NEWS FROM THE FINNISH NUCLEAR SOCIETY (ATS)
The ATS Seniors group visits Westinghouse Sweden and organises
a seminar with young generation network (YG)
The ATS Seniors group continued its programme
of activities by organising a visit to Västerås, Sweden,
from 20 to 22 March 2011. The visit was hosted by Westinghouse
Sweden, the successor of ABB Atom (the designer of the Finnish
Olkiluoto 1 and 2 Nuclear Power Plant units). A summary of the
visit is available on the ATS web page (in Finnish). Altogether
14 seniors participated.
A part of the Round Table - participants in the ATS-Senior's
visit to Westinghouse Sweden.
ATS YG and the ATS Seniors group spanned
the generations again by arranging a second topical seminar entitled:
Nuclear Power to Finland. Altogether 86 members participated,
23 of whom were members of the YG network.
Special seminar to mark the 25th anniversary
of the Chernobyl accident
ATS organised a member event under the title:
Tšhernobyl and Fukushima accidents in 26.4.2011: the 25th
anniversary of Chernobyl. The event was one of the most popular
events ever organized by ATS, attracting about 170 members. Four
presentations were given: Jukka Laaksonen, the Head of the Finnish
Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), started things
rolling by giving a presentation entitled: Lessons from the
Fukushima Accident, which highlighted also the early phases
of the Chernobyl accident; Wendla Paile continued by summarising
the health effects of Chernobyl and gave some updated information
about the Fukushima accident; Jaakko Leppänen, from VTT,
then gave a reactor physics view of the Fukushima accident and
recounted the experiences he gained from the time he spent in
Japan supporting the Finnish Embassy after the accident; Tarja
Ikäheimonen finished the session by speaking about the environmental
impacts of the accident and about the radiation protection measures
undertaken in the area. Eija-Karita Puska, the President of ATS,
opened and closed the meeting.
Estonian Nuclear Association and A.L.A.R.A AS
visit ATS
On 6 June, ATS organised a topical seminar dedicated
to the past and future of nuclear power and radioactive waste
issues in Estonia. Kalev Kallemets, from the Estonian Nuclear
Power Association (www.tuumajaam.ee/index.php?id=10721),
began by speaking about the plans in place to construct a new
NPP unit in Estonia. Ivo Tatrik, from A.L.A.R.A. AS (www.alara.ee/),
then presented the success stories and challenges associated with
the management of historical radioactive waste from the Sillamae
and Paldiski areas. Altogether 36 members participated the event.
Presentations from the above mentioned events are available in
Finnish or English on the ATS webpages at:
(www.ats-fns.fi/index.php).
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