Pyhäjoki

The nuclear company Fennovoima (biggest shareholder is the German nuclear company EON) wants to build a new nuclear power plant in Finland - probably in Simo or in Pyhäjoki. The images give an impression about the area affected by these nuclear developments.

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  Nuclear signs by the road to the area hint to the radioactive threat of the proposed NPP

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  Cabins and other small wooden buildings are spread over the peninsula

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  The area Fennovoima wants to occupy for their nuclear business is a peninsula called Hanhiviki

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  They want to take cooling water from the sea, but would have to use long tubes as the sea close to the shores is shallow

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  Some of the land is owned by people, much is common land of the residents and can only be given to Fennovoima with their agreement

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  Fennovoima not only needs the land rights in the sea for the cooling water pipes, but also for the area where they want to build the NPP harbour

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  Fennovoima is offering incredible amounts for getting the local people's land

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  Those who refuse to give up their lands are blackmailed otherwise to be dispossessed without compensation

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  But this is - according to local activists - legally not possible as the dispossession would be carried out in favour for a private company

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  However, dispossessions seem only to be legal in favour for state projects

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  Signs on the rocks mark the border between private land and public beach

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  In public advertising events for their NPP plans Fennovoima claimed to have already taken over all land they need

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  This is a lie - several residents refused to give them their lands

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  The owners of these houses won't agree on handing over their property to the nuclear industry, as well as others refuse to do so.

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  On the other hand unfortunately some people already have been pushed by lies and money to give Fennovoima the right to use their lands for the nuclear project

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  A beautiful landscape providing several valuable protected natural or cultural important areas is threatened by the proposed NPP

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  The nuclear facility would not only pollute the area radioactively...

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  ...and there is not only the risk of hazardous accidents...

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  ...additionally the long-term radioactive waste would have to be stored somewhere safely (and that's not possible).

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  The hot cooling water the NPP is supposed to send back to the sea would heaten the shallow areas close to the coast and threaten the ecosystems

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  Ice floes stacked up by the elements

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Basic Information

Hanhikivi is a cape which is located in municipality of Pyhäjoki, at North Ostrobothnia, on the coast of Bothnian Bay. Minor piece of the capes end belongs to town of Raahe. The cape is about 5 kilometers long. (map link) Hanhikivi means “Goose rock” in english. The name of area comes from the relic, erratic block, which locates at the capes end.

Hanhikivi area is significant conservation entity of land up-lift coast. There are none exactly as large unitary forest areas of land up-lift coast at North Ostrobothnia. Hanhikivi area includes coast biodiversity, quite representative herb-rich forests of up-lift coast, small flood meadows and hardwood-spruce swamps. In addition, the area includes other statutory preserved objects as like sea-shore meadows and gloe lakes. The area of Hanhikivi has noted in North Ostrobothnia county planning as nature multipurpose area. There are, also, nationally significant relic and scenically valuable rocky area. Hanhikivi area is partially limited to Parhalahti-Syölätinlahti-Heinikarinlampi -Natura area.

About 63 % of Hanhikivi area has been preserved. About 170 hectares was preserved in Merestä metsäksi -project (forest programme) during 2005–2006 by natural values trading, subsidy for preserving ecological values and by buying land to state. There are, also, about 110 hectares preserved by other ways.

Hanhikivi is very valuable bird migrations area. Hietakarinlahti-Takaranta –area has been qualified as a nationally important bird area, FINIBA area (Finnish Important Bird Areas). FINIBA areas are remarkable areas for nature conservation. They are nesting and gathering places for near threatened species and species for international special responsibility.

Parhalahti-Syölätinlahti and Heinikarinlampi are Natura 2000 area (code FI110420). It is defined as an nationally valuable bird water area. Also, the sea-shore meadows of Maunus are qualified as a regionally valuable traditional landscape and as the last clear-preserved sea-shore meadows. The surface area is about 275 hectares.

Hanhikivi is also the name of a fixed relic, the delimeter from historical age. It has been qualified nationally valuable object and be protected by Antiquities Act (295/63). The Treaty of Nöteborg (Pähkinäsaaren rauha), also known as Treaty of Oreshek, is the peace treaty that set the first east border concerning Finland. The treaty was the first settlement between Sweden and Novgorod Republik regulating their border. The border began at Rajajoki, went to northwest across the Karelian Isthmus and ended to coast of Bothnian Bay. Hanhikivi is found as the delimiter of Treaty of Nöteborg.

• more information: Hanvihiki.net

Links

• http://uraanivoima.com/?p=pyhajoki Finnish
• Pro Hanhikivi homepages: http://www.hanhikivi.net/en/hanhikivi.php
• Pro Hanhikivi blog: http://prohkivi.vuodatus.net/ Finnish

Pyhäjoki on the Nuclear Baltic Map: nr. 34