HELSINKI: *Finish nuclear power operator Fortum said on Friday the annual refuelling and maintenance outage of Unit 2 in the Loviisa nuclear power plant in Finland will begin on August 5* Unit 1 will undergo a short refuelling outage
* The entire outage procedure is estimated to be completed in about 64 days
* In addition to maintenance and refuelling, several safety improvements will take place, including automation modernisation to improve the plant's critical safety functions, ensuring the safety functions of the secondary circuit, and renewal of the emergency generators' cooling water piping
* The stators of two generators will also be replaced
* Work also includes modernisation of the high-pressure turbine and inspections
* During the outage, one quarter of the fuel will be replaced