Research and Markets: Nuclear Power Market in Finland

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/rxpmq5/nuclear_power_mark) has announced the addition of the "Nuclear Power Market in Finland" report to their offering.

Finland is running four nuclear reactors at two of its power plants at the moment. They account for the country's 28.4% of total power needs and are known to be the world's most productive power plants with production capacity of almost 94%. The fifth nuclear plant is under construction and is expected to be launched by 2013. Finland generates about 77 billion kWh per year, the majority from imported fossil fuels (mostly coal and some gas). Coal is imported from Russia and Poland, all of its gas comes from Russia.

Finland has very high per capita electricity consumption - some 16,000 kWh per head per year. Finnish reactors are remarkable in the extent to which they have been upgraded since they were built. TVO's Olkiluoto 1 & 2 started up in 1978-80 at 658 MWe net (690 MWe gross); 30 years later, they were rated at 860 MWe net each (30% more) and their lifetime had been extended to 60 years, subject to safety evaluation every decade. TVO now proposes progressively to upgrade them further to 1000 MWe each.

Finland's nuclear waste management program was initiated in 1983, soon after the four reactors started commercial operation. Responsibility for nuclear wastes remains with the power companies until its final disposal. There are no uranium mines in Finland, but Areva Resources Finland has applied for a uranium mining claim at Ranua, just south of Rovaniemi in Lapland.

Key Topics Covered:

Executive Summary

Chapter 1: Introduction to Nuclear Power

Chapter 2: Analysis of the Global Nuclear Power Industry

Chapter 3: Nuclear Power in Finland

Chapter 4: Analysis of Major Global Players

Chapter 5: Conclusion

Companies Mentioned

- Fortum Oyj

- Energoatom Concern OJSC

- Edf Energies Nouvelles

- EDF Electricit? de France SA

- Ameren Corporation

- Enel SpA

- E.ON AG

- Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg AG

- General Electric Company

- Iberdrola SA

- RWE AG

- Siemens AG

- Vattenfall AB

- E.ON Energie

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