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Olkiluoto power plant Photo: TVO There are three operational nuclear power plant units at the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant area. The boiling-water type power plants Olkiluoto 1 and 2 both have an electrical output of 890 MW. Their operating licen...https://tem.fi/en/olkiluoto-power-plant
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Nuclear facilities include nuclear power plants and facilities for nuclear waste management Finland has five active nuclear reactors with a combined gross output of approximately 4,400 MW. In total, the power plants produce more than 30 TWh of ele...https://tem.fi/en/nuclear-facilities-and-projects
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Environmental impact assessment programme for the Olkiluoto nuclear power plants Olkiluoto 1 and Olkiluoto 2 On 5.1.2024, Teollisuuden Voima Oyj submitted to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment an environmental impact assessment progra...https://tem.fi/en/olkiluoto-ol1-ja-ol2-eia-programme
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Loviisa power plant Photo: Fortum There are two active nuclear power plant units in the Loviisa nuclear power plant area. Fortum Power and Heat Oy owns the nuclear power plant units in Loviisa. The units were commissioned for commercial use in 197...https://tem.fi/en/loviisa-power-plant
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25.3.2026 | A study describing the alternatives and costs of nuclear energy promotion as well as its effects on the electricity market has been published. The report commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and produced by AFRY Management Consulting Oy was submitted to Minister of Climate and the Environment Sari Multala on 25 March 2026.https://tem.fi/en/-/new-report-highlights-means-costs-and-impacts-of-increased-promotion-and-use-of-nuclear-power
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Feed-in tariff for renewable energy The Act on Production Subsidy for Electricity Produced from Renewable Energy Sources (1396/2010) lays down provisions on a feed-in tariff system for which power plants fuelled with wind, biogas, forest chips and...https://tem.fi/en/feed-in-tariff-for-renewable-energy
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20.5.2026 | The views on data centres and their electricity use presented in public tend to either depict the centres as a threat to the sufficiency of electricity or, alternatively, highlight the necessity and benefits of such investments. However, data centres are not a black-and-white issue. Data centres should be seen as a part of the overall economic change, data sovereignty and general electrification. Thro...https://tem.fi/en/-/column-data-centres-are-an-integral-part-of-a-developing-energy-system-and-economy
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Environmental impact assessment report for Loviisa nuclear power plant On 14 January 2022, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment released its reasoned conclusion on the environmental impact assessment report of Fortum Power and Heat Oy’s...https://tem.fi/en/loviisa-eia-report
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Environmental impact assessment procedure for Loviisa nuclear power plant -EIA programme On 13 August 2020, Fortum Power and Heat Ltd submitted an environmental impact assessment programme (EIA programme) under the Environmental Impact Assessment ...https://tem.fi/en/loviisa-1-and-2-eia-programme
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Report on the environmental impact assessment procedure for Olkiluoto nuclear power plant On 5.12.2024, Teollisuuden Voima Oyj submitted to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment an environmental impact assessment report (EIA report) in a...https://tem.fi/en/olkiluoto-1-and-2-eia-report
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Nuclear power forms the basis of Finland's electricity production Photo: TVO Approximately 40% (39% in 2024) of the electricity produced in Finland comes from nuclear energy. Nuclear energy plays a major role in the implementation of the Finnish C...https://tem.fi/en/nuclear-energy
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Fennovoima cancels its construction licence application for nuclear power plant in Pyhäjoki Photo: Fennovoima On 24 May 2022, Fennovoima Oy submitted to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment a notification by which it cancels the constru...https://tem.fi/en/nuclear-facilities-and-projects/fennovoima
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Responsible final disposal of spent nuclear fuel The spent nuclear fuel from the operational Finnish nuclear power plants is intended to be disposed of at a final disposal facility to be built in Olkiluoto, Eurajoki. The planned facility has an ab...https://tem.fi/en/final-disposal-of-spent-nuclear-fuel
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Applications for Decisions-in-Principle on Fennovoima Nuclear Power Plant Project In 14 January 2009 Fennovoima Oy submitted an application to the Government for a Decision-in-Principle on the construction of a nuclear power plant at Pyhäjoki, Ruo...https://tem.fi/en/processing-of-decisions-in-principle
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Use of nuclear energy must be safe The use of nuclear energy must not cause injury to people or damage to the environment or property. This basic priority of the use of nuclear energy is laid down in the Nuclear Energy Act (990/1987) and it applie...https://tem.fi/en/nuclear-safety-security-and-safeguards
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Security and safeguards Security refers to measures that protect the nuclear facilities, nuclear material and radiation sources from illegal operations. The parts of security are preventing, observing and stalling illegal operations as well as the...https://tem.fi/en/security-and-safeguards
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Energy The objective of energy policy is to proceed consistently towards a sustainable climate-neutral society, making use of the potential for growth. The principal tasks of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment are to develop the energ...https://tem.fi/en/energy
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MEAE has supreme command and control of nuclear energy matters In accordance with the Nuclear Energy Act, the ministry prepares licence decisions for the construction and use of nuclear facilities in Finland. The ministry also oversees that the Nu...https://tem.fi/en/nuclear-energy-administration
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Environmental impact assessment on the final disposal of very low-level nuclear waste in the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant area On 29 September 2021, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment gave a reasoned conclusion on Teollisuuden Voima ...https://tem.fi/en/vllw-eia
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Russian attack on Ukraine Russia launched an attack on Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Finland has strongly condemned Russia’s military actions in Ukraine and supports Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, self-determination and territorial integrity....https://tem.fi/en/russian-attack-on-ukraine