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...
With offices in Oulu and Helsinki, digital marketing office Kuulu Oy has grown in a couple of years from a single-person firm to a company with customers all around Finland. Kuulu has also created video content for Fennovoima.
The Hanhikivi 1 construction project has taken yet another step forwards. Fennovoima will construct an administration building and a plant office in Hanhikivi peninsula. The buildings are designed by Virkkunen & Co Architects Ltd. The construction work is...
The attendance record was broken yet again at the fourth Hanhikivi 1 project open house event. On a Saturday in September, 3,400 people visited the construction site.
Finland needs more emission-free electricity. According the shareholders of Voimaosakeyhtiö SF, a main owner of Fennovoima, that is why Hanhikivi 1 project is so important for both its owners and for Finland. Fennonen interviewed three shareholders as...
The open house event organized at the Hanhikivi 1 construction site is an excellent opportunity to learn about the nuclear power project and meet the people working on it. Organizer Anu Mustonen expects record turnout at this year’s event.
The Hanhikivi 1 project will influence the Oulu region and the whole of Finland in a myriad of ways during its lifecycle, according to a study commissioned by the Council of Oulu Region and Raahe District Business Services.
Fennovoima’s entire management system has been certified. Major development efforts were needed before the management, environmental, and occupational health and safety system certificates were obtained. The work was completed this year with the...
Attitude is a word that is frequently repeated in entrepreneur Pekka Haapakoski’s speech, whether he discusses customer service or personnel recruitment.
Lehto Group is the supplier of accommodation premises for more than a thousand employees at the Hanhikivi 1 construction site. The buildings will be assembled at the factory in Oulainen and transported as modules to Pyhäjoki.
Furniture store Nivalan Laatukaluste received its larger order ever from Lehto Group: more than a thousand beds and as many desks, chairs, and wardrobes. The Lehto Group Oulainen house factory ordered the furniture for the accommodation premises of the...
The Finnish Tax Administration wants to ensure that the taxation of the companies and employees participating in the construction of Hanhikivi 1 will run according to plan. A smooth transition is important, because no one can enter the construction site...
Nothing good comes out if you hurry. This is something that Erkki Uusitalo, head of the Fennovoima nuclear power plant project electrical engineering unit, knows well. Careful planning and accurate reporting will make the construction phase of the nuclear...
The main attraction of the open house event was a guided bus tour of the Hanhikivi 1 construction site. Families with children were especially interested in the safety points of Fennovoima’s partners.
"Tested and proven technology with decades of operating experience,” Grigory Gromov says when asked to describe VVER plants. Gromov has spent his whole working career with VVER technology. Next, he will build a VVER plant in Finland.
The work site area of Hanhikivi 1 got an impressive landmark in the form of a main gate building that was completed and accepted on August 15.
Fennovoima’s OHS team at the construction site is a ”three-man-show” at the moment: OHS Manager Olli-Pekka Pirilä, OHS Specialist Satu Sonkajärvi and Summert Trainee Jesse Hakala. A valuable addition to their team is also Mikko Lehtelä, Joint Occupational...