Finland’s Olkiluoto 3 nuclear plant delayed again

The launch of a flagship nuclear power station in Finland has been delayed for a third time, officials said in July 2012.

Finnish electricity company TVO said the Olkiluoto 3 plant will not be ready by the latest deadline of 2014 and a new timetable has not yet been set.

The plant will be powered by a new generation of French designed nuclear technology called the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR).

ESO: Background information: Bucking the trend, Finland to build two new nuclear reactors http://www.europeansources.info/record/bucking-the-trend-finland-to-build-two-new-nuclear-reactors/

WNA: Nuclear Power in Finland http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf76.html

Wikipedia: Nuclear power in Finland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Finland

Wikipedia: Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olkiluoto_Nuclear_Power_Plant

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