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 The big O3-reactor in Oskarshamn standstill since September 8, It will not start again until 8 November - if all goes as planned. Oskarshamn nuclear power plant OKG has not yet sorted out the big third reactor, and now dare not test the upgrade anymore. You take it safe than sorry and run O3 with lower capacity. The modernization and upgrade of O3 to the world's largest boiling reactor of 1450 MW has been a road paved with problems. The new equipment has not worked as it should and the test run software that ran throughout 2010 has repeatedly been interrupted. Now do not dare risk the OKG O3-ball becomes prominent in winter and run the risk that there will be shortage of electricity in Sweden last winter. The relief pilot run the program, making the annual review starting on 10 October and will hopefully kick off the reactor at lower power a month later. Delivery reliability is the new maximum power, writes OKG in a press release, and says it will run O3 with an average power of 1100 MW, ie about the same capacity in 2003 was before the upgrade. Right now, the Swedish nuclear power plants only at half speed - 47 percent of full capacity - mostly due to O3 is stationary. |
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