The start of regular electricity production at Finland’s delayed Olkiluoto-3 nuclear power plant has been postponed from 24 March to 29 March, owner and operator Teollisuuden Voima Oy (TVO) said.
TVO had originally planned to return to test production after maintenance and repairs on 20 February, but now expects the plant being reconnected to the grid on 25 February.
On 11 February TVO said inspections of the turbine island had been completed. However, during the startup a valve fault was identified, which will need to be repaired before the test production phase resumes.
Last month TVO said it would install “more robust” impellers in all four of the 1,600-MW EPR plant plant’s feedwater pumps with electricity production to resume immediately following the work.
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