Flamanville EPR begins 350-day comprehensive inspection, first since fuel load

EDF will shut down the Flamanville EPR for a 350-day comprehensive inspection starting Saturday, the first full outage since fuel loading in May 2024. The regulatory visit, costing hundreds of millions of euros, includes three major inspections of the entire facility. This extended outage reduces French nuclear output and may tighten European power supply, though it is a planned regulatory event.