Dispute over disposal of nuclear waste brewing between power companies [View All]

Dispute over disposal of nuclear waste brewing between power companies
Pyhäjoki waste would not all fit in Olkiluoto


Disagreement over the final storage of nuclear waste flared up soon after the power company Fennovoima announced on Wednesday that it had decided to build a new nuclear facility in Pyhäjoki on Finland’s west coast.
Fennovoima also indicated that it assumes that it will be able to store the radioactive waste from the plant at the facility being built in Olkiluoto by Posiva, a company set up for the purpose by Fortum and TVO, the two companies that currently operate nuclear power plants in Finland.
Posiva was quick to reject the idea.

“There simply is not enough capacity or space in Olkiluoto. We are currently using all of the space made available by zoning. This fact should gradually sink in at Fennovoima as well”, says Posiva CEO Reijo Sundell....

http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Dispute+over+disposal+of+nuclear+waste+brewing+between+power+companies/1135269639490


Nuclear industry motto: Build first and worry about the fallout later...