Belleville dike proposed

29 June 2001


Following recalculations of flood risk at the Belleville site on the upper Loire river, Electricité de France (EdF) has proposed that it intends to construct a dike around the station. The new EdF studies have shown that the “safe” flood level was almost 1.4m higher than the level assumed in the plant's design.




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