Greenpeace questions cost calculations for proposed Finnish nuclear power plant

Nordic Business Report, Jan 18, 2002

NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-18 January 2002-Greenpeace questions cost calculations for proposed Finnish nuclear power plant (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com

The cost calculations submitted by Teollisuuden Voima, a Finnish power company, to the Finnish authorities with its application to build a fifth nuclear power plant are not in agreement with international calculations, according to the environmental organisation Greenpeace.

The criticism from Greenpeace has been supported by a British energy policy researcher, who has given a lecture at the Helsinki University, according to Finnish media reports.

Greenpeace has also criticised the calculations for the cost of the end storage of the radioactive waste and has predicted that there will be problems with the deposition of the waste, the lifetime of the power plant and the risks associated with a nuclear power plant.

Separately, people who are against nuclear power recently demonstrated in eight Finnish cities against an extension of the nuclear power usage in Finland. In Helsinki, people lit 2,000 red lights in the shape of the symbol for radioactivity.

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