Baltic Sea Info Tour/Olkiluoto

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Tour Stop in Olkiluoto/Rauma
Olkiluoto is the location of one of two nuclear power plants in Finland. It is situated by the Western coast of Finland, some 250 kilometers northwest of Helsinki. On the site of the NPP also a final disposal site for low and medium level radioactive waste is located. The Finnish final repository for high level radioactive waste is proposed to be realized at this location, too.

Olkiluoto is an island only separated by a narrow sound from the mainland, connected by a bridge. Olkiluoto is owned by the nuclear industry. It is part of the municipalty of Eurajoki, but the next (and biggest) city is Rauma, located only some 25 kilometers south of the nuclear power plant.

As we want to make plain to the Finnish government and the international nuclear industry that they have to expect strong resistance against their plans to extend the nuclear developments, the Baltic Sea Info Tour came back to Finland in the end. We were not only starting our action in this country that is refered to as a proof of the so-called Nuclear Renaissance - we also enforced our demand of a nuclear free world by ending up in Finland again. Thus we wanted to show our solidarity and support of the local anti-nuclear movements.

The Baltic Sea Info Tour stopped from August 14-16 in Olkiluoto/Rauma. We provided a public information event, a public street action and a regional network gathering here.

Local contact
Friends of the Earth Finland
 * phone: '''+358 40 0114622
 * email: [mailto:olkiluoto.baltic-tourATnuclear-heritage.net olkiluoto.baltic-tour AT nuclear-heritage.net]

Travel Schedule of the Olkiluoto Stop

 * Thursday - Friday (Aug 12-13): travelling from the previous stop in Stockholm to Olkiluoto/Rauma
 * Saturday - Monday (Aug 14-16): STOP in Olkiluoto/Rauma
 * Tuesday (Aug 17): travelling to the next stop in Oulu

Friday

 * arrival to Nihattula (place close to Rauma)

Tuesday

 * departure

Other Information about the Olkiluoto Stop

 * an earlier preparation meeting for the local stop of the infotour in Olkiluoto took place on April 29 at 5 pm in Rauma
 * Media Coverage:
 * "Raumalla on paljon ydinvoiman vastustajia" - article about the infotour and Finnish nuclear situation, August 16, 2010 Finnish
 * "Finland risks digging itself into a nuclear grave as it moves ahead with plans for more reactors, new deep undeground repository for nuclear waste" - article about the infotour and Finnish nuclear situation, August 2, 2010 English