Finnish nuclear power developers kick out Russian partners
After more than eight years of joint planning, the Fennovoima nuclear power company terminates its cooperation with Russian state controlled company
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Nuclear power plant construction in north Finland faces delay, upped costs, geopolitical uncertainties
Costs for the partly Russian-owned controversial plant will be €1 billion more than previously estimated. “Further deterioration of political and
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Finnish nuclear safety investigator suspected of conflict of interest
The Finnish Security Intelligence Service (Supo) has suspended a detective suspected of official misconduct. He was detained on Monday and
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Nuclear power plant in northern Finland delayed four years to 2028
A controversial nuclear power plant to be located in Pyhäjoki in northern Ostrobothnia on Finland’s northwest coast will take four
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«Finland’s Pyhäjoki nuclear plant takes our pension money»
While four million elderly Russians live below the poverty line, the country’s pension fund pays for Rosatom-backed nuclear plant in
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Nuclear plant construction in North Finland goes ahead despite lack of permit
Fennovoima expects to spend some 500 million euros on building its planned nuclear power plant in northern Finland even before
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Delays over safety clearance, building permit for Fennovoima nuclear project in Finland
The Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority STUK will not deliver a safety assessment and related building permit for the
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Finland OKs disposal cave for nuclear waste
The Finnish government has granted Posiva a permit to build a permanent disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel on the
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Finland’s last nuclear project?
Prime Minister Juha Sipilä says it’s unlikely that his government will approve any new nuclear power plants after the Fennovoima
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Finland nuclear project will go ahead
Finland’s prime minister Juha Sipilä confirms that the Fennovoima nuclear plant will be built in Pyhäjoki, after Economic Affairs Minister Rehn
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Russian hydropower key to Finnish nuclear plant deal
There might never be built a nuclear powerplant at Pyhäjoki, northern Finland, unless energy company Fortum gets control over the
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Finland: Nuclear power plant site vandalised
Fennovoima’s controversial nuclear power plant construction site in Pyhäjoki has again been vandalised – this time with three machines left
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Finland: Russian links to nuclear power project questioned
The Finnish dairy giant Valio announced Wednesday that it was pulling out of the Fennovoima nuclear power project. The statement
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Finland downplays Russian bid to build reactor
Prime Minister Juha Sipilä said that he sees Russia’s interest in building another reactor in Finland as purely business-minded. The
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Pyhäjoki cottages in Finland make way for Russian-built nuclear reactor
Fennovoima’s planned nuclear plant in Pyhäjoki is proceeding apace— even though final building permits are still under consideration. The last
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