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EDF ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß announced today that it has completed post-Fukushima safety upgrades at its UK nuclear power plants within the time agreed with the regulator and to budget. The upgrades include a new emergency response centre near Sizewell B.

Trucks at the new emergency response centre (Image: EDF ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß)

According to the company, "no fundamental weaknesses" were found at the UK's nuclear facilities in a review by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) following the March 2011 accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant.

However, the ONR made a number of recommendations toÌýenhance safety and resilience of the UK facilities. EDF ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß said it immediately started a plan to meet those recommendations at its eight nuclear power plants.

A key part of the enhancements, it said, was establishing a new emergency response centre near the Sizewell B plant, the UK's sole pressurized water reactor. This, EDF ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß said, "provides robust back-up for the multiple safety systems already in place at the station".

The company has also established three regional facilities to service its other nuclear power plants which use a different technology.

The plan also included additional training for key technical staff, enhancements to back-up equipment for cooling systems, and emergency command and control facilities.

Stuart Crooks, managing director of EDF ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß's generation business, said: "In the immediate aftermath of Fukushima we satisfied ourselves and the regulator that our plants were safe to continue operation."

He added, "At the same time we conducted a detailed review to ensure we had learned the lessons from the event and make recommendations to improve our safety margins even more."

Crooks said that EDF ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß will "continue to learn and ensure we achieve safe reliable generation of low-carbon electricity over the life of our nuclear stations."

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