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.[1]
Olkiluoto is an island only separated by a narrow sound from the mainland, connected by a bridge.[2] 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[2].
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: olkiluoto.baltic-tour AT nuclear-heritage.net[3]
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
Programme of the Infotour in Rauma
Friday
- arrival to Nihattula (place close to Rauma)
Saturday
| 09:00 | wakeup, breakfast, morning meeting |
| 11:00 | Olkiluoto excursion |
| 15:00 | lunch in Nihattula |
| 16:00 | action training - principals - technics |
| 19:00 | social evening |
Sunday
| 09:00 | wakeup, breakfast, morning meeting |
| 11:00 | Olkiluoto excursion and performance |
| 13:00 | lunch |
| 14:00 | network gathering |
Monday
| 08:00 | wakeup, breakfast, morning meeting, preparations for street action |
| 09:00 | transition to Rauma |
| 10:00 | street action - part I |
| 12:00 | media conference |
| 13:00 | lunch (in Rauma) |
| 14:00 | street action - part II |
| 17:00 | Baltic Sea – most radioactive sea in the world, seminar |
| 19:00 | getting back to Nihattula |
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
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olkiluoto_Nuclear_Power_Plant&oldid=353868219 as at April 18, 2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olkiluoto&oldid=68707517 as at April 18, 2010
- ↑ For protection against automatical email address robots searching for addresses to send spam to them this email address has been made unreadable for them. To get a correct mail address you have to displace "AT" by the @-symbol.
- Baltic Sea Info Tour Stop in Olkiluoto
Lecture about health impacts in the library of Rauma
NPP Olkiluoto 1 and 2
NPP Olkiluoto 3 under construction
Poster of the Olkiluoto Blockade in front of the reactors
Another impression of the three reactors
Albert Einstein pointing to the Olkiluoto Blockade flyer
NPP visitor information center
Images of the Anti-Nuclear Festival close to Olkiluoto:
- Old images of Olkiluoto and Rauma
Part of the residence of the camp
Action in front of the NPP on June 27, 2010
The Olkiluoto nuclear power plant
Olkiluoto site with dose rates
Olkiluoto 1 and 2, the construction site of Olkiluoto 3 and a windmill
Public Sponsorship - Förderung
This project was financed in public sponsorship by the European Union within the program YOUTH IN ACTION. The content of this project does not necessarily reflect the viewpoint of the European Union or of the national agency "JUGEND für Europa" and they do not assume any liability.
Dieses Projekt wurde mit Unterstützung der Europäischen Union durch das Programm JUGEND IN AKTION finanziert. Der Inhalt dieses Projektes gibt nicht notwendigerweise den Standpunkt der Europäischen Union oder der Nationalagentur JUGEND für Europa wieder und sie übernehmen dafür keine Haftung.
