Finland’s first nuclear reactor is no longer classified as a nuclear facility. At the end of last year, the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority concluded that the dismantling and decontamination of the Otaniemi research reactor from all radioactive materials had been completed. The building can now be r...
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16.2.2026
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Nuclear Safety Is a ‘Common Good’ for European Citizens, Conclude Heads of the French and Finnish Nuclear Regulators
STUK and ASNR, the nuclear and radiation safety authorities in Finland and France, met for bilateral discussions in Vantaa and Olkiluoto from February 11th to February 13th.
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Posiva Oy, the company responsible for the final disposal of spent fuel from Finland's current nuclear power plants, has almost completed the construction of a final disposal facility and locations in Olkiluoto, Eurajoki. The project is so close to being finished that the entire operational process can be tested, from logistics to packagi...