EER Monthly February 2013

EER Monthly February 2013 For this month's top story, we have selected Sonja's report on the Finnish Olkiluoto-3, the first so-called European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) that is being built in Europe. Does it represent the first practical demonstration of a new generation of nuclear power plants in Europe, or the last gasp of a dying technology? ...

EER Monthly February 2013

For this month's top story, we have selected Sonja's report on the Finnish Olkiluoto-3, the first so-called European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) that is being built in Europe. Does it represent the first practical demonstration of a new generation of nuclear power plants in Europe, or the last gasp of a dying technology? Although the project is late, over budget and unfinished, the Finns are confident that they will get their nuclear power plant running - and will solve the nuclear waste storage problem in the process. Sonja travelled north to learn about the Finnish way.