Fennovoima

Finland’s Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), which regulates the nation’s nuclear power industry, completed a scheduled inspection of RAOS Project via Skype due to quarantine and travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. RAOS Project is a subsidiary of Rusatom Energo International, a division of Russia’s state atomic energy corporation Rosatom. RAOS Project is […]

Another nuclear power project has been delayed, as the Fennovoima consortium and Russia’s state-run nuclear company Rosatom said the Hanhikivi 1 power plant’s projected start-up date has been pushed to 2028, four years behind the original schedule and eight years later than the proposed start when Finland’s government supported the project in 2010. The announcement […]

Fennovoima submitted its Construction License application to the Government in the summer of 2015. The application includes e.g. a general description of the plant site, plant type, main safety systems, and Fennovoima’s organization. The Construction License for the nuclear power plant is granted by the Finnish Government, and it requires a positive safety assessment from […]

Hanhikivi 1 unit’s plant supplier RAOS Project Ltd and French Alstom Power Systems, a part of GE Steam Power Systems, have signed a contract for the delivery of a turbine generator set. The contract covers the design and supply of turbine generator equipment package as well as advisory services for installation and commissioning works. The […]