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EDF forced to redesign UK nuclear reactors after horror leaks at Chinese sites

 Energy crisis: EDF forced to redesign UK reactors after horror leaks at
Chinese sites. The company announced that it would change the way fuel rods
are held in place in their flagship new EPR generators, following reports
of fuel cell damage that forced a nuclear power plant with the same design
in China to shut down. Last year, state owned China General Nuclear (CGN)
announced that the EPR reactor at the Taishan plant, about 80 miles west of
Hong Kong, was shut down for “maintenance” after cracks in the fuel
rods were discovered.

 Express 25th July 2022

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1645421/energy-crisis-edf-forced-to-redesign-hinkley-point-c-epr-nuclear-reactor-taishan-leak

July 25, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, UK