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Decision nears on Finnish approval amendments
Decision nears on Finnish approval amendments
Finland's minister of economic affairs is recommending that the government approves a supplement to Fennovoima's decision in principle for the Hanhikivi plant. He is also proposing it rejects an extension to that of TVO for the fourth unit at Olkiluoto.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 16 September 2014
Olkiluoto 3 startup pushed back to 2018
Olkiluoto 3 startup pushed back to 2018
Olkiluoto_3_280714_(Hannu_Huovila/TVO)_48Finland's Olkiluoto 3 will start operations in 2018, 13 years after work began on the first-of-a-kind EPR, the Areva-Siemens consortium building the plant has informed client Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO).
New Nuclear · Monday, 1 September 2014
Delay in Finnish repository licence review
Delay in Finnish repository licence review
Olkiluoto repository 48The Finnish nuclear regulator needs another six months to review Posiva's application to build a waste encapsulation plant and a final repository at Olkiluoto.
Waste & Recycling · Thursday, 26 June 2014
Loviisa I&C upgrade contract re-assigned
Loviisa I&C upgrade contract re-assigned
Loviisa 48Finnish utility Fortum has awarded a contract to Rolls-Royce to complete the modernization of the instrumentation and control (I&C) systems at its Loviisa nuclear power plant having terminated its contract with Areva-Siemens.
Corporate · Thursday, 22 May 2014
TVO seeks to delay Olkiluoto 4 project
TVO seeks to delay Olkiluoto 4 project
Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has requested a five-year extension to the government's decision in principle to construct a fourth reactor at the Olkiluoto plant. The request stems from delays in building the third unit there.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Labour ground rules set for Hanhikivi
Labour ground rules set for Hanhikivi
Hanhikivi_labour_agreement_(Fennovoima)_48Fennovoima, Rusatom Overseas and Finnish labour organisations have signed a site agreement on human resources deployment at the proposed Hanhikivi construction project.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 20 May 2014
Fuel cycle roundup #25
Fuel cycle roundup #25
• Powertech clarifies Dewey-Burdock position
• Permit for Lance
• No Q2 restart for McClean
• ERA and Rössing join forces
• Pinenut producing to 2015
• Talvivaara permit
Uranium & Fuel · Thursday, 8 May 2014
Hanhikivi investment decision
Hanhikivi investment decision
Hanhikivi with AES-2006 48A binding decision to construct and finance the Hanhikivi nuclear power plant in Finland has been made by the shareholders of Fennovoima, including Russian state nuclear company Rosatom.
New Nuclear · Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Regulator approves Olkiluoto I&C architecture
Regulator approves Olkiluoto I&C architecture
Olkiluoto_3_190314_(TVO)_48Finnish nuclear regulator STUK has approved the overall architecture of the instrumentation and control (I&C) systems for Olkiluoto 3 but has asked for further studies to be completed before final approval.
New Nuclear · Friday, 11 April 2014
Rosatom buys into Fennovoima
Rosatom buys into Fennovoima
Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom has acquired a 34% stake in Fennovoima, the company proposing to build the Hanhikivi nuclear power plant in Finland. The plant is to feature a Russian-supplied reactor.
Corporate · Friday, 28 March 2014
Fennovoima applies for VVER reactor
Fennovoima applies for VVER reactor
Hanhikivi 1 AES-2006 (Fennovoima)_48Fennovoima has asked for permission from the Finnish government to construct a Russian AES-2006 nuclear plant at its Hanhikivi site, near Pyhäjoki.
New Nuclear · Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Finnish firms commit to Fennovoima
Finnish firms commit to Fennovoima
Hanhikivi 1 AES-2006 (Fennovoima)_48Finnish companies have committed to hold just over half of the ownership of Fennovoima, the company proposing to build the Hanhikivi nuclear power plant in Finland.
Corporate · Friday, 28 February 2014
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