Finland set to become long-term nuclear waste dump
An experiment currently underway in Greenland is trying to learn about the effect of glaciers on bedrock. This project has been organised and funded b...
Iranians selectively barred from Swedish universities
Sweden’s national security service, Sapo, has issued a warning that Iranian citizens studying at Swedish universities could have ties to their nation’...
Mushrooms in Finland still radioactive after Chernobyl
There are several types of mushrooms in Finland these days which are still affected by the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown incident. These mushrooms are st...
Sweden ready for world’s first permanent nuclear waste dump
Half a kilometre beneath the Swedish town of Oskarshamn is the Aespoe Hard Rock Laboratory, an underground maze of tunnels running four kilometres thr...
Finland’s Olkiluoto nuclear plant site could be shut down
The Finnish Nuclear and Radiation Safety Authority (STUK) has sent a letter to Areva, the French company building the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant, s...
Finnish company applies to build nation’s sixth nuclear reactor
Finland is debating whether it needs a sixth nuclear power plant, and several firms are vying to win the contract to build it. The Finnish utility com...
Sweden makes nuclear U-turn
Sweden made a sharp turn away from its 29-year ban on new nuclear power plants last week when the government overturned the 1980 law. The Swedish gove...
Finland’s newest nuclear reactor fuels small town
In the shadow of the building site of Finland’s fifth nuclear power plant, the small town of Rauma on the island of Olkiluoto is enjoying the economic...