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Russian and French leaders have signed a wide-ranging declaration on nuclear energy cooperation as Russia's first foreign-equity nuclear power plant advances with a construction licence. Meanwhile, Russia also signed a credit agreement for another nuclear power plant in Vietnam.
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Inspection work has revealed tiny cracks on a penetration at the bottom of Gravelines 1's reactor pressure vessel. The power unit remains shut down until a repair has been made.
An action plan has been drawn up by Areva to mitigate losses and orient itself for the long term. It involves the loss of up to 1500 jobs in Germany. .jpg "Steam generator tubing (Valinio)"){kind=small}
French utility EDF has placed an order worth €1.5 billion ($2 billion) for the supply of 44 replacement steam generators. They will be supplied by Areva and Westinghouse.
A worker was killed today by an explosion in a furnace used to prepare contaminated metal for disposal.
The schedule for Flamanville 3 has been revised with commercial operation now slated for 2016, said EDF yesterday when describing "a new approach to organisation" of the project.