Failed promises on emission reductions and cheap electricity, safety problems, no real solution to climate crisis, state aid... facts and figures on the reactor that was supposed to become the flagship of nuclear industry. Updated November 2011.

World's largest, first-of-a-kind nuclear reactor is being built in Olkiluoto, Finland by the French company Areva. Construction started in 2005, making Olkiluoto 3 the first nuclear plant ordered in developed countries after the Chernobyl...

Olkiluotoon rakenteilla oleva reaktorityyppi on suunniteltu käyttämään ydinpolttoainetta entistä intensiivisemmin. Lopputuloksena reaktorin tuottama ydinjäte olisi jopa 7 kertaa vaarallisempaa kuin vanhempien reaktorien ja leviää pohjaveteen...

A presentation on quality problems, economic failure and disastrous impact on Finnish energy policy of the nuclear reactor project in Olkiluoto, Finland. Delivered by Greenpeace energy campaigner Lauri Myllyvirta in the European Parliament, April...