Finland's New Nuclear Project Delayed

GALWAY, IRELAND--September 5, 2014 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) Finland's latest nuclear project has run into even more trouble following an announcement by contractor consortium Areva-Siemens that it will not be operational until 2018.

The updated schedule from French engineering company Areva S.A. (EPA:CEI) (Paris, France) stated that construction at Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) will finish in 2016, followed by commissioning in the same year but it will not be fully operational until 2018 - 13 years after construction started on the troubled project and nine years later the original start-up deadline of 2009.