Waste containing naturally occurring radioactive substances Waste containing naturally occurring radioactive substances is not radioactive waste as defined in the Radiation Act (859/2018) but waste as defined in section 78, subsection 3 of the Act...

Nuclear weapons A nuclear weapon is a bomb whose destructive power is mainly based on the pressure wave and thermal radiation created by the explosion. Another threat is radiation from both radioactive substances released by the explosion and neut...

29.10.2024 | 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 packaging and disposal to the underground facility. Last autumn, Pos...

What could threaten Finland? Impacts of a radiation accident can only affect a large area if large amounts of radioactive gases and particles are released into the air. Depending on the weather conditions, a serious nuclear power plant accident in...

23.3.2026 | Article Ref. in National Report Question / Comment Answer Article 15 Section H, pages 92-95 Could you provide detailed information on the methods used in safety assessments of nuclear facilities? / Limited decription of the methodology of safety a...

Trade, import and export of radioactive materials and consumer products The Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority supervises the trade in radioactive substances as well as their import to Finland and export from Finland. Import and export is also...

20.3.2026 | Article Reference Question Comment Answer General Executive Summary Finland may like to share the details about the characteristics being considered for case-by-case basis to determine the PAZ of NPP instead of predetermined 5 Km. PAZ – Actions ma...

12.9.2024 | AASI/Aasi.bat cd bin java -jar AASI_Frontend.jar AASI/AasiUsersManual2.0.pdf AASI Advanced Alphaspectrometric Simulation User Manual of AASI 2.0 2 Software © 2009 STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority. All rights reserved. The software may...

14.5.2023 | IAEA-NS-ARTEMIS ORIGINAL: English INTEGRATED REVIEW SERVICE FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE AND SPENT FUEL MANAGEMENT, DECOMMISSIONING AND REMEDIATION (ARTEMIS) MISSION TO FINLAND Helsinki, Finland 27 November – 8 December 2022 DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR SAFETY ...

17.5.2023 | PCXMC Tapiovaara M, Siiskonen T STUK-A231 / NOVEMBER 2008 Säteilyturvakeskus Strålsäkerhetscentralen Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority A A Monte Carlo program for calculating patient doses in medical x-ray examinations (2nd Ed.) PCXMC A Monte...

29.4.2025 | Member State Report of Finland as required under Article 14.1 of Council Directive 2011/70/EURATOM 20.8. 2024 Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority Contents Executive summary ..........................................................................

12.4.2023 | Member State Report of Finland as required under Article 14.1 of Council Directive 2011/70/EURATOM July 2, 2015 © Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority 2015 2 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................

14.5.2023 | i IAEA-NS-IRRS-2022-09 ORIGINAL: English INTEGRATED REGULATORY REVIEW SERVICE (IRRS) MISSION TO FINLAND Vantaa, Finland 3 to 14 October 2022 DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND SECURITY ii REPORT OF THE INTEGRATED REGULATORY REVIEW SERVICE (IRRS) MIS...

14.5.2023 | SELF-ASSESSMENT OF THE NATIONAL REGULATORY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SAFETY Finland Generated By the IAEA Self-Assessment of Regulatory Infrastructure for Safety and completed on 30th April, 2022 IAEA SAFETY STANDARDS (the basis of the SARIS self-assessm...