Le Creusot Forge

  • Le Creusot Forge France
    Legal & Regulatory

    Records Analysis Complete at Le Creusot Forge, Nuclear Parts Production Ramped Up

    Framatome reached a major milestone in its review of Le Creusot Forge’s manufacturing records, finishing the task of identifying and characterizing deviations in all of the records for forgings installed on nuclear reactors in France. A total of 1,925 records were analyzed. At this stage of the process, no serviceability issues have been identified in […]

  • Le Creusot Forge_ASN
    Legal & Regulatory

    17 U.S. Nuclear Units Have Components Forged at Site Under Investigation

    Although AREVA recently disclosed that 17 U.S. nuclear power plant units have installed components that were forged at the Le Creusot facility in France—a forge that has been under scrutiny due to questionable quality assurance documentation and carbon segregation irregularities in some parts manufactured at the site—the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) does not consider the […]