Problems seen in Olkiluoto-type project in China (French nuclear reactor project in Finland)

Problems seen in Olkiluoto-type project in China

YLE has obtained evidence of problems in the construction of a nuclear power plant being built in China by Areva. The French company is building a reactor of the same model on Finland's Olkiluoto island, which has experienced similar shortcomings

The first two European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) construction projects at Olkiluoto and in Flamanville, France, have been plagued by problems.

Now it turns out that there have been similar setbacks with another EPR project, a double reactor in Taishan, southern China, near Hong Kong. YLE has obtained inspection reports from China's National Nuclear Safety Administration based on visits in 2009, as construction was beginning there. The results are familiar to observers of the Finnish and French ventures.

When building work began on the new, third reactor at Olkiluoto, the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) detected quality-control shortcomings in areas such as concrete pouring. In 2005 and 2006, it also found that some subcontractors were inexperienced, documentation was incomplete and that there were linguistic difficulties among the workforce, 80 percent of whom are foreigners....

http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2011/10/problems_seen_in_olkiluoto-type_project_in_china_2930807.html

Or so we've been told.

I'd almost fallen into a bit of a lull regarding my radioactive diet.

You've put it back into perspective for me, and I can't thank you enough.

If only we could rent nuclear power plants for children's parties, people might gain some perspective.