Preparatory work on the construction France’s new generation of EPR nuclear power plants could begin in the middle of next year if state energy company EDF receives all permits.
France-based civil engineering construction company Eiffage revealed the schedule after it said it had signed a contract with EDF to carry out the main civil engineering works for the first pair of EPR2-type nuclear power plants at the existing Penly nuclear site in northern France.
Eiffage said the contract, signed through subsidiary Eiffage Génie Civil, “has a value greater than four billion euros” ($4.3bn).