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Finland / Fortum Announces Record 2021 Generation Figures For Loviisa Nuclear Station

By Kamen Kraev
10 January 2022

Fortum Announces Record 2021 Generation Figures For Loviisa Nuclear Station
Both Loviisa plants are 507-MW Russia-designed pressurised water reactor units.
Fortum’s two-unit Loviisa nuclear power station in Finland generated a record 8.2 TWh (net) of electricity in 2021, despite global Covid-19 pandemic disruptions, the company said in a statement.
According to the statement, the 2021 load factors for Loviisa-1 and -2 were 93.9% and 92.2%, which placed the station’s operating record among “the best in the world for pressurised water reactors”.

Both units underwent refuelling outages in 2021, lasting 18 days for Loviisa-1 and 24 days for Loviisa-2. For Loviisa-2 the outage involved the replacement of equipment, Fortum said.

Both Loviisa plants are 507-MW Russia-designed pressurised water reactor units of the VVER-440 type. Unit 1 began commercial operation in May 1977 and Unit 2 in January 1981.

The station’s previous power generation record was set in 2017 with an output of 8.16 TWh (net).

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