French regulator to EDF: don't assume new reactor model is accident-proof
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PARIS (Reuters) - French nuclear regulator ASN warned state-controlled utility EDF that it may have to review parts of the design of its new nuclear reactor model if it hopes to get clearance to build it.EDF's current "European Pressurised Reactor" (EPR) model - the world's largest reactor with 1,650 megawatt (MW) capacity - has suffered years of delays and billions of euros of cost overruns at construction sites in France and Finland as its size and many safety features make it unwieldy to..