EDF Says Flamanville Timeline Little Changed

After a series of setbacks and budget overruns, French utility EDF said Thursday that the Flamanville Unit 3 construction project, cleared provisionally by regulators in late June regarding pressure vessel steel integrity, would remain roughly on schedule, naming May 2019 as the first date for grid connection and November of the same year as the date for the unit to reach 100 percent power output.(read more)