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Finland is committed to the safe, secure and sustainable management of radioactive waste as it nears completion of the world's first geological disposal facility for used fuel, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Wednesday, 14 December 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-sees-Finnish-commitment-to-safe-radwaste-mana

Finnish power utility Fortum said it had decided to apply for new operating licence for both units at the Loviisa nuclear power plant until the end of 2050.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Tuesday, 08 March 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfortum-to-apply-for-licence-to-extend-operation-of-loviisa-9531631

A government decision on Sweden's final waste repository will be delayed by the launch of a public consultation on whether the application for the repository should be considered separately from that for an expansion of the existing Clab repository for low and intermediate-level waste, Finnish nuclear operator Fortum has said. A government decision, it warned, is needed before the end of this month in order to avoid future disruptions to electricity supply due to a lack of interim used fuel storage capacity.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Thursday, 19 August 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fortum-calls-for-prompt-decision-on-Swedish-reposi

Excavation of the first final disposal tunnel has started at the Onkalo underground used nuclear fuel repository near Olkiluoto, Finnish radioactive waste management company Posiva Oy announced today. The repository - the first in the world for used fuel - is expected to begin operations in the mid-2020s.

Source: World Nuclear News
Date: Saturday, 08 May 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-disposal-tunnel-under-construction-at-Finnis

Photo courtesy VTT. Finland-based research company VTT and utility Fortum have agreed on a partnership to decommission VTT’s FIR 1 research reactor and nuclear power plant construction materials laboratory in Espoo, near Helsinki.

The agreement gives VTT access to Fortum’s experience in nuclear power plant operation and nuclear waste management. Fortum will draw up the plans, dismantle the reactor and dispose of any nuclear waste. VTT is responsible for the safety of the reactor, the laboratory and the decommissioning process.

VTT has already applied to the Finnish government for permission to decommission the reactor and expects to get the go-ahead before the end of 2020. All of the spent nuclear fuel must be removed from the premises before the reactor can be dismantled.

VTT’s goal is to return the fuel to the US, which supplied the fuel in the first place. An alternative is to use an interim storage facility until a geological disposal site is available in Finland. The dismantling process is scheduled for the years 2022–2023.

The FIR 1 research reactor was commissioned in 1962 and operated until 2015. It has played a role in the study of lunar rocks, gold prospecting and cancer treatments and, most importantly, served as a nuclear energy education and research tool.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Friday, 10 April 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/vtt-and-fortum-sign-agreement-to-decommission-fir-1-research-reactor-4-4-2020

Posiva has been developing a solution for final disposal since the 1970s at the Onkalo characterisation facility. Photo courtesy Posiva. Finnish nuclear waste management company Posiva and construction company YIT have signed a €17m contract for the second phase of excavation works at the final disposal facility at Olkiluoto in in the southwest of Finland.

Posiva said the contract covers the excavation work for two central tunnels and five deposition tunnels connected to them.

The work will start towards the end of 2019 and is expected to take about two-and-a-half years.

Source: Nucnet
Date: Saturday, 31 August 2019
Original article: nucnet.org/news/eur17-million-contract-signed-for-excavation-works-8-5-2019

The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for disposal of used nuclear fuel from Finland's Hanhikivi-1 NPP being built by Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom at Pyhäjokil has been submitted to the Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy (MEE) by operator Fennovoima Oy. This followed signing of a service agreement between Fennovoima Oy and Posiva Solutions Ltd, a marketing division of Posiva Oy, which will enable Fennovoima to benefit from Posiva Oy's expertise in used fuel management.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Monday, 27 June 2016
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsprogress-on-used-fuel-disposal-in-finland-4933909

In a written statement to the Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy on 3 May, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) said there is no reason why Finnish company Fennovoima should not be granted a licence for construction of the Hanhikivi-1 NPP at Pyhäjoki in northwest Finland. Hanhikivi-1 will be a 1,200MWe VVER pressurised water reactor of the Russian AES-2006 type. It is scheduled to enter commercial operation in 2024.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Wednesday, 04 May 2016
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsswedish-approval-for-finlands-hanhikivi-npp-4883439

The application, submitted to Finland's Ministry of Employment and the Economy on schedule on 28 December 2012.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Wednesday, 02 January 2013
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsposiva-submits-construction-licence-application-for-finnish-repository

Fortum has applied to the Finnish government for a decision-in-principle on its proposed new-build project, a third unit at the existing Loviisa site.

Source: NEI Magazine
Date: Friday, 06 February 2009
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfortum-s-application-for-sixth-finnish-unit