Yes to the new Finnish nuclear power plants – New Technology

Finnish government today approved a new nuclear power plant, about 15 mil from the Swedish mainland. Ministers from the Greens, the Government in protest.

With 10 votes against 7 said the Finnish government today agreed energy company Fennovoima plans for a nuclear power plant about 15 mil east of Sweden’s northern shore.

The nuclear power plant will be built on a peninsula, Hanhikivi, near the village Pyhäjoki in Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland, the Russian supplier Rosatom – roughly level with Skelleftea in the Swedish side.

The Russian-designed pressurized water reactor will be completed in 2024, and get an output of 1200 MW.

Fennovoima owned by the company Voimaosakeyhtiö SF, which has a large ownership. Investors include subsidiary of Swedish Boliden and Outokumpu Steel Group.

Rosatom also bought the energy company Eon’s ownership, and now owns a third of Fennovoima.

To the right was near the village Pyhäjoki, with 3500 inhabitants, due to the bedrock in the environment is considered less susceptible to earthquakes.

On September 12 protest was submitted lists with thousands of names from the Swedish network Nuclear Non Bothnia to parts of the Finnish Government. They wanted that the plans should be refused.

argument for nuclear power plant was that they would become more self-sufficient in electricity, but this will be the the opposite. Finland becomes more dependent on Russia, which will control the plant in many ways, says Elisabeth Holmström, contact the Roberts- network, recently to Finnish newspaper Vasabladet.

Among those now leaving the Finnish government is Environment Ville Niinistö, the Greens.

The new power unit Pyhäjoki become Finland’s sixth planned reactor.

Two Russian-built reactors are already Loviisa.

Ii Olkiluoto are two Swedish-built Aseaatom reactors.

Another reactor being built, the French Areva in Olkiluoto, but is delayed.

Finnish government tabled today while industry Kraft (TVO s) application to extensions of time for the construction of a fourth reactor at Olkiluoto. Thus Finland seventh reactor.