November 2015

Photos : ©EDF Médiathèque - Alexis Morin- Antoine Soubigou/Tous droits réservés. Aménagement Flamanville 3, Communication.
NEWS FLASH
EPR FLAMANVILLE 3
NOVEMBER 2015
Reactor building
Workers removing the last formwork panels for lift no. 13 (248 panels
were required for lifts no. 13,14 and 15), before concreting the 16th
lift of the outer dome.
Reactor building
Concreting operations on the 16th concrete lift will mark the
completion of the dome’s outer containment structure.
Construction site
The concrete mixing facility will soon be leaving the
construction site.
Reactor building
The core barrel housing the lower vessel internals is installed
inside the reactor vessel.
Reactor building
….The heavy reflector is then installed
inside the core barrel. In combination
with each other, all these elements
make up the lower vessel internals.
The core barrel and heavy reflector
are connected by tie rods and form
one unit: the lower internals.
Fuel building
Worker painting the fuel pool bridge track around the spent fuel
pool. The dark pink colour demarcates an FME area to prevent
objects from being dropped.
Fuel building
Worker sanding a panel.
(3)
La cheminée est positionnée sur le bâtiment combustible. Elle aura pour
fonction de rejeter l’air issu des systèmes de ventilation en zone contrôlée
après traitement ainsi que les effluents gazeux.
Safety buildings
Worker using a special tool to perform a functional test on a
cooling-water valve.
Safety buildings
From the main control room, teams run tests on systems in the
diesel house, turbine building and pump house.
Diesel house
Tests being performed on the
diesel house ventilation system:
workers checking the capacity of
ventilation system actuators.
Diesel house
Tests being performed on the south diesel house ventilation
system.
Diesel house
Worker making adjustments to a diesel engine shaft.
Diesel house
Worker adjusting the position of cables inside their cable trays.
Turbine building
Cleaning operations inside the turbine building.
Nuclear auxiliary building
Workers connecting a transformer to its switchboard.
Nuclear auxiliary building
Workers performing a hydrostatic test on a hot water distribution
system.
Pump house
Worker installing a guard on circulating water filtration motors
(high-pressure flushing pump).
Access tower
First set of electrical cabinets being unloaded prior to installation
in the building’s telecom rooms.