05/04/2016 | Thomas Overton
France’s nuclear sector was rocked to its core on May 4 when the country’s Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) announced that state-owned nuclear manufacturer Areva had confessed to “irregularities in the manufacturing checks” on about 400 parts produced since 1965, about 50 of which are still in service in France.
ASN said in a statement that the irregularities “comprise inconsistencies, modifications or omissions in the production files, concerning (...)