France's ASN regulator keeps enhanced monitoring of EDF's Belleville nuclear power plant
PARIS, April 17 (Reuters) - France's ASN nuclear regulator said on Wednesday it was maintaining its close supervision of utility EDF's 2,600 MW Belleville nuclear power plant, due to the need to continue to monitor safety practices despite some improvements.
The regulator placed the plant under enhanced supervision in September 2017, citing failures in safety standards.
It noted that the state of the plant's installations and safety practices had generally improved in 2018, but there was still work to do.
"However... the progress noted remains to be consolidated and that the performance of the facilities must still improve," the ASN said in a statement.
The ASN also said it will carry out additional inspections and checks to documentation, while keeping track of EDF's action plan to fix the issues. (Reporting by Bate Felix; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
