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Finland’s Olkiluoto nuclear power station to be disconnected for 37 days

The Olkiluoto-3 nuclear power plant in Finland – the first of its type
in Europe – will be disconnected from electricity production on 2 March
for its first annual outage, owner and operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj
said. Regular electricity production began at the 1,600 MW EPR unit one
year ago with full commercial operation on 1 May.

TVO said the planned
outage is expected to last 37 days. The lengthy duration is due to the
technical characteristics of the plant type and the large number of
periodic tests and maintenance activities to be carried out during the
outage, TVO said. “As OL3 is the largest nuclear power plant unit in
Europe, there is a considerable number of components and equipment that
need to be serviced.” The plan for the Olkiluoto-3 outage includes some
1,900 different activities with almost 6,500 work phases.

 Nucnet 1st March 2024

https://www.nucnet.org/news/one-year-after-startup-finland-nuclear-plant-to-begin-first-outage-3-5-2024

March 5, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Finland, technology