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Finland will not build three new nuclear plants: PM
Helsinki (AFP) Oct 20, 2009 Finland, which is building its fifth nuclear reactor, has yet to decide how many reactors it will need in the next decade but it will be fewer than three, Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said Tuesday. "I don't believe that based on calculations (on future energy needs) the government could decide (to accept) all three nuclear reactor applications," Vanhanen wrote on his blog. Three utility groups -- Fortum, Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) and Fennovoima -- have submitted applications to the government to build a new nuclear reactor in the Nordic country. "Each plan has to be reviewed carefully, compared with each other and the efficiency of additional nuclear energy has to be compared to other ways to cut CO2 emissions," Vanhanen said. Last week the government announced a long-term plan under which the Nordic country aims to reduce carbon emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels, to minimise the risks caused by climate warming. That means that Finland has to for instance increase the use of renewable energy, electric cars and other new technologies. The government is expected to decide early next year how many new nuclear reactors if any will be built in the coming years, said a spokeswoman for the employment and economy ministry, responsible for energy issues. The Finnish parliament also has to approve the plan. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Finnish TVO set for long row with Areva, SiemensHelsinki (AFP) Oct 20, 2009 Finnish utility TVO said Tuesday it expected a lengthy dispute with France's Areva and Germany's Siemens over cost over-runs and delays in their construction of a Finnish nuclear reactor. The plant being built in Olkiluoto, western Finland, was originally scheduled to start operating this year, but the project has fallen more than three years behind its original schedule, prompting a bitter ... read more |
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