France plans underwater nuclear reactor


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Flexblue underwater reactors deliver offshore nuclear power via small modular reactors moored on the sea floor, cutting greenhouse gas emissions and boosting energy security, with DCNS partnering Areva, EDF, and the French Atomic Energy Commission.

 

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Offshore small modular nuclear units on the sea floor, supplying low-carbon grid power with enhanced safety.

  • Offshore SMRs moored on seabed, several miles from coast
  • Partners: DCNS, Areva, EDF, French Atomic Energy Commission
  • Lower GHG emissions; conserves fossil fuels; zero operational CO2

 

Plans to build underwater civilian nuclear reactors are in the works in France, with a prototype expected to be rolled out in 2016, officials said.

 

DCNS, the French state-controlled naval company, said it will work in partnership with French companies Areva, EDF, and the French Atomic Energy Commission to build small- and medium-sized underwater reactors, as new nuclear research funding continues in France, to provide electricity to consumers on land, Radio France Internationale reported.

The company said its Flexblue project, expected to enter the building phase in 2013, is in response to global energy challenges and renewed interest in strengthening nuclear capacity across Europe.

Flexblue "reduces greenhouse gas emissions while conserving fossil fuels," the company said in a statement.

Engineers have been working, as part of France's nuclear leadership efforts, on plans to create a capsule-shaped reactor that would be moored on the sea floor several miles off the coast, the company said.

DCNS Chief Executive Officer Patrick Boissier told the French publication Usine Nouvelle that, as France reaffirms its faith in nuclear power domestically, underwater reactors are safer, and less vulnerable to terrorist attack and natural disasters than those on land.

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