Olkiluoto

Wasted time for power [vodpod id=Groupvideo.3353614&w=425&h=350&fv=] – from Greenpeace 2009/09/05

Jouni Silvennoinen, head of OL3 project for Finnish utility TVO, announcing that the reactor might not now be working until 2013, four years later than … Olkiluoto nuclear power plant issuesRead more

The construction of the OL3 EPR reactor at Olkiluoto in Finland has been such a disaster, it is now directly impacting on the builder’s profits. … Areva’s profit is slashingRead more

Following the French government’s announcement that it wants to build a second EPR reactor comes the news that the nuclear waste produced by this so-called … New EPR reactor is seven times more dangerousRead more

23 Jan 2008: Welding working on the steel framework of the reactor had no welding specifications for an entire year. The contractor responsible for the … OL3 still have safety issuesRead more

Franco-German consortium Areva-Siemens is to take TVO to arbitration in a dispute over delays and cost overruns at the Olkiluoto 3 reactor, the Finnish nuclear … Finland nuclear reactor costsRead more

In September when it found that the welding of the reactor’s steel lining was substandard, the Finnish nuclear watchdog STUK ordered work to be halted. … These problems are in the nuclear industry’s DNARead more

Due for completion in 2012 at the earliest, the so-called state of the art and third generation OL3 European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) being built at … Olkiluoto Reactor is without proper designRead more

Helsingin Sanomat reported: The Finnish nuclear power company Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) is seeking damages of EUR 2,400 million from the consortium of Areva and Siemens … Nuclear meltdown in FinlandRead more