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France's most powerful nuclear reactor finally comes on stream

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The Flamanville 3 European Pressurized Reactor in Normandy started providing electricity to French homes at 11.48 am ( 1048 GMT ) Saturday .

It is the most powerful reactor in the country at 1,600 MW .

The start-up comes 12 years behind schedule after a plethora of technical setbacks which saw the cost of the project soar to an estimated 13.2 billion euros.

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