Start of the third EPR-1600 block EPR-1600 the Finnish nuclear power plant "Olkiluoto" is postponed for three months in connection with malfunctions

The third EPR-1600 block EPR-1600 on the Finnish nuclear power plant "Olkiluoto" it was planned to put into operation in 2009. But since then every year something goes not so, and 2022 did not become an exception. In April of this year at a stage of test productions energy the new block in system of the boiler superheater of the turbine found an alien material. Repair the damaged knots will demand not two months, predictably, and five. It will detain the beginning of regular operation of the block till December. Fortunately for Finland, works over time under contract are carried out at the expense of consortium Areva-Siemens. Contract was signed turnkey on...