2023-11-16 19:24:00
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 1 hour ago, Updated 1 hour ago
Work is due to begin next year. Klodien / stock.adobe.com
The construction giant will carry out the civil engineering work for nuclear reactors in Seine-Maritime. This contract will include the construction of 69 works.
Eiffage, construction giant, announced this Thursday that it had signed a contract with EDF to carry out civil engineering work for the EPR2 nuclear reactors planned for Penly (Seine-Maritime). All for an amount exceeding 4 billion euros. This market, for which the consultation was launched in 2019, will include the construction of 69 structures (reactor enclosures, domes, operations building, etc.), indicates the group. Objective ? Launch preparatory work in mid-2024, subject to obtaining administrative authorizations.
These civil engineering works should mobilize nearly 4,000 people at the peak of the project. “Eiffage will endeavor to irrigate the local economic fabric and promote local employment and integration», assures the French construction and concessions giant, which also mentions 1.3 million hours reserved for the integration and employment of people with disabilities.
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On Friday, the Environmental Authority recommended that EDF significantly review its copy of the environmental impact study of the preparatory work and operation of the site (artificialization of the seabed, impacts on the surrounding Natura 2000 sites, etc.) . EDF indicated that it would respond “in the next weeks“. The two EPR2s at Penly form the first pair of reactors that the French government intends to see start up, by 2035-37, before two others at Gravelines (North) then two more at Bugey (Ain), as part of its recovery program of the atom.
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