Nuclear house
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08 May 2008
Finland: Bouygues has won the contract worth over € 100 million (US$ 126 million) to construct buildings to house a new nuclear reactor in Olkiluoto, Finland. The European Pressurised Water Reactor (EPR) will have a generating capacity of 1600 MW, and is due to go into service by 2009. The estimated total cost of the scheme is € 300 million (US$ 378 million).
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