Olkiluoto 3

Though thirteen years delayed and subject to endless lawsuits, the Olkiluoto 3 reactor is finally online. At 1,600 MW, it will provide about 14% of all electricity in Finland. While it clearly shows the potential of nuclear power to provide massive amounts of clean baseload energy, it is so sad to see how we keep treating our nuclear plants as unique pieces of art, after building one of each design we simply stop. Instead, what we should do is to drive down costs by building ten or fifteen reactors at the same time so that we once and for all can end our reliance on fossil fuels and stop the burning of biomass.