EPR
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European Pressurized Reactor. The EPR is characterized
by further improved safety and economic efficiency. Compared to the
existing pressurized water reactor lines of both countries, the EPR
is designed to control extremely improbable serious incidents involving
core melt-down itself in such a way as to limit the radiological effects
on the environment of the plant in order to avoid evacuation of the
population and permanent impairment of agriculture in the region around
the plant. The EPR is designed for an electric power of 1 600 MW. Nuclear power plants with an EPR are under construction in Finland and France.