News from ETSON and its members*
News from ETSON and its members*
The objective of the Finnish Research Programme on Nuclear Power Plant Safety 2019-2022 (SAFIR2022) is to ensure that should new matters related to the safe use of nuclear power plants arise, the authorities possess sufficient technical expertise and other competence required for rapidly determining the significance of the matters.
Coordinated public research programmes on nuclear waste management have been active in Finland since 1989.
VTT continues to support Finland progressing towards having the first-in-the-world licenced deep geological repository for spent nuclear fuel.
In a recent virtual workshop of the European Technical Safety Organisations Network (ETSON), nuclear safety experts of the network´s member organisations explored the consequences of the current Covid-19 pandemic for nuclear safety and discussed respective countermeasures.
PERSEO is a full scale facility aimed at studying a new passive decay heat removal system operating in natural circulation.
Unexpected methane and CO2 releases from the ground and noble and conventional gases in groundwater could be favored by stress produced by geological and seismic phenomena.
SIET S.p.A. is a small joint-stock company with public and private capital, ENEA is the main shareholder.
Thanks to funding from the Emilia Romagna Region, a new Science Park is under development in the outskirts of Bologna to host several scientific and technological agencies and institutions of national and international relevance.
The seawall is one of the main coastal protection structures against tsunamis. Estimating tsunami wave pressures on a structure is quite important when designing seawalls.
Uranium is an important nuclear material and contaminant with respect to the sites of uranium mining and whole nuclear facilities.
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