Flamanville fiasco: EDF blamed by the Nuclear Safety Authority.

Flamanville fiasco: EDF blamed by the Nuclear Safety Authority. The French Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority (ASNR) has severelycriticised the crisis management at the EPR in Flamanville (Manche), whichhas been shut down since 19 June due to a valve problem. On 20 August, the inspectors subjected EDF teams to an unannounced exercise of “deployment of a local crisis means” (MLC), i.e. “Theorganisation of the Flamanville EPR in terms of crisis management and meansappears insufficient”, concludes the nuclear watchdog, an extremely rareassessment in its usually measured vocabulary. EDF, forits part, announced an “action plan” and assured that the findings “do notcall into question the availability of crisis resources or the site’sability to manage an emergency”.