What is both old and new at the same time?

[kristopher]

It was supposed to demonstrate that the new generation of nuclear power can do what the nuclear industry has never done in the past - complete a project on time and on budget. But Finland's French built plant, already 5 years past its completion deadline and billions of dollars over budget, stumbles yet again.

Finland's TVO says nuclear reactor not ready in 2014
July 16, 2012

Finnish electricity company TVO revealed on Monday a new delay in the operation of an EPR nuclear reactor being built by Areva and Siemens which is already five years late. TVO said that the reactor being built in southwestern Finland known as Olkiluoto 3 would not be ready to produce electricity normally in 2014 as previously expected and that a new timetable had not been set, blaming its partners for the delay.

"The plant unit's installation works and plant automation system engineering under the responsibility of the supplier have not progressed according to the supplier's schedules," the Finnish company said in a statement.

The European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) is the name for a new generation of nuclear technology, yet to be put into production.

TVO said that it was waiting ...

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-07-finland-tvo-nuclear-reactor-ready.html#jCp

[democrat_patriot]

1. I was going to say " Retroactive Mitt".

This works too.

[kristopher]

2. That's appropriate

And it goes both ways; for all the validity they have, nuclear plant construction promises are best written on an etch-a-sketch.

[XemaSab]

3. what is dead may never die

but rises again harder and stronger