EPR reactors: problem-dogged French flagship

Paris (AFP) June 14, 2021

China's Taishan Nuclear Power Plant, where CNN has reported a potential leak, is the first worldwide to run EPR reactors, a French-developed model that elsewhere has piled up delays and cost overruns. Largely state-owned EDF got orders for the EPR - touted as offering higher power and better safety - from China, Finland and Britain, and hopes to build more in other countries including Indi