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Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite... by thematrixturtle on Saturday March 12, 2022 @09:04PM (#30657170)
Olkiluoto 3 was the first-ever EPR to start construction back in 2005. It was supposed to go live in 2009, but basically everything that could have gone wrong did, which is why it was so massively delayed.

Funnily enough, the 2nd and 3rd EPRs in China both opened before this one, taking "only" 9 years from start to production. They're also the world's largest reactors now.

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Re:Finland starts much-delayed nuclear plant, brings respite... by natmaka on Sunday March 13, 2022 @09:52AM (#30661193)
Those reactors in China (at the Taishan powerplant) were completed at a (officially) 60% overcosts, and were 5 years late.

One of them is shut down since mid-2021 after an incident (leak).

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