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Olkiluoto 3 is a new design though. Making a second exact same one again will be much faster and cheaper as you have now worked out most of the issues.

Olkiluoto 1 and 2 were both built quickly and on schedule. Mainly because they were already proven designs with tens of other units already built around the world (and the second reactor is practically identical with the first one)




> Olkiluoto 3 is a new design though. Making a second exact same one again will be much faster and cheaper as you have now worked out most of the issues.

The second exact same one is actually Flamanville 3, the other one with the massive cost overruns.


Yes. Though they did start building it before Olkiluoto 3 was up and running so can't really use all the learnings from it.




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