The Olkiluoto-3 nuclear power plant in Finland – the first of its type in Europe – will be disconnected from electricity production on 2 March for its first annual outage, owner and operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj said.
Regular electricity production began at the 1,600 MW EPR unit one year ago with full commercial operation on 1 May. TVO said the planned outage is expected to last 37 days.
The lengthy duration is due to the technical characteristics of the plant type and the large number of periodic tests and maintenance activities to be carried out during the outage, TVO said.
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