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Europe’s Newest Reactor to Save a Part of Strained Energy Market
- Finland starts its first nuclear reactor in four decades
- That will reduce the nation’s reliance on power imports
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One corner of Europe’s stretched energy market is about to become a lot less dependent on overseas supplies.
After more than a decade of delays due to licensing and construction snags, Finland started its first new nuclear reactor in more than 40 years on Saturday. The country has long relied on power imports from neighbors -- mainly Russia and Sweden -- to keep the lights on, something the new facility may help to one day end.