.4 billion) towards the financing of the restructuring of Areva meets EU rules on state aid.
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