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Power Engineering – Areva’s Flamanville nuclear reactor supply chain ‘needs oversight’

Areva’s Flamanville nuclear reactor supply chain ‘needs oversight’
Power Engineering 28 October 2008 – Areva has been told to monitor its subcontractors more closely after it was discovered that one had supplied a pressure system part without properly following testing procedures.World Nuclear News reported that the parts in question are to be used to form the pressurizer of the water-cooled reactor under construction at Flamanville. The pressurizer is a main component of the reactor’s primary coolant loop and as such has important safety role in addition to its function in the operation of the reactor…………………………The non-compliance should have been spotted by Areva, which is now required to implement a quality control system capable of ensuring ‘appropriate and effective supervision over the entire chain of subcontracting.’
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Power Engineering – Areva’s Flamanville nuclear reactor supply chain ‘needs oversight’

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October 28, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety