{"id":11670,"date":"2012-03-26T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vo.afonico-test.ru\/novosti-otrasli\/bidding-starts-for-olkiluoto-4\/"},"modified":"2012-03-26T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T09:00:00","slug":"bidding-starts-for-olkiluoto-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vosafety.ru\/en\/novosti-otrasli\/bidding-starts-for-olkiluoto-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Bidding starts for Olkiluoto 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the bidding process for construction of a fourth reactor at Finland\u2019s Olkiluoto site has been launched, the country needs to invest in the future workforce for nuclear industry and regulation.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has invited five reactor vendors\u00a0\u2014 Areva, GE Hitachi (GEH), Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP), Mitsubishi and Toshiba\u00a0\u2014 to submit bids to construct the new unit, which it expects to enter operation around 2020. Under consideration are Areva\u2019s EPR, GEH\u2019s ESBWR, KHNP\u2019s APR 1400, Mitsubishi\u2019s APWR and Toshiba\u2019s ABWR.<\/p>\n

Bids are expected in early 2013\u00a0and TVO aims to submit a formal application for a construction licence for Olkiluoto 4\u00a0in mid-2015\u00a0at the latest.<\/p>\n

Janne Mokka, senior vice president for the Olkiluoto 4\u00a0project, said: \u201cTogether with the potential plant supplier alternatives we have now started engineering to clarify that the plant types to be offered to us meet Finnish safety requirements and can be implemented at Olkiluoto.\u201d He noted, \u201cThere is a construction site already for the new unit at Olkiluoto as well as a power plant infrastructure that supports the project.\u201d<\/p>\n

MHI said that it would conduct a feasibility study to \u201csecure and to fulfill engineering, procurement and construction requirements\u201d in its bid. The company said that the engineering study order from TVO \u201crepresents an important steady step\u201d for MHI in its marketing of the APWR in Europe.<\/p>\n

TVO applied for a Finnish government decision in principle in 2008\u00a0to construct a 1000\u20131800\u00a0MWe pressurized water reactor or boiling water reactor as the fourth unit at Olkiluoto. The government made favorable decision for the reactor in May 2010. The parliament\u2019s ratification for that decision in principle was given in 2010.<\/p>\n

The third unit at Okliluoto is the first-of-a-kind EPR reactor and the first new-build project in Finland since 1982. It is being built by a consortium of Areva and Siemens. Construction started on the plant in 2005, with completion originally scheduled for 2009. However, the project has suffered several setbacks. There were significant delays after elevated levels of water in concrete could not be readily explained to the Finnish nuclear safety regulator, Stuk. In addition, some large steel components were re-cast after subcontractors failed to fulfill the high standards demanded of a nuclear project, while Stuk\u2019s acceptance of the instrumentation and control system was another major sticking point. TVO announced in December 2011\u00a0that it now anticipates the plant to begin commercial operation in August 2014.<\/p>\n

Skills shortage<\/h4>\n

The Committee for Nuclear Energy Competence in Finland\u00a0\u2014 set up in October 2010\u00a0by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy to examine the long-term education and research needs of the nuclear energy sector\u00a0\u2014 has estimated that some 2400\u00a0new workers will be needed in the industry by 2025.<\/p>\n

According to the committee, there are currently around 3300\u00a0employees in Finland\u2019s nuclear energy sector, but some 1200\u00a0of these are due to retire by 2025. Meanwhile, nuclear new build projects and development of a waste repository will raise the industry\u2019s workforce requirements to about 4500.<\/p>\n

In a report submitted today to the minister of economic affairs, the committee says that \u201csafe and reliable use of nuclear energy requires that the national competence base in the nuclear sector is strong.\u201d It adds, \u201cRegulations and activities must continue to be developed in accordance with the principles of continual improvement to meet the highest nuclear safety requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, it notes that Finnish nuclear energy research is primarily financed by companies operating in the nuclear sector. The government, the committee suggests, \u201cmust ensure sufficient contribution to the development of Finnish research competence and to securing a high level of competence.\u201d<\/p>\n

The needs and focus areas of the country\u2019s nuclear energy research \u201cmust be accurately defined\u201d and a long-term strategy drawn up for further development of research activity, the committee concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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