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The Strategy of Site Selection for the Spent Nuclear Fuel Repository in Finland

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The Renewal of Nuclear Power in Finland

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Abstract

Posiva Ltd (Posiva), the company responsible for practical preparations and implementation for the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) in Finland, suggested that the Government of Finland should consider only Olkiluoto in Eurajoki in its application of a Decision-in-Principle (DiP) for the final disposal site in May 1999 (Posiva 1999a, 5–6). The municipal council of Eurajoki approved a favourable statement on the Decision-in-Principle on 24 January 2000. The government made the DiP on 21 December 2000, and Parliament ratified the decision on 18 May 2001.

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  1. Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Tampere, Finland

    Matti Kojo (Researcher) (Researcher)

  2. Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    Tapio Litmanen (Professor) (Professor)

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Kojo, M. (2009). The Strategy of Site Selection for the Spent Nuclear Fuel Repository in Finland. In: Kojo, M., Litmanen, T. (eds) The Renewal of Nuclear Power in Finland. Energy, Climate and the Environment Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230237032_6

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