Fortum awarded contract for decommissioning of VTT's nuclear research reactor in Finland
FORTUM CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE 8 APRIL 2020 Fortum has been awarded a contract from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd to decommission the FiR1 research nuclear reactor in Espoo, Finland. This is the first nuclear decommissioning project in Finland. The decommissioning works include planning, preparatory measures, dismantling of the reactor and waste management including final disposal. As the reactor has been designed for research and educational use, the amount of decommissioning waste and the associated radioactivity will be relatively minor. Safety is an absolute