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Finland - Europes first EPR reaches criticality - OL3

Finland
2021
World Nuclear News world-nuclea-news.org
Nuclear Power Plant Olkiluoto-3, OL3, Finland. A European Pressurised Reactor, EPR. Finland

Finland's fifth nuclear reactor, Olkiluoto 3 (OL3), has reached first criticality. The EPR (European Pressurised Water Reactor) is the first new nuclear unit to be commissioned in Finland in over 40 years, and will eventually produce some 14% of the country's electricity.