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Fennovoima filed nuclear application with incorrect nuclear plans

Paper: Fennovoima used old Rosatom plans in nuclear plant application http://yle.fi/uutiset/paper_fennovoima_used_old_rosatom_plans_in_nuclear_plant_application/7495619

The newspaper Keskisuomalainen reported on Saturday that the technical plans filed by the power company Fennovoima as part of its application for a permit to build a new nuclear plant in Finland were actually an old design by Russia’s Rosatom for a plant near St. Petersburg. Keskisuomalainen reported that according to Rusatom Overseas Vice President Jukka Laaksonen, Fennovoima’s order came as a surprise to the Russian company and there was not enough time to create fresh plans for a new nuclear plant. Existing copies of the older plans were filed with the application, even though the type of plant described is not what is envisaged in the Fennovoima project.

According to the paper, Finland’s Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority STUK was unaware that the documentation that accompanied Fennovoima’s application was based on a different plant project. STUK has criticized Fennovoima’s application for safety deficiencies.

Laaksonen told Keskisuomalainen that Rosatom personnel are currently formulating the new plant project’s actual permit application, which will be filed next June.

September 29, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general