EDF has just completed the installation of the dome on the reactor building of the Flamanville EPR, marking an symbolic milestone of its construction.
The Flamanville EPR construction site is entering its final phase, with 95% of civil engineering work completed, along with 46% of electrical and mechanical installation work. Now that the dome has been installed, the heavy components of the nuclear steam supply system (steam generators, reactor vessel, pressurizer, etc.) will be installed inside the reactor building over the next few months. The first half of this year has already seen the first electrical tests and the installation of steam piping inside the turbine building, as well as the installation of the first instrumentation and control (I&C) cabinets that will eventually be used for controlling, monitoring, protecting and operating the EPR. The 1,600 MW nuclear power plant is expected to be commissioned in 2016.