Defects found in nuclear reactor the French want to build in Britain
Safety investigators uncover cracks in the concrete base and substandard welds. Lack of recent experience in building nuclear plants said to have caused problem
By Geoffrey Lean and Jonathan Owen
Sunday, 13 April 2008
The French nuclear safety agency has uncovered a series of defects in the construction of a reactor in Normandy considered to be the template for the next generation of stations due to be built in (...)