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Europe's largest nuclear reactor starts production in Finland after 14 year delay

The Finnish island of Olkiluoto, where the third EPR nuclear reactor became operational on Sunday, making it the largest facility of its kind in Europe. The plant was built in cooperation with France's Areva Group, but experienced numerous delays in becoming operational over the past 14 years. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Teollisuuden Voima Oy

Finland’s much-delayed and costly new nuclear reactor – Europe's most powerful by production capacity – has completed a test phase lasting more than a year and started regular output on Sunday, boosting the Nordic country’s electricity self-sufficiency significantly.

Built by the French-led Areva-Siemens consortium, the reactor was first started up in December 2021 and connected to the Finnish power grid in March last year.

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