Nuclear Controversy 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 |
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Upcoming actions
- Uranium information event with Ranua camp presentation on December 5th, 2009 in Valveen kokoushuoneessa (3.krs), Ojakatu 4, Oulu at 5 pm
- info stall at the ethical christmas market at Vanha Ylioppilastalo (Old Studenthouse) in Helsinki on December 6th, 2009 at 10 am
- with cakes&cookies, patches, t-shirts and handicraft to raise money for Ranua Rescue
- 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
- 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[1] [2]
- Rovaniemi - Ylitornio
- Tervola
- Ranua
- Salla / Uranium Mining in Savukoski
- Paltamo
- Kärsämäki
- Sotkamo
- Kuhmo
- Nilsiä
- Eno - Kontiolahti
Other Materials
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/