World’s largest nuclear reactor is built on Finland’s western coast with an Indian designed turbine hall. As reported in TOI, this is the third reactor in Finland and going to produce 1,600 MW of electricity, when completed by 2011. The reactor will add to the nuclear power component of Finland’s available energy supply to 38% by 2020.
The site has become a tourist attraction which shows how safety of the 6,000 residents in the vicinity is ensured through design. Over 20,000 tourists are visiting the site every year. The public acceptance is ensured by crash-proof structure to negate any fear from terrorist activities and planned safe disposal of radioactive waste in deep stable 3-billion year-old bedrock.
The country has shown to the world as to how to answer the rising oil prices and how to meet increasing energy requirements without polluting the environment. The built-in safety features in the Finnish model is the answer to all the controversies with respect to the safety of the waste disposal and the public perception or belief of presence of enhanced radiation levels at nuclear reactor sites.
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