Project Fire Mains, Cooling Water cASe StUDY LocAtion Poittiers, France enD USer Electricité de France contrActor Entrepose / Boccard Joint venture comPLetion DAte 1993-1997 DeScriPtion For the largest nuclear power plant in France (EDF Civaux), the critical firemains and the cooling water system have been supplied in glassfiber reinforced epoxy. The highly critical conditions in this plant prompted for high safety factors on the pressure and minimising seismic disturbances. A special product line has been developed in close co-operation with EDF and qualified to meet these high safety factors. PiPe SYStem For the firemains, 25mm up to 300mm lines have been supplied for operating pressures of 16 bars with a 6 times safety factor. For the cooling water lines, 600mm diameter has b

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