Finnish nuclear reactor delayed further until 2014 (should have been online 2009)

[kristopher]

Finnish nuclear reactor delayed further until 2014

HELSINKI (AP) -- Finnish utility TVO says the completion of the country's fifth nuclear reactor will be further delayed and the company does not expect it to go online until 2014.

TVO says the Areva-Siemens consortium responsible for its construction has informed it of delays in the development of the plant's instrumentation and control system. Also, piping and electrical installation have taken longer than estimated.

Wednesday's announcement means the sixth delay at Olkiluoto 3 site, plagued by faulty materials and planning problems since construction began in 2005. The plant was to be online by 2009.

The 1,600-megawatt reactor plant was to be the continent's first European Pressurized Reactor, planned to eventually replace aging reactors worldwide.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/international/news/20111013p2g00m0in070000c.html

[Zoeisright]

1. Typical. Over budget (WAAAYYYY over), delays, and then ...

accidents and the radioactive waste we CANNOT control.

[lbrtbell]

2. Should be delayed till hell freezes over

Or haven't they noticed the mess at Fukushima Daiichi yet?

[FBaggins]

3. Oh come now! The pun was right there!

You can't make anything from a delayed "Finnish" reactor? :)

[madokie]

4. Crazy people on a fools errand

[bananas]

5. Right-wing anti-science pro-nukes think it's because of Vietnam war protesters!

Something written by a right-wing anti-science pro-nuke last year:

I remember a seminar during my graduate student days at MIT on the
problems of the nuclear industry. The seminar speaker showed that
the troubles in the nuclear industry started just as the Vietnam
War was winding down. When it was clear the war was winding down,
the Vietnam-era protesters looked around for something else to
protest, and nuclear power was their victim of choice.

I wonder what nonsense they're telling MIT grad students now...
Hey, the "Nuclear Renaissance" collapsed just as the Iraq War protests wound down,
let's blame the overruns and delays at Olkiluoto on Iraq War protesters!
Yeah, that's the ticket!
:rofl:

[kristopher]

6. "On time and on budget" joins the ranks of "too cheap to meter". nt