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France’s nuclear regulator warns on the ”security fragility” of both the reactors, and the reprocessing system

“The continued operation of EDF’s nuclear reactors should not be the
adjustment variable for French energy policy”. In an interview with “Le
Monde”, Bernard Doroszczuk, the president of the Nuclear Safety Authority,
warns about the lack of margins in terms of security of electricity supply.

First, the president of the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), Bernard
Doroszczuk, wishes to underline a reassuring point. Despite the
complications due to the health crisis, “the level of nuclear safety and
radiation protection was completely satisfactory in 2021, he says in the
preamble to his interview with Le Monde. In particular the conduct of the
fourth ten-yearly inspections of the oldest reactors”.

The French nuclear “policeman” however warns against “an unprecedented double
fragility”: both for the reactors, but also for the installations which
manufacture, reprocess or recover the fuel.

 Le Monde 19th Jan 2022

https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2022/01/19/la-poursuite-de-fonctionnement-des-reacteurs-nucleaires-d-edf-ne-doit-pas-etre-la-variable-d-ajustement-de-la-politique-energetique-francaise_6110102_3234.html

January 22, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Germany, politics