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• Olkiluoto 3 completion set for 2012

  Finland continues its drive for energy independence Reuters reports that a nuclear power plant under construction by  Areva in Finland will be completed in June 2012.  Finnish utility TVO confirmed the new date in a statement to the wire service.  The 1,600 MW EPR has been delayed several times due to construction related delays. Cost negotiations over the delays are now in arbitration... Posted Jan 18 2009, 03:43 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Olkiluoto3

• Areva's double trouble with EPRs

  Delays at Olkiluoto and Flamanville hit the bottom line Reuters reports that French nuclear giant Areva will have to take a significant charge against earnings due to increases in the cost of its EPR under construction at the Olkiluoto site in Finland. At the same time Platts reports that the new nuclear power plant under construction at Flamanville in France, also an EPR, is nine months behind schedule... Posted Aug 29 2008, 02:41 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, EPR, Olkiluoto3

• New trouble at Olkiluoto

  Greenpeace exploits tensions between Areva and Bouygues The Financial Times of London reports that Finland's nuclear safety authority has launched an inquiry into the quality of welding work on construction of the country's fifth nuclear reactor due to be completed in 2011.  Reuters reports the international environmental group Greenpeace went public last week with claims of problems with... Posted Aug 16 2008, 12:50 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, Olkiluoto3, Greenpeace

• Areva's EPR for Finland will be late

  Start-up delayed from 2009 to 2011 Reuters reports the Areva EPR being built in Finland will come on line two years late. French nuclear group Areva and Germany's Siemens are building the Olkiluoto 3 reactor on Finland's west coast. It is the first new reactor to be built in Europe in more than a decade. Progress with the plant is being closely watched by European Union member states who are... Posted Dec 29 2007, 09:35 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Areva, EPR, Finland, Olkiluoto3