Strengthening our position in Europe
The goal is to achieve 85 % availability in the medium term (78 % in 2009). This programme, which involves significant R&D efforts and ongoing exchanges with the French Nuclear Safety Authority (Autorité de sûreté nucléaire - ASN), is also contributing to EDF's objective of extending the average lifespan...
BRT-CICERO - Software - EDF R&D
The BRT-CICEROTM software is designed for : optimizing the maintenance costs by performing the pipe inspections only where it is necessary ; increasing the safety level of the pipes with conservative predictions : a study realized in 2005 demonstrated that out of 6000 wall thickness measurements made...
Post-Fukushima : EDF's first recommendations to the French Nuclear Safety Authority
EDF's first recommendations to the French Nuclear Safety Authority EDF 04/21 / 2011 Nuclear Power plant of Saint-Laurent - des-Eaux (France) EDF has just put forward its first set of recommendations to the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) commission for improvements to safety and management of its...
Generic anomaly on bearing bushing of back-up diesel generators declared by EDF to French Nuclear Safety Authority
Generic anomaly on bearing bushing of back-up diesel generators declared by EDF to French Nuclear Safety Authority EDF 02/17/2011 EDF has just declared to the French Nuclear Safety Authority a so-called generic anomaly Level 1 on the INES scale, affecting the bearing bushings of its back-up diesel generators...
Good news for EPR - " High quality work " by EDF and Areva leads UK nuclear safety authority to close Regulatory Issue on EPR
The UK decision follows the positive announcement by the French safety authority ASN in August on the Control and Instrumentation of the EPR at Flamanville in Normandy....
EDF's commitment proposals for its alternative energy suppliers tender accepted by the French competition authority
EDF's commitment proposals for its alternative energy suppliers tender accepted by the French competition authority EDF 12/10/2007 The French competition authority (Conseil de la Concurrence) has just ratified and enforced EDF's commitment proposals to provide alternative energy suppliers with significant...
Partnership agreement between EDF and EXELTIUM scheduled to start on 1st May 2010
Partnership agreement between EDF and EXELTIUM scheduled to start on 1st May 2010 EDF 03/25 / 2010 The EDF Group and Exeltium, a consortium of electricity-intensive industrial consumers in France (for which electricity prices are an essential parameter of competitiveness), have finalised the conditions...
EDF gives alternative suppliers in France access to 1500 MW of electricity
EDF gives alternative suppliers in France access to 1500 MW of electricity EDF 01/31 / 2008 Following the decision of the Conseil de la concurrence (the French competition authorities) on 10 December 2007, EDF has begun an invitation to tender process giving electricity suppliers in France access to...