The Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE reports that the government proposes a licence for constructing a nuclear power plant to Fennovoima and TVO. The government is not proposing a licence for one of the applicants, Fortum. Mauri Pekkarinen, Minister of Economic Affairs, presented the matter in a meeting of the government.

The next step is that the proposal goes to the government for voting and after that, the Parliament will process it. If the DiP is accepted, TVO’s nuclear power plant would be constructed in Olkiluoto, Eurajoki and Fennovoima’s nuclear power plant in Northern Finland, to Pyhäjoki or Simo.

Mr Pekkarinen and Jyrki Katainen, Minister of Finance, emphasized Finland’s security of supply in energy production. According to them Finland will be self-sufficient in electricity production by the year 2020.

According to Mr Pekkarinen, the emissions of Finland will decrease considerably. In the government's press conference, he said the power plant projects secure the electricity production for domestic industry and business and replaces imported electricity. In addition, Mr Pekkarinen stressed the employing effect: the nuclear power projects generate tens of thousands of man-years.
 

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