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The Olkiluoto nuclear power station in Finland. Units-1 and -2 in the foreground. Source: TVO Westinghouse Electric Company on Monday signed a long-term contract with the Finnish nuclear power company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj for deliveries of control rods to their two boiling water reactors (BWRs), Olkiluoto-1 and -2, until 2038.

Westinghouse said TVO will uses Westinghouse’s optimised CR 99+ design, which is equipped with additional neutron absorption capacity, resulting in lower costs, decreased control rod handling and reduced active waste.

This contract follows a long-term BWR fuel agreement between TVO and Westinghouse announced in October 2019 for Westinghouse’s Triton11 fuel design to be used at Olkiluoto-1 and -2.

The control rods are being delivered from the Westinghouse fuel manufacturing facility in Västerås, Sweden, which will also provide fuel and engineering support to Olkiluoto-1 and -2.

Date: Wednesday, 11 March 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/company-signs-contracts-with-tvo-for-olkiluoto-control-rods-and-inspections-3-2-2020

Framatome has signed service contracts with Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) to support the long-term operation of unit 3 of the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant (OL3) on Finland's west coast. Grid connection of the European pressurised reactor is scheduled for November, with the start of regular electricity production expected in March 2021.

Date: Friday, 21 February 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/TVO-contracts-Framatome-for-Olkiluoto-3-long-term

Third unit at nuclear site scheduled for operation in 2021 The Olkiluoto nuclear power station in Finland. Photo courtesy TVO. The two-unit Olkiluoto nuclear power station in southwest Finland produced 14.75 TWh of electricity in 2019 with Olkiluoto-1 setting a production record of 7.54 TWh, operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj said

Electricity production at the two units accounted for about one sixth of the total electricity consumption in Finland.

The combined load factor of the two units was 94.8%, which was the second highest.

Olkiluoto-1 had a load factor of 96.9%. Olkiluoto-2, which produced 7.21 TWh of electricity in 2019, had a load factor of 92.7%.

Date: Friday, 03 January 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/olkiluoto-1-bwr-sets-production-record-for-2019-1-4-2020

The Finnish government has issued an operating permit for the delayed  Olkiluoto 3 EPR reactor, the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (MEE) said on 7 March. Olkiluoto 3 still needs a final licence from nuclear regulator Stuk to allow it to load fuel and start production.

Date: Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsoperating-licence-for-olkiluoto-3-7034664

The Finnish government today granted utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) an operating licence for the first-of-a-kind EPR at Olkiluoto. Once it enters commercial operation early next year, the 1600 MWe pressurised water reactor will supply some 15% of the country's electricity demand.

Date: Thursday, 07 March 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Finnish-EPR-granted-operating-licence

The Finnish Nuclear Safety Authority (Stuk) announced on 25 February that the government can issue an operating permit for unit 3 of Teollisuuden Voima’s (TVO’s) Olkiluoto NPP to the year 2038, despite unresolved safety issues. 

Date: Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfinnish-regulator-approves-operation-of-ol3-7011255

25 Feb (NucNet): Finland’s nuclear regulator Stuk has told the government that the Olkiluoto-3 nuclear power plant being built for Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) is safe and that it sees no obstacles to an operating licence being granted for the facility.

Date: Monday, 25 February 2019
Original article: nucnet.org/news/no-obstacles-to-granting-operating-licence-for-finland-s-olkiluoto-3-regulator-tells-government

Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has signed a ten-year EUR65 million (USD74 million) loan agreement with the Nordic Investment Bank to finance safety system upgrades at units 1 and 2 of its Olkiluoto nuclear power plant.

Date: Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/TVO-agrees-loan-for-Olkiluoto-safety-upgrades

EDF subsidiary Cyclife has been awarded three contracts to treat waste metal from nuclear energy operations in Finland, Spain and the UK. The value of the contracts was not disclosed.

Date: Friday, 09 November 2018
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Trio-of-waste-metal-contracts-for-Cyclife

Hot functional tests have been completed at unit 3 of Finland’s Olkiluoto NPP (OL3), Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) said in a statement on 30 May. The tests are part of commissioning process for the EPR reactor and took around five months to complete.

Date: Monday, 04 June 2018
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newshot-functional-tests-completed-at-finlands-ol3-6175827