France's EDF seeks new deadline for EPR nuclear reactor

France's EDF seeks new deadline for EPR nuclear reactor
Paris (AFP) Oct 20, 2015 - French energy group EDF has formally asked the government for a three-year delay until 2020 to the deadline for launching its next-generation EPR nuclear reactor, according to a copy of the request seen by AFP Tuesday. EDF had been set a 2017 deadline for switching on the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR), a third-generation reactor design considered the most advanced and safest in the wor ... morehttp://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/Frances_EDF_seeks_new_deadline_for_EPR_nuclear_reactor_999.html