EDF Says It Will Repair Pipes At 20 Reactors

Utility giant EDF told French nuclear power regulator ASN on Wednesday that repairs on pumping station pipes in 20 different reactors were in need of repairs, as "thinning of the metal in certain sections" had put the cooling systems in the plants at risk. The immediate concern was the pipes' ability to withstand pressures associated with sudden seismic activity - in a word: earthquakes.(read more)