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Plant's net electric output approx. 1600 MW
Net efficiency approx. 37 %
Nuclear News, March 2005
Plant's net electric output approx. 1600 MW
Net efficiency approx. 37 %
In November 2000 Teollisuuden Voima Oy filed an application with the Finnish Government for a decision in principle on a new nuclear power plant unit. In January 2002 the Government made the decision in principle in favour of the new unit. This decision was ratified by the Parliament in May 2002. The project then proceeded to a bidding competition that took over a year. In October 2003 Olkiluoto was selected as the site for the new unit on technical and financial grounds. In December 2003, TVO selected the pressurised water reactor of the consortium formed by Framatome ANP and Siemens from the solutions offered in the bidding competition.
In January 2004 TVO filed an application with the Government for the construction license of Olkiluoto 3. According to the plans, the actual construction of the unit will start in the spring of 2005. Electricity generation at the new plant will start in 2009.
The new nuclear power plant unit is built at the west end of the island of Olkiluoto, next to plant units Olkiluoto 1 and 2. The total area required for the new unit is about four hectares.
The new power plant unit will utilise the existing infrastructure in Olkiluoto to a maximum extent. The infrastructure is also complemented in many respects.
The new power plant unit will provide permanent employment to 150 - 200 people. During the annual outages, some thousand people will be employed.
Nuclear News, March 2005
According to TVO, the consortium has assigned 700 designers to work on the project. Steam generator manufacturing is proceeding at Framatome ANP's factory in France, manufacturing of the pressure vessel has been started at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and the generator rotor has already been cast in Japan. The generator will be manufactured at Siemens' facilities in the US.
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