Probe indicates falsified documents in Flamanville nuclear plant construction

FRANCE -- The investigation launched after the discovery of “anomalies” in the structure of the Flamanville nuclear plant in France have revealed inconsistencies in the production records of nuclear components manufactured at a factory in Le Creusot.

The European Pressurised Reactor is touted as the safest in the world, but delays in construction in France, Finland and China are turning the new-generation plants into a financial nightmare.

The ESR may now have to be scrapped as the fragility at the base of the lid is too dangerous to ignore.

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This comes as no surprise. Mega projects with multiple partners, numerous contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, and budgets and schedules driven by accountants - I have no doubt that fraud and forgery on a vast scale is taking place.

This could be a game-changer. If the construction/supply company was Chinese or Thai, the whistle blower would quickly become a stiff.

Just in time to stop the same bits coming to the UK... the excess carbon in the steel was known about years ago though...'kin worrying