The Finnish TVO postponed to two weeks connection to a network of new EPR-1600 because of unplanned automatic shutdown of the reactor during commissioning tests

Connection of the third power unit of Olkiluoto nuclear power plant with the French EPR-1600 reactor EPR-1600 to the national power supply network Finland is postponed because of unplanned automatic shutdown during commissioning tests, the generating company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO). Now the power unit will be connected to a network in the first half of February, instead of at the end of January, predictably earlier, reported TVO. The expected term of the beginning regular electricity generation remained invariable – June, 2022. "At a stage test electricity generation the new block and its systems...