French nuclear watchdog halts work at EDF's Flamanville nuclear plant

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http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=83381292

French nuclear watchdog halts work at EDF's Flamanville nuclear plant
May 30, 2008 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) --

The French Nuclear Safety Authority has ordered energy major EDF to temporarily suspend construction work at its 1,600MW Flamanville European pressurized reactor in northern France, after discovering irregularities in quality controls, according to the Financial Times.

The Nuclear Safety Authority (NSA) has stated that it discovered anomalies in the reinforcement of concrete used to build the reactor. The nuclear safety watchdog has instructed EDF to prepare an action plan to address the quality issues and tackle the continuing laxity in its surveillance of works and suppliers.

French construction major Bouygues, which is responsible for the reinforcement of the concrete, is one of the contractors and suppliers expected to be held accountable in the action plan.

The suspension of woks reportedly comes at a time when EDF is seeking approval from the UK government over its takeover bid for the UK's sole nuclear power generator British Energy.

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1. Heres a gem

Yeah right!!!

EDF has countered the criticism over its supposed lax surveillance, by stating that it had detected the anomalies before the NSA ordered it to suspend works, according to the news source.

reminds me of when I was in the navy and I had left my room and had a bag of green leafy substance sticking out of my shirt pocket where I had placed it and forgotten about it after filling my smoking device and anyway I was headed to my duty station and here comes the bases lieutenant legal officer and I see him see and realize what it was sticking out of my pocket so I just casually take it out of my pocket and hand it to him saying here is something I found on the sidewalk back there. it worked. He said something like you sob I'll get you for this, I just smiled and walked on. Oh he tried to get me but I was way too slick for him, We parted ways soon after and the last encounter I had with this gentleman was shaking hands and looking him in the eye saying without uttering a word that I got one over on you.
I don't think that EDF will be so fortunate though.