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September 01, 2015

Troubled Finnish nuclear reactor to enter test phase in 2016
Eurajoki, Finland (AFP) Aug 28, 2015
Finland's much-delayed EPR nuclear reactor is to begin testing in February next year, French atomic energy giant Areva and its Finnish counterpart TVO announced Friday. Areva, together with German engineering group Siemens, is building a European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) - a new, third-generation reactor design considered one of the most advanced in the world - at the Olkiluoto plant in western Finland. "Installation (of the instrumentation and control cabinets) will enable the plant's system ... read more

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