Framatome-Siemens, the French-German consortium, has been contracted to supply main instrumentation and control (I&C) systems for the Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power plant. All the major suppliers for the project have now been selected.
When time working at an ore mine proved short, Veljekset Kellola Oy from Raahe expanded its excavating business to cover the whole of Finland. The Hanhikivi 1 project has provided the family-owned company work in its home region.
Our society uses electricity all the time. How should it be produced to ensure a reliable electricity supply for today and tomorrow?
The second class of the Pyhäjoki Upper Secondary School arranged a trade fair event as part of their studies. Arranging the event taught the students entrepreneurship, which is difficult to learn from books.
The attendance record was broken yet again at the open house event of the Hanhikivi 1 project construction site. On a Saturday in September, 3,900 people visited the construction site. To celebrate the fifth open house event, we listed five facts about...
A contract worth some EUR 30 million has been signed. Construction of the administration building and the plant office is the most important project under Fennovoima’s scope of work.
All of the parties active at the Hanhikivi 1 construction site have committed to responsible environmental work throughout the nuclear power plant project.
In the KELPO project, parties active in the nuclear industry are working in cooperation with the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) to find ways to update operating methods.
In addition to nuclear safety, occupational health and safety is one of the most important issues at the Hanhikivi 1 construction site. Construction site employee representatives Jouni Karekivi and Mikko Lehtelä also consider themselves attitude educators...
At the garage, young people get help in servicing their mopeds, important information is shared, and everyday worries are heard.
Toni Grekula from Pyhäjoki says that an entrepreneur’s best reference is being true to one’s word.
Hereford cattle are the most important employees of Rautala farm. Thanks to them there is now room for the endangered Primula cortusoides and nesting waterfowl among the willows in front of the Parhalahti nature conservation area.
A voluntary search and rescue team searches for bodies of drowning victims in Finland. Fennovoima supports the operations of the search and rescue boat team from Lumijoki.
Ismo Hämäläinen, new Executive Director of the Finnish Ski Association, believes in the future of snow sports – provided that expertise and the conditions are kept up to scratch.
It is possible that there has never been such a brisk leader in the nuclear industry. Marjut Vähänen, the new director of the FinNuclear Association, has three degrees and drives a red Jaguar. She encourages Finnish companies to take the plunge into the...
Climate-anxiety spreads, but are we too late to do anything? The numbers and trends regarding climate seem stark, even paralyzing, but the most important thing is to keep a cool head and act with purpose.
Top-ranking Finnish skiers talk about the warming climate – and are looking forward to the Suxii event.
Fennovoima’s international team comprises hundreds of experts. They all have the same goal: production of environmentally friendly, reliable, and steady electricity.
Fennovoima’s operations and employees will be transferred to Pyhäjoki in stages as the Hanhikivi 1 project proceeds. Most of the employees will come once the administration building is completed in 2021.
Päivikki Aarni, HRD Manager, tells about what working for Fennovoima is like.
Jouni Takakarhu and Mikko Virtanen bring added strength to Fennovoima's Management Team. The appointments are part of the organizational change.