Photo Gallery Nuclear Deficiencies
The European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR) is set to become the world's first third-generation nuclear power plant. The first plant of its type to be constructed is located in Olkiluoto, Finland and was intended to serve as a model that could help fuel a global renaissance in nuclear power. Its construction, however, has been marred by building mistakes, cost overruns and serious delays. Even today, nobody knows exactly when it will start generating electricity.
Graphic: Nuclear Reactor Deficiencies
The world's only other EPR plant under construction is in Flamanville, France. There, too, French state electricity utility EDF has experienced problems similar to those in Olkiluoto.
The irony is that there has been little protest in the community where the plant is being built in Finland. That's in sharp contrast to countries like Germany, where anti-nuclear protests regularly draw hundreds if not thousands of people.
Graphic: The World's Nuclear Reactors
Graphic: The Number of Nuclear Reactors Operating Around the World By Age
Graphic: Germany's Aging Nuclear Reactors
