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Nuclear Reaction - a Greenpeace blog: Olkiluoto 3: growing up

Posted on August 15, 2008

And so Finland s Olkiluoto 3 reactor continues to grow and along with it, the budget (70 percent over) and time (2-3 years late) until the reactor is complete.Another thing that s growing is the number of quality control and safety issues detected during construction. The number we usually quote is 1,500. This week it was revealed that 2,100 quality control and safety issues have been detected.Finland s nuclear ambitions continue to grow as well. Despite this week s news of shortcomings and failures in the construction of Olkiluoto 3, Finnish finance minister Jyrki Katainen said this week ...

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