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Glitches delay OL3 nuke plant resumption for 4th time

Published : 01 May 2024, 01:43

  DF Report
Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) nuclear power plant. Photo: TVO.

The resumption of power generation at the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant will be delayed further by two more days due technical problems, said the owner of the plant Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) on Tuesday.

According to the updated schedule, the outage will be completed now by May 10, the TVO wrote in a post in the social media platform X.

Earlier on April 28, the TVO announced that resumption of power generation at the plant will be delayed by four more days.

on April 21, the TVO announced that resumption of power generation at the plant will be delayed by six more days due technical problems.

On March 28, the TVO said that the outage of Olkiluoto 3 would be extended by five days and scheduled to be ended on April 20.

Power generation at the OL3 plant remained suspended due to the annual outage since March 2.

About 1,100 external professionals are involved in the outage.