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Power company applies to build Finland's sixth nuclear reactor
Helsinki (AFP) April 25, 2008 Finnish electricity producer Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) submitted on Friday an application to build a new nuclear reactor in Olkiluoto, in southwestern Finland, the ministry of employment and the economy said. The reactor would be Finland's sixth. The ministry said the environmental assessment process for the project was continuing and was expected to be finished in mid-June. "We will start preparing to handle the application this spring," Economy Minister Mauri Pekkarinen said in a statement. In addition to TVO, utility Fortum and Fennovoima are planning new nuclear reactors and are expected to send their applications to the ministry. It is unclear could the government and the parliament give their permission to more than one project. In Olkiluoto, the Nordic country's fifth nuclear reactor, the world's first pressurised water reactor Olkiluoto 3, is currently being built by an Areva-Siemens consortium. That project has run into major delays and is forecast to start producing electricity in 2011. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Civil Nuclear Energy Science, Technology and News Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
Outside View: Russia-Armenia uranium pact
Moscow (UPI) April 23, 2008 Russia and Armenia signed a treaty Tuesday in Yerevan to set up a joint venture for the exploration and mining of uranium and other minerals in Armenia. A joint company is being established on parity lines and will be registered within the next three months. |
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