OLKILUOTO, Finland, March 15 (Reuters) - Areva's delayed OL3 nuclear reactor in Finland will be completed in the second half of 2012, three years behind schedule, Finnish utility TVO said on Monday.
The plant, which was originally scheduled to be in operation in 2009, has been plagued by delays and has led Areva to book writedowns of 2.3 billion euros on the project, the first 1,650 megawatt third-generation reactor to be built in Western Europe.
'June 2012 does not seem possible anymore (for the reactor's commissioning),' TVO's project manager Jouni Silvennoinen told journalists on the sidelines of a visit organised at the OL3 site.
Silvennoinen added that the speed of construction has been 'relatively good' since the start of summer 2009.
(Reporting by Marie Maitre; writing by Muriel Boselli, editing by Marcel Michelson)) Keywords: AREVA FINLAND/ (muriel.boselli@reuters.com; +33 1 4949 5270; Reuters Messaging: muriel.boselli.reuters.com@reuters.net ) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
The plant, which was originally scheduled to be in operation in 2009, has been plagued by delays and has led Areva to book writedowns of 2.3 billion euros on the project, the first 1,650 megawatt third-generation reactor to be built in Western Europe.
'June 2012 does not seem possible anymore (for the reactor's commissioning),' TVO's project manager Jouni Silvennoinen told journalists on the sidelines of a visit organised at the OL3 site.
Silvennoinen added that the speed of construction has been 'relatively good' since the start of summer 2009.
(Reporting by Marie Maitre; writing by Muriel Boselli, editing by Marcel Michelson)) Keywords: AREVA FINLAND/ (muriel.boselli@reuters.com; +33 1 4949 5270; Reuters Messaging: muriel.boselli.reuters.com@reuters.net ) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
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