The annual outage of Loviisa nuclear power plant will begin with Unit 2 on August 17, followed by the servicing of Unit 1, said plant owner Finnish majority state-owned energy company Fortum in a press release on Tuesday.
Both the units will undergo the short annual outage for about 38 days.
During the annual outages, a quarter of the fuel will be replaced and several preventive maintenance, servicing, and inspection tasks will be carried out.
“Annual maintenance outages support the life cycle management of the power plant. Regular maintenance enables the plant to be operated reliably during the next operating period. In addition, selected components are systematically renewed, allowing the plant to operate until the end of new operating licenses,” said Sasu Valkamo, Senior Vice President of Loviisa power plant.
A total of 1,420 people- 570 permanent employees of the plant, 100 employees of contractors and 650 employees of external contractors will participate in the annual outages.
The related investments are estimated to reach approximately one billion euros by 2050.
Over the past five years, Fortum has already invested approximately 200 million euros in the Loviisa power plant.
Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
