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Fennovoima’s nuclear power plant project in Pyhäjoki Overall description is is an overall description of the Fennovoima nuclear power plant project as required in section 13 of the Nuclear Energy Act, inspected and approved by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy. To be distributed to households and municipal offices in the following municipalities: Alavieska, Kalajoki, Merijärvi, Oulainen, Pyhäjoki, Raahe, Siikajoki and Ylivieska. Copies of this overall description may be ordered from Fennovoima (info@fennovoima.fi). ere is an online version available at Fennovoima’s website (www.fennovoima.com).

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An overall description of the Fennovoima nuclear power plant project as required in section 13 of the Nuclear Energy Act, inspected and approved by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy. Distributed to households and municipal offices in the following municipalities: Alavieska, Kalajoki, Merijärvi, Oulainen, Pyhäjoki, Raahe, Siikajoki and Ylivieska. Copies of this overall description may be ordered from Fennovoima ([email protected]). There is an online version available at Fennovoima’s website (www.fennovoima.com). Published in 2014.

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Fennovoima’s nuclear power plant project in PyhäjokiOverall description

This is an overall description of the Fennovoima nuclear power plant project as required in section 13 of the Nuclear Energy Act, inspected and approved by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy.

To be distributed to households and municipal offices in the following municipalities: Alavieska, Kalajoki, Merijärvi, Oulainen, Pyhäjoki, Raahe, Siikajoki and Ylivieska.

Copies of this overall description may be ordered from Fennovoima ([email protected]). There is an online version available at Fennovoima’s website (www.fennovoima.com).

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Statement by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy on the overall description ........................................................ 3Foreword ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6Fennovoima ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6Overall significance and necessity of Fennovoima’s nuclear power plant project ...................................................................... 8Project implementation ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 10Pyhäjoki site ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12Environment .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13Technology .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14Nuclear fuel and nuclear waste management ............................................................................................................................................ 15Safety ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 16Public hearing and contact information .......................................................................................................................................................... 18

This publication is the overall description of Fennovoima’s nuclear power project in accordance with the Nuclear Energy Act. The description is based on Fennovoima’s application for a supplementary decision-in-principle relating to changes that have taken place in the project. The overall description has been inspected and approved by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy.

Information on the application process, submitting of opinions and timetable is given on the final page of this publication.

The publication is available on the company’s website at www.fennovoima.com.

Contents

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Dear reader,

In 2010 the Finnish Government issued and the Parlia-ment ratified a decision-in-principle to Fennovoima. As some changes have taken place in Fennovoima’s project since the decision-in-principle was issued, Fennovoima is now applying for a supplement to the valid decision-in-principle.

The societal justification of Fennovoima’s project has not changed with time. Self-sufficiency in electric-ity production based on reasonably priced nuclear power with low price fluctuations is important for the competitiveness and investment potential of Fennovoima’s shareholders.

Fennovoima’s nuclear power plant will be de-livered by Rusatom Overseas, which is part of the

Russian Rosatom Group. Fennovoima signed a plant supply contract with Rusatom Overseas in December 2013. The Finnish subsidiary of Rusatom Overseas will become a minority shareholder in Fennovoima.

Fennovoima will build the nuclear power plant in Pyhäjoki, which is located in Northern Ostrobothnia. Fennovoima’s project will bring new employment to the region. The improved service level will benefit the current population and attract new people into the area.

Open dialogue with the local people is an important part of the project, as Fennovoima and the people of Pyhäjoki are long-term neighbours. Good cooperation and relationship with its neighbours are important to Fennovoima. We will conduct public events for the local

Fennovoima employees in Salmisaari.

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population and entrepreneurs. Open communication about the project will continue.

Our office in Pyhäjoki is serving the local people as before. All the inhabitants of the region are very welcome to visit our local office to find out more about the project.

The Ministry of Employment and the Economy will organize a public hearing concerning the ap-plication in April. As part of the hearing process, the overall description that you are now holding will be distributed to all households in Pyhäjoki and its sur-roundings.

In this publication, we describe the application process and provide information on participation

possibilities and on the possibilities to get further information about the project. In addition to Fenno-voima, you can also get information from the Ministry of Employment and the Economy and the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK). The application can be downloaded from the Fennovoima website at www.fennovoima.com.

We hope that this publication will answer any questions that you may have. Feel free to contact us – we are happy to tell you more. You can find the contact information at the end of this brochure.

Kind regards, Fennovoima

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On January 14, 2009 Fennovoima submitted an appli-cation for a decision-in-principle for the Government concerning the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Finland. On May 6, 2010 the Government issued a decision-in-principle, which the Parliament ratified on July 1, 2010.

As changes have taken place in Fennovoima’s pro-ject since the decision-in-principle was issued, Fenno-voima is now requesting the Government to supple-ment the valid existing decision-in-principle to the effect of confirming that the project is still in line with the overall good of society.

The most significant change that has occurred in the project was the withdrawal of the German compa-ny E.ON from all of its Finnish operations, including Fennovoima’s project in autumn 2012. E.ON owned a 34 % share of Fennovoima. The changes in the share-holder basis also affected the electricity need, and Fennovoima decided to choose a plant alternative with a lower power output.

Fennovoima will build the Hanhikivi 1 nuclear power plant unit in Pyhäjoki, located in Northern Ostrobothnia. The nuclear power plant will be deliv-

Fennovoima is a Finnish nuclear power company established in 2007. Fennovoima’s Finnish owners are organized under the company Voimaosake - yhtiö SF. Voimaosakeyhtiö SF includes industrial and trading companies as well as local energy utilities which are mainly owned by municipalities.

Changes will take place in Fennovoima’s shareholder basis in spring 2014, when the Finnish subsidiary of

Rusatom Overseas, the plant supplier, will become a minority shareholder of Fennovoima. Voimaosake-yhtiö SF will remain the majority shareholder. This will be confirmed in shareholder agreements.

For a description of the current shareholder basis, see Fennovoima’s website:

www.fennovoima.com/en/fennovoima/owners

Introduction

ered by Rusatom Overseas, which is part of the Russian Rosatom Group. According to the agreed schedule, the electricity production of the power plant will begin in 2024.

The unit to be built in Pyhäjoki is a 1,200 MW AES-2006 pressurized water reactor, a recent evolution of the VVER reactor design. The reactor type complies with the requirements of the IAEA and general Euro-pean utility guidelines, and it will be built to meet the latest Finnish safety requirements. The plant’s maxi-mum thermal power will be 3,220 MW and its expect-ed lifetime is 60 years.

The Ministry of Employment and the Economy will organize a public hearing concerning the applica-tion in Pyhäjoki on Thursday April 24, 2014 at 6 p.m. The hearing will be announced in local newspapers.

This publication is the overall description of Fennovoima’s nuclear power plant project required by the Nuclear Energy Act. The description has been compiled based on the application for a supplementary decision-in-principle and its appendices. The overall description has been reviewed and approved by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy.

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Fennovoima’s owners have a genuine need for electricity

Nuclear power is a cost-effective way of producing electricity. The price of electricity produced with nu-clear power is stable and predictable. The companies involved in Fennovoima consume a large proportion of all the electricity consumed in Finland. Fennovoima’s diverse shareholders share a need for electricity with low price fluctuations.

A new nuclear power plant owned by the share-holders will improve their self-sufficiency with regard to electricity for long term. The produced electricity will be entitled to the shareholders at cost price in pro-portion to their holdings. The better predictability of the energy costs and the stable price of the electricity will support the competitiveness of Fennovoima’s own-ers and improve their business and investment poten-tial in Finland.

The industry and trade companies involved in Fenno voima are an important part of Finnish industry and commerce. The shareholder base also includes numerous local energy companies. With Fennovoima the energy companies are able to secure reasonably priced electricity for their customers, including house-holds and local communities. Most of the energy companies are owned by municipalities, meaning that their holdings in Fennovoima also support the municipal economy.

Increasing competition in the electricity market

Ownership of electricity production is centralized in Finland. Fennovoima’s nuclear power plant will im-prove the functionality of the electricity market by

Overall significance and necessity of Fennovoima’s nuclear power plant project

increasing the supply of electricity and introducing new operators to the power production industry. A varied electricity production is a necessary prere-quisite of effective competition in energy market and the reliable supply of electricity.

New vitality to the site region

The Fennovoima nuclear power plant will be con-structed at a new location in Pyhäjoki in Northern Ostrobothnia. Construction of a nuclear power plant is a major project that will bring new employment to Northern Finland. The construction site and the op-eration of the power plant will create new long-term industrial operations and increase the stability of the regional economy.

A maximum of 3,000–4,000 people will be involved in the construction of the nuclear power plant. Dur-ing the operation phase, the nuclear power plant will employ an estimated 350 to 400 people. There will be work opportunities in many fields, as in addition to the nuclear power plant construction work also regular construction work and major excavation works will be needed. Many of the workers will live in the region during the construction and operation of the plant, using various services and paying taxes to their munici-pality. Tax income will also be gradually received from the nuclear power plant.

The long-term nature of nuclear power production will provide the region a good opportunity to diversify its service range. The improved service level will benefit the current population and attract new people into the area.

Preparations for the project have already been in progress for long in the entrepreneur associations, chambers of commerce and municipalities of the site

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region and of Northern Finland. For example, in au-tumn 2012 the Raahe District Development Center launched the Hanhikivi cohesion project, which focuses on the public sector’s preparations in the im-mediate area of the nuclear power plant construction. The main objective of these preparations is to maxi-mize the positive impact of the nuclear power plant on the region, to increase the attractiveness of the region, and to improve the local prerequisites for carrying out major projects.

Fennovoima wishes to involve Finnish industry in the project, and supports this objective by measures such as organizing trainings and distribution of infor-mation among other things.

Fennovoima supports the implementation of the National Climate and Energy Strategy

Being a carbon-neutral electricity production method, nuclear power production supports the climate targets in Finland. The impact of Fennovoima’s nuclear power project on the country’s energy supply is in line with the objectives defined in the National Climate and En-ergy Strategy. Fennovoima’s nuclear energy production will help satisfy the electricity needs of Finnish busi-ness enterprises, households, and agriculture. It will also improve Finland’s self-sufficiency of electricity and be an important increase in low-carbon power produc-tion.

Increased security of energy supply

Fennovoima will add a new locality to the list of Finn-ish nuclear power production sites. Large electricity production facilities such as nuclear power plants should be located at an adequate distance from each other to secure the supply of electricity in all situations.

In 2013, approximately 19 % of the electricity used in Finland was imported from abroad. Increasing do-mestic power production capacity will improve the security of energy supply by making Finland less de-pendent on imported electricity and fuels that generate greenhouse gas emissions.

Fennovoima’s project allows diversification of the locations, ownership and organizations of Finnish nuclear power production operations.

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Fennovoima aims to begin electricity production in 2024. Important factors for the progress of the project are the licensing and permitting processes required by Nuclear Energy Act and construction and environ-mental legislation as well as the managing of the plant design and construction.

Fennovoima will pay particular attention to project and quality management. These play a central role in securing the safety and planned implementation of the project. The plant supply contract reserves Fennovoima the right to supervise the quality of the plant engineer-ing and implementation at the various stages of the project.

In 2009, the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) issued a statement to the effect that Fennovoima possesses the prerequisites to create a management system for the power plant construc- tion and operation phases that focuses on safety and quality management as well as on good safety culture. In autumn 2013, Fennovoima submitted an updated

Project implementation

description of the management system to STUK for assessment.

Fennovoima will ensure that at all stages of the project it has the necessary competent personnel and the expertise to secure the achievement of safety re-quirements and the goals that have been set. In the plant supply contract, Fennovoima has set require-ments for the key engineering solutions concerning safety and operating features, and it will monitor compliance with these requirements.

At the moment Fennovoima has 80 employees working in its organization and the number will increase to over 340 persons before the construction of the plant begins. The number of personnel required for the construction and commissioning phases will be nearly 550 at the highest. The competence required from the project organization is mostly related to nuclear safety, project and quality management, and construction of power plants and industrial facilities.

Preparation

2008EIA

2010Decision-in-Principle

2011Site selection

2012First bids for nuclear power plant

Construction

2018Construction of the plant and site facilities

Operation License

Fuel loading

Operation

2024In operation

Development

2013Rosatom chosen as the plant supplier

2014Construction of a new road connection begins

2015Construction License Application

2017Construction License

2007 – 2012 2013 – 2017 2018 – 2023 2024 –

Planned project schedule.

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The Rosatom Group is committed to the execution of Fennovoima’s project and securing the necessary expertise. The fact that the Rosatom Group will be a minority shareholder in Fennovoima also increases its commitment. The Rosatom Group has extensive experi-ence of the construction and safe operation of nuclear power plants. The company has the necessary expertise for all stages in the life cycle of a nuclear power plant.

Fennovoima’s objective is a safe and smoothly oper-ating construction site where employment matters are appropriately handled and gray economy is effectively rejected. Thorough preparations aim to ensure that also employment matters are well managed during the con-struction phase.

Various site management and employment related matters have been agreed on in the plant supply con-tract signed by Fennovoima and Rusatom Overseas. For example, the contract provides for an on-site informa-tion and access control system which allows real-time

management of the information of all subcontractors and workers active in the area. With the information system, management of employment and contractor’s liability information as well as the communication with the authorities and trade unions will be flexible and efficient.

It has also been agreed that a so called site agree-ment shall be prepared in which Fennovoima, Ru-satom Overseas and the labor market organizations most relevant to the construction site agree on proce-dures and cooperation practices to be used at the site. The purpose of the numerous terms and conditions related to employment and the contractor’s liability is to ensure the appropriate management of employment matters and the efficient rejection of the gray economy at the site.

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In 2011, Fennovoima chose Pyhäjoki, a municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia with a population of around 3,300 people, as the third Finnish nuclear power plant location. The nuclear power plant will be built on the Hanhikivi headland located in Pyhäjoki. In the site selection, special emphasis was put on safety, technical feasibility, the environment and nature, building costs, and the regional community’s willingness and ability to accept the project in the area. The Hanhikivi head-land was selected as the plant location based on an overall assessment. According to the statement issued by the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) in 2009, a nuclear power plant can be safely built to Pyhäjoki.

Pyhäjoki site

Fennovoima’s nuclear power plant will be built on the Hanhikivi headland, located in the northern part of the municipality of Pyhäjoki, approximately seven kilometers from the center of the municipality. (© Fennovoima 2013)

The nuclear power plant will be constructed in the central and northern parts of the Hanhikivi headland.

All three levels of land use plans prepared for the Hanhikivi site are in force and non-appealable. The Ministry of the Environment has ratified the regional land use plan for nuclear power in 2010, and the plan came into effect in 2011. The municipal council of Py-häjoki approved the local detailed and master plans in 2010. The town council of Raahe has also approved the changes to land use plans as they concern the town of Raahe. The local detailed and master plans came into effect in 2013.

Oulu

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Pyhäjoki

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Fennovoima carried out an environmental impact assess-ment (EIA) in 2008. The coordinating authority, the Minis-try of Employment and the Economy, stated that the EIA report content meets the requirements of EIA legislation. Fennovoima has complemented its environmental impact assessment in 2013 and 2014 by carrying out an assessment in order to find out the environmental impacts that the construction and operation of a 1,200 MW nuclear power plant built on the Hanhikivi headland in Pyhäjoki would have. Fennovoima submitted the new EIA report to the Ministry of Employment and the Economy on February 13, 2014.

The information contained in the EIA report will be later utilized during the processing of license and permit applications. The construction of the nuclear power plant requires a construction license from the Government and, before the commissioning of the plant, a separate opera-tion license. The appropriate permits pursuant to the En-vironmental Protection Act and the Water Act, as well as a building permit from the municipality, are also required.

The results of the environmental impact assessment

The construction of a nuclear power plant is a major pro-ject, and changes to the environment of the Hanhikivi headland are inevitable. The conclusion of the environ-mental impact assessments submitted in 2008 and 2014 was that the project was not found to have any such ad-verse environmental impacts that could not be accepted or reduced to an acceptable level.

The nuclear power plant will be placed in a highly visible area on the tip of the Hanhikivi headland reach-ing out into the open sea. The construction of the nuclear power plant will restrict land use in the plant’s safety zone, but it enables new construction in the existing set-tlements and villages and along the roads. The first stage of the nuclear power plant construction includes the con-

Environmentand bedrock. The nuclear power plant’s traffic emissions will not reduce the air quality to the extent that it would have an adverse impact on people or the environment. The impact of dust on air quality will be for the most part limited to the site area. According to noise modeling, the noise caused by the project during both the construction and operation of the plant will remain below the guide-line values set for residential areas and areas including holiday residences.

With work planning the excavation and ground works can be scheduled so that they cause minimal harm on the environment.

In the operating phase of the nuclear power plant, the impact on the environment will be minor. The most significant impact will be that of the discharged cooling water in the immediate vicinity of the discharge location. Cooling water warms up by 10–12 °C as it flows through the power plant after which the water is discharged back into the sea.

The sea off the Hanhikivi headland is open, and the water is scarce in nutrients. Based on the studies per-formed in the area, it has been estimated that the warm water will only cause minor eutrophication. Easily observ-able temperature increases of more than 5 °C will be lim-ited to the immediate vicinity of the discharge location. Cooling water has been assessed to have a local adverse impact on fishing and fish stocks. The construction of the nuclear power plant will also have an impact on the flora and fauna, as parts of the living habitats will change per-manently.

Normal operation of the nuclear power plant will have no radiation-related impact on the health, living con-ditions or environment of the people living in the vicinity. The levels of radioactive substances and radiation around the nuclear power plant will be carefully monitored.

Fennovoima aims to keep the environment of the plant site as close to its natural state as possible in areas where no nuclear power plant, other necessary buildings or any infrastructure are built. Extensive studies have been carried out in order to chart the habitats and species of the headland. The results of these studies will be utilized in careful planning of the land use. The shores of the area will also be kept as close to their natural state as possible. The only exceptions to this will be the wharf and the cool-ing water intake and discharge areas.

Fennovoima continues to monitor the state of nature, seawater and fish stocks regularly, and will take preventive measures to reduce any adverse impact when necessary. The environmental impacts will be monitored in accord-ance with programs approved by environmental authori-ties.

For more information and the complete EIA report, see the Fennovoima website: www.fennovoima.com/en/fennovoima/publications/eia

struction of a new road connection to the power plant ar-ea and the completion of the necessary water and ground construction works. After these, the construction of the power plant and other necessary buildings will begin.

Environmental impacts during construction are noise, dust, emissions from traffic and machinery, landscape impacts, effects on flora and fauna and impacts on soil

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The facility to be constructed to Pyhäjoki is a 1,200 MW AES-2006 pressurized water reactor. The maximum thermal power of the plant will be 3,220 MW at most and its expected lifetime is 60 years.

AES-2006 plants are based on VVER technology with extensive operating experience. The technology has been developed and used for more than 40 years. AES-2006 is a recent evolution of the VVER plant series. VVER plants have been operating safely for example in Loviisa in Southern Finland for more than 30 years.

Technology

Cross-section of AES-2006 nuclear power plant.

The AES-2006 reactor type complies with the require-ments of the IAEA and the general European utility guidelines, and it will be built to meet the latest Finn-ish safety requirements. Plants similar to the AES-2006 have been ordered in various countries, and construc-tion of the plant type is in progress in Russia.

The pressurized water reactor is a light water reac-tor, which is the most commonly used reactor type in the world.

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Fennovoima will monitor the safety and quality of the design, manufacturing, transportation and storage of the nuclear fuel in accordance with recognized interna-tional practices.

Fennovoima will acquire the nuclear fuel as an in-tegrated fuel supply from TVEL, which belongs to the Rosatom Group. The integrated delivery will cover the procurement of the uranium and the manufacturing of the fuel for approximately the first ten years of opera-tion. Fennovoima has chosen to use reprocessed urani-um during the first years of operation. However, natu-ral uranium is kept as a secondary option. Reprocessed uranium is recycled fuel that has been previously used in a nuclear reactor. Its technical properties correspond to those of natural uranium. When using reprocessed uranium, the mining and enrichment of uranium ore are not included in the fuel procurement chain.

Fennovoima has the appropriate methods in its availability for implementing nuclear power plant’s nu-clear waste management, as required by nuclear energy legislation.

Most of the radioactive waste created at a nuclear power plant is low- or medium-level waste from the operation and maintenance of the plant. These waste categories include for example cleaning liquids and maintenance equipment used by the employees such as overalls and gloves. At all Finnish nuclear power plants, low- and medium-level waste is disposed of in an un-

Nuclear fuel and nuclear waste management

derground repository constructed in the power plant area. This will also be done at Fennovoima’s nuclear power plant.

The spent fuel generated in Fennovoima’s nuclear power plant will be disposed of in the Finnish bedrock. The final disposal method ensures through multiple means that the radioactive waste will pose no hazard to the environment or to people. The spent nuclear fuel is placed in separate interim storage facilities located in the plant site. The final disposal of the spent nuclear fuel generated in Fennovoima’s nuclear power plant is estimated to begin no earlier than in the 2070s.

According to the decision-in-principle issued by the Government in 2010, Fennovoima must, within six years of the decision-in-principle, either present a coop-eration agreement with the owners of Posiva or begin the environmental impact assessment procedure for the construction of its own final disposal facility.

As recommended by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Fennovoima is currently in the pro-cess of preparing an overall plan for the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel. The overall plan includes a review of the preliminary schedule of Fennovoima’s final dis-posal and it studies the interfaces regarding the final disposal project of the current nuclear power operators. Fennovoima’s primary goal is to develop and carry out the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel together with other Finnish nuclear power operators.

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Fennovoima is responsible for the safety of the nuclear power plant and for the safe management of its nuclear waste at all times. Fennovoima’s nuclear power plant will be designed, constructed and used so that it fulfills all the requirements set for the safe use of nuclear en-ergy and radiation. According to the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority’s (STUK) statement is-sued in 2009, no facts have emerged that would suggest that Fennovoima would not have sufficient prerequi-sites for safe constructing of a nuclear power plant.

The safety assessment prepared on Rosatom’s AES-2006 plant has been submitted to STUK for a re-view. According to Fennovoima’s evaluation based on the submitted reports the plant can be designed and constructed to fulfill the Finnish safety requirements.

Safety

An unconditional safety culture forms the founda-tion for the design, construction and use of the power plant. Safety is ensured by adopting the defense-in-depth principle, which means the use of multiple successive and independent structural and functional protections. A failure of one system will cause no danger to the people or the environment.

The normal operation or the potential operating transients or accidents will not exceed the maximum limits defined for the emissions of radioactive sub-stances and the radiation doses individuals are ex-posed to. This will be ensured by the appropriate technical design of the plant, and shall be justified in conjunction with the construction and operation license applications.

Levels of protection based on the defense-in-depth principle.

Normal operation

Control of anticipated operational occurrences

Control of accidents

Control of severe accidents

Mitigation of consequences

Failure of an entiresafety system

Multiple failure ofindependent safety systems

Containment buildingfailure

Failure of an individual device

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Safety functions shall be designed so that safety can be reliably secured even in situations like system malfunc-tions, equipment maintenance or human error.

The safety of the plant is based on both active and passive systems. Active systems are systems that require external power supply, for example electric power, to operate. Among the important safety features of the AES-2006 are passive safety systems, driven by natural circulation and gravity. Those are independent of any power supply, and can be maintained in all conditions. In case of a severe nuclear accident, the containment building is equipped with a core catcher.

In addition to internal threats, provisions will be made for external threats such as extreme weather con-ditions, sea- and ice-related phenomena, earthquakes, and intentional damage. The plant type features a double-shell containment building. The outer contain-ment shell is a thicker structure made of reinforced concrete that is capable of withstanding collision loads of for example a passenger airplane crash.

If cooling water could no longer be obtained for any reason, the cooling of the plant in shutdown state could be managed for a long time using the plant’s clean water tanks. The plant’s power supply will be secured with emergency diesel generators, a back-up power plant and multiple connections to the national grid.

Safety and emergency arrangements and procedures shall be prepared together with safety and rescue au-thorities and the police.

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Statements The Ministry of Employment and the Economy shall request statements from various ministries, authorities and the municipality of Pyhäjoki, as well as the neighbouring municipalities.

Announcement The Ministry of Employment and the Economy publishes an announcement of Fennovoima’s nuclear power plant project in newspapers and its website at www.tem.fi on April 15, 2014.

Application on display A copy of the application for the supplementary decision-in-principle is at municipal offices available for viewing from April 15 to May 16 at the municipal offices of Pyhäjoki (Kuntatie 1) and its neighbouring municipalities.

Public hearing The Ministry of Employment and the Economy organizes a public hearing in Pyhäjoki on Thursday, April 24, 2014, at 6 p.m. (sports hall of the Pyhäjoen Monitoimitalo, Koulutie 7).

Submitting opinions Opinions concerning the project may be presented to the Ministry of Employment and the Economy by post (Ministry of the Employment and the Economy, P.O. Box 32, FI–00023 GOVERNMENT) or by e-mail ([email protected]). Opinions shall be delivered to the Ministry by May 16, 2014. When expressing opinions and issuing statements, please refer to the record number of the matter: TEM/11/08.04.01/2014. Also include the name and address information of the individual or community.

More information, Further information concerning the processing of the application is available Ministry of Employment at the Ministry of Employment and the Economy. Contact persons: and the Economy Chief Engineer Jorma Aurela, tel. +358 50 592 2109, and Chief Counsellor Pia Nordberg, tel. +358 50 444 9763.

More information, Fennovoima website: www.fennovoima.com, Fennovoima e-mail: [email protected] Fennovoima’s regional office: Pyhäjoki office Vanhatie 48, FI–86100 Pyhäjoki Open: Monday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Communications Officer Auli Hietala Tel. +358 20 757 9161

Fennovoima’s e-mail addresses are in the format [email protected].

Public hearing and contact information

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