Nuclear Controversy in Finland

Anti-nuclear Movement in Finland
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Public Events 2008:
2008/06/23	International Anti Nuclear Festival
2008/09/20	Uranium-Action-Day
2008/10/18	NUCLEAR weekEND
Public Events 2009:
2009/01/24	Uranium + New NPP Demonstration
2009/05/26	Chernobyl-day - several happenings in Helsinki
2009/07/20	Nuclear Climate Camp
2009/08/13	Ranua Rescue Action Day
2009/10/17	E-on -> E-off action
2009/11/07	Ranua: Rally + Seminar

Shortcut to this page: http://fin.nuclear-heritage.net

Upcoming actions

• Uranium Info Tour probably with expert Prof. Gordon Edwards (Canada) in Finland on January 8th-18th, 2009
• Baltic Sea Info Tour in Summer 2010
  • the next meeting will be at the Nuclear Climate Camp in Lapland (FIN) in July 2009
  • a further meeting will be probably in Germany in the autumn 2009

past activities

Article about the attack against the Fennovoima office in Lapland in anti atom aktuell #203

Ranua: Anti-uranium rally and event

Protests against uranium mining in Finland

Street theatre of nuclear monsters in front of the NPP Loviisa at 2008 NUCLEAR weekEND

Nuclear Climate Camp: Performance in front of the City Hall

Excursion To A Proposed Uranium Mining Area

Areva test drilling in Ranua/Finland

Fennovoima office in Simo (FIN) attacked

Uranium Action Day in Finland

Uranium Action Day in Finland

Part of the residence of the Anti Nuclear Festival

• Support gig for Ranua Rescue in Tampere on November 19th, 2009
  • We will show a film for the start of the evening. Afterwords there will be music and slide-show during and/or between the bands.
  • Local bands: Sulkava (Timo Blues style), Jyri Pitkänen and Teemu -> it will be kind of folkish or pop music
• Gathering for anti-uranium activists in Kajaani on November 14th-15th, 2009
• Support evening for the Ranua Rescue project on November 13th, 2009 in Helsinki
  • the festival will be postboned because of the participating bands; instead several workshops will be given and films will be shown
• Rally against Uranium and Independent Expert Hearing in Ranua against uranium mining on November 7th, 2009
• Press conference about the Ranua Rescue Action Camp on September 21th, 2009 in Ranua
• Movie night ("Area 32") about uranium mining on September 21st, 2009 at 6 pm in Ranua
• Ranua Uranium Exploration Action - August 13th, 2009
• Fennovoima office in Simo attacked - July 24, 2009
• Nuclear Climate Camp in Lapland - July 20-26, 2009
• 26. 5. 2009: Tshernobyl-day - several happenings in Helsinki
• Demostration against Nuclear industry plans in Northearn Finland - Oulu 24.1.2009

for information and flyer: http://www.ydinverkosto.net click 'Materiaalia' in 'Viestintä' section.

• KUuMOtUS-karkelot/ Independence Day Launch of Nuclear Free Finland & Rising Tide Finland (http://www.hyokyaalto.org) Esplanadi - Helsinki - 6.12.2008 17-20.
• Demonstration against building any more nuclear power plants in Finland (as the Parliament starts to debate the Government Climate Strategy) - outside Parliament, Helsinki, 0900-1000.
• Anti Nuclear Festival near Olkiluoto - summer 2008
• NUCLEAR weekEND near Loviisa - 18-20 October 2008

Future nuclear activity in Finland

Reactors

• Olkiluoto 3 building going on at the moment, 4th reactor proposed
• Loviisa 3rd reactor proposed.
• Fennovoima project - Possible locations: Ruotsinpyhtää, Simo, Pyhäjoki. Application in process.

End disposal site

• ONKALO in Olkiluoto - construction started in 2004

Uranium prospecting sites

• Rovaniemi - Ylitornio
• Tervola
• Ranua
• Salla / Uranium Mining in Savukoski
• Paltamo
• Kärsämäki
• Sotkamo
• Kuhmo
• Nilsiä
• Eno - Kontiolahti

Other Materials

• Objection To The Final Disposal Site in Finland

Links to groups & organisations

• Anti-nuclear action Blog Toimintaryhmä: http://toimintaryhma.blogspot.com/
• Nuclear Free Finland network: http://nuclearfreefinland.org/
• Finnish Association for Nature Conservation: http://www.sll.fi/
• pro Hanhiviki (Pyhäjoki - reactor): http://www.hanhikivi.net/
• Webpages of the movement against uranium mining in Northern Carelia: http://uraanitieto.net/
• Blog about the Olkiluoto NPP: http://www.olkiluoto.info/
• Lappi movement against uranium power: http://www.uraanivoima.com/
• Northern Finland Network against nuclear power and uranium mining and for renewable energy: http://www.ydinverkosto.net
• Climate Action: http://www.hyokyaalto.org/
• anarchist news site: http://takku.net/