Westinghouse And Fortum Signed Partnership For VVER-440 Nuclear Fuel Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) and Fortum recently signed a long-term partnership to develop, license and deliver VVER-440 fuel to the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant in Finland to guarantee a dependable Western alternative to Russian-supplied fuel. The new and parallel fuel supplier will diversify our…
Feasibility Study Into New Nuclear Launched In The Nordic Countries The Finnish company Fortum is launching a two-year feasibility study to explore prerequisites for new nuclear. As part of the study, Fortum will examine commercial, technological and societal, including political, legal and regulatory, conditions both for small modular reactors (SMRs) and conventional large reactors. The…
MoU Signed For Microreactor Deployment In Finland Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) and Finland’s Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the potential deployment of a Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR) in Lappeenranta, southern Finland. The planned project will also involve local authorities and stakeholders. LUT plans to deploy an…
STUK Confirms Loviisa NPP Can Operate Until 2050 The Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) has given a positive safety review for a proposed operating lifetime extension of the two-unit Loviisa nuclear power plant until 2050. Stuk said it has given the green light to Finland’s economic ministry which is to grant a final…
Mochovce-3 Connected To The Grid For The First Time On 1st February, the Slovak operator Slovenské elektrárne announced that Mochovce-3 has been connected to the grid for the first time on Tuesday, 31st January, at 10:57 pm local time. The plant reached this important milestone less than three weeks after the Nuclear Regulatory Authority of…
VTT Invests To Develop District Heating Reactor In Finland The Finnish VTT Technical Research Centre announced a 5 million euros investment in the next stage of the development work of its nuclear energy concept (LDR-50) and multiplies the size of the research team in the next 2 years. The Centre declared to aim at building…
New Record Support For Nuclear While OL3 Started Regular Electricity Production On Sunday, 16 April 2023, the Finnish nuclear operator Teollisuuden Voima Oyj – TVO (ENS Corporate Member) announced that Olkiluoto-3 completed the test production and it has started regular electricity production. From now on, Finland’s “greatest climate act” and Europe’s largest NPP unit produces…
Westinghouse And Fortum Evaluate New Nuclear Projects Westinghouse Electric Company (ENS Corporate Member) and Fortum announced the signing of Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) to study the possibilities for the development and deployment of AP1000 and AP300 reactor projects in Finland and Sweden. The MOUs establish a framework of collaboration for detailed technical and commercial discussions…
Safety And Efficiency Through International Assessments This article has been published on the website and on the latest publication of the Finnish Nuclear Society – ATS (ENS Member Society) on 8 November 2023. ENS thanks ATS President, Markus Airila, and the author, Mr. Petteri Tiippana, for their courtesy and availability to share the contribution. Petteri…
New Robotics Equipment Tested in ONKALO Repository Last June, a research team led by the Swiss robotics company ANYbotics visited Finland to test the functionality of its ANYmal robot in underground facilities. The four-legged robot, named Donkey, has been designed for autonomous operation in challenging environments, so it has been put through its paces at…