Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO), owner of the Olkiluoto 3 EPR (European Pressurized Water Reactor) nuclear unit that is under construction in Finland, has said fuel will not be loaded in the reactor before the end of August, while it awaits completion of a schedule review being conducted by the construction consortium. Meanwhile, EDF, which is building an EPR at its Flamanville site in France, was informed by the French nuclear safety regulator, Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN), that eight welds in the main steam transfer pipes that penetrate the two walls of the containment must be repaired before the reactor is commissioned.
Power Mag 27th June 2019 read more »