Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant

E400397

EPR reactor nuclear power plant unit

Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant is a French EPR (European Pressurized Reactor) project on the Normandy coast, known for its advanced reactor design, major construction delays, and significant cost overruns.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Flamanville	1
Flamanville 1 nuclear power plant	1
Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant canonical	1
Flamanville 3, France	1
Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	EPR reactor ⓘ nuclear power plant unit ⓘ
constructionMethod	large on‑site civil works with heavy forgings ⓘ
constructionStartYear	2007 ⓘ
coolingSource	sea water ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
designedBy	Areva ⓘ surface form: Framatome
designGeneration	Generation III+ ⓘ
environmentalContext	low‑carbon baseload electricity source ⓘ
fuelType	low‑enriched uranium ⓘ
gridConnectionStatus	not yet in commercial operation as of 2024 ⓘ
gridOperator	Réseau de Transport d’Électricité ⓘ surface form: RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Électricité)
grossElectricalCapacity_MWe	approximately 1750 ⓘ
initialPlannedStartupYear	2012 ⓘ
knownFor	first EPR reactor in France ⓘ major construction delays ⓘ significant cost overruns ⓘ
locatedIn	Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Flamanville
locatedInRegion	Normandy ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf	English Channel ⓘ
mainContractor	EDF ⓘ
netElectricalCapacity_MWe	approximately 1600 ⓘ
numberOfReactorUnits	1 ⓘ
operator	EDF ⓘ
owner	EDF ⓘ
partOf	Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant
projectChallenges	budget escalation ⓘ quality control issues ⓘ regulatory non‑conformities ⓘ schedule slippages ⓘ welding defects in reactor components ⓘ
projectStatus	under commissioning as of mid‑2020s ⓘ
purpose	electricity generation for the French grid ⓘ
reactorTechnology	pressurized water reactor ⓘ
reactorType	EPR (European Pressurized Reactor) ⓘ surface form: European Pressurized Reactor
reactorTypeAbbreviation	EPR ⓘ
regulatoryAuthority	Autorité de sûreté nucléaire ⓘ
regulatoryAuthorityAbbreviation	ASN ⓘ
relatedProject	Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant ⓘ Taishan 1 nuclear power plant ⓘ Taishan 1 nuclear power plant ⓘ surface form: Taishan 2 nuclear power plant
safetyFeatures	core catcher ⓘ double containment ⓘ enhanced redundancy and diversity of safety systems ⓘ generation III+ reactor design ⓘ
siteSharedWith	Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Flamanville 1 nuclear power plant Flamanville 2 nuclear power plant ⓘ
siteType	coastal ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Areva → notableProject → Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant ⓘ

Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant → locatedIn → Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flamanville

Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant → partOf → Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant

Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant → siteSharedWith → Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flamanville 1 nuclear power plant

EPR (European Pressurized Reactor) → constructionSite → Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant ⓘ

subject surface form: EPR

this entity surface form: Flamanville 3, France