Energy|In the pilot plant’s reactor vessel, water is heated by an electric resistance instead of nuclear fuel.
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Steady Energy will start construction of a pilot plant for a small nuclear power plant in Finland next year.
The investment is 15-20 million euros and the locations are Helsinki, Kuopio and Lahti.
The test facility tests the operation of the facility’s processes and procurement chains from different equipment manufacturers.
The Radiation Protection Center removed the shielding distances for new nuclear power plants, so a small nuclear power plant can now be located near a residential area.
Small core power the developing Finnish company Steady Energy says it will start building a pilot plant for a small nuclear power plant in Finland next year.
The size of the investment is estimated at 15–20 million euros. The plant’s possible locations are Helsinki, Kuopio and Lahti, the company says in its press release.
Steady Energy’s pilot plant is a full-scale, working model of a nuclear thermal plant. It differs from the actual small nuclear power plant only in that there is water in the reactor vessel heating the electric resistance instead of nuclear fuel.
The purpose of the pilot power plant is to test the properties related to the operation of the plant’s processes and to form the supply chains required for the actual plant with different equipment manufacturers.
in Helsinki The possible location of Steady Energy’s experimental facility is the Salmisaaari caves. In terms of dimensions, the facility corresponds to an upright sea container. It can be built completely underground.
Steady Energy plans to decide on the location of the pilot plant by the end of the summer. After the trial run, the facility will remain for training and research use according to the company’s plans.
At the beginning of the year, Radiation Safety Center STUK removed the protective distances in kilometers for new nuclear power plants. Thanks to this, a small nuclear power plant can now be located near a settlement.
In the year Established in 2023, Steady Energy has raised approximately 15 million euros in funding.
It has agreements of intent for a maximum of 15 reactor units with the city of Helsinki’s energy company Helen and Kuopio Energia. According to the plans, the construction of the first facility would start by 2028 and use as early as 2030.
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