Nuclear safety

STUK supervises nuclear safety in Finland. The license holder is responsible for the safety of nuclear energy use, but STUK sets the safety requirements and oversees their compliance. STUK's supervision includes nuclear facilities, nuclear materials and nuclear waste.

Current issues

The Finnish company Steady Energy is developing its own small nuclear power plant, which it is marketing as a source of district heating for cities. The Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) has reviewed the plant description and evaluated its safety using the model proposed in the new nu...

From July until the end of November, the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority will organise the Mushrooms 2025 campaign, the aim of which is to examine radioactive cesium (Cs-137) concentrations and differences in concentrations in edible mushroom species in different parts of t...