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Finland's largest industrial project finally finished

The Olkiluoto nuclear power plant has been called a forever project. The first two reactors were built in the 1970s. Now the third reactor has come online, after more than 30 years.
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Olkiluoto nuclear power plant
  • Lies on the Finnish west coast some 100 kilometres from Turku.
  • The first and second units are the same models of boiling water reactor as those at Swedish Forsmark, made by Asea Atom. They were built in the 1970s. 
  • Construction of Olkiluoto 3 began in 2005 and it was due to go online in 2009.
  • This is an EPR pressurised water reactor, a new French model that had yet to be tested at the start of construction. The reactors were delivered by French Areva and German Siemens.
  • The new reactors came online at the end of April 2023, but planning started in the 1990s. The government agreed to the expansion in 2002. 
  • This is Finland’s largest industrial project. The total costs are estimated to be 11 billion euro. Finish media have also called it the eighth-largest construction project in the world.
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