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Olkiluoto 3 was the first-ever EPR to start construction back in 2005. It was supposed to go live in 2009, but basically everything that could have gone wrong d
by thematrixturtle 5y ago
Olkiluoto 3 was the first-ever EPR to start construction back in 2005. It was supposed to go live in 2009, but basically everything that could have gone wrong did, which is why it was so massively delayed.
Funnily enough, the 2nd and 3rd EPRs in China both opened before this one, taking "only" 9 years from start to production. They're also the world's largest reactors now.
- natmaka 5y agoThose reactors in China (at the Taishan powerplant) were completed at a (officially) 60% overcosts, and were 5 years late. One of them is shut down since mid-2021 after an incident (leak).