Barracuda program : first start-up for the Tourville’s reactor core

The Tourville, the third SSN in the Barracuda program, has just reached a major milestone with the divergence of the core on its onboard reactor.
Teams from TechnicAtome and Naval Group initiated the Tourville’s nuclear reactor, on April 24.2024, on the launch facility at the Cachin government facility located with the Naval Group site in Cherbourg, after obtaining the necessary regulatory authorizations form the Defense nuclear safety authority and under the overall supervision of the DGA and the CEA.