EDF is continuing its inspection programme and is preparing, along with the nuclear industry, to repair sections of the pipes affected by stress corrosion. At this stage for 2022, EDF considers that ...

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"We identified specific pH levels that indicate when corrosion is worsening. For example, when the pH drops below 2.8–3, it means that the corrosion has reached a very severe stage." "It was striking ...

France's nuclear safety regulator, the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire, has said it considers EDF's strategy to rectify stress corrosion issues at its nuclear power plants as "appropriate" given the ...