Radiation in dailylife

In the everyday environment, Finns suffer the most health damage from natural radiation - radon at workplaces, at home and in leisure apartments, and from UV radiation, which must be protected from with clothes, shade and cream.

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...