The EPR™ reactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... is a new Generation III+ Pressurised Water ReactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... (PWRSee 'pressurized water reactor'.) designed and manufactured by AREVA with a power generation capacity of up to 1660 MWeMegawatt electric; electric output of a power plant in megaw..., which places it among the most powerful reactors in the world. A direct descendant of the last models manufactured by AREVA in France (N4) and Siemens in Germany (Konvoi), the EPR™ pressurized water reactorPower reactor in which the heat is dissipated from the core ... is based on tried-and-tested technologies and principles. This reactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... design was previously called European Pressurized ReactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... or Evolutionary Power ReactorA nuclear reactor suitable for use in a nuclear power plant,..., but now it is simply named EPR, a trademark by AREVA.
From a safety point of view, the EPR™ reactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... ensures a very high level thanks to diversified, redundant active and passive safety systems to drastically reduce of the probability of severe accidents compared to existing Generation II reactors as well as to ensure that there will be no impact on the surrounding area, whatever the situation. In particular, it is highly resistant to external incidents (large commercial airplane crash, etc.) and features multiple protected power sources and water reserves.
Through improved thermal efficiencyRatio of machine output and input. The efficiency is related... the EPR™ reactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... achieves a significant reduction in uraniumNatural radioactive element with the atomic number 92. The n... consumption and production of long-lived radioactive waste.
As of August 2020, five units are under construction – in Finland (Olkiluoto), in France (Flamanville), in China (Taishan-1 and -2) and in the United Kingdom (Hinkley Point C).