In May 2009 professor Stephen Thomas reported that after 18 months of construction and after a series of quality control problems, the project is "more than 20 percent over budget and EDF is struggling to keep it on schedule".
2009年5月，Stephen Thomas教授报告说，经过18个月的建设并经过一系列质量控制问题后，该项目“超过预算20％以上，EDF正在着挣扎保持按计划进行。