Published 10.10.2024
The use of nuclear energy is subject to a licence in Finland. The Nuclear Energy Act presents the requirements concerning the licensing procedures, regulatory oversight and relevant authorities concerning the use of nuclear energy. Supervision is based on up-to-date regulations (note that a regulatory reform is underway), comprehensive inspection programmes and regular safety reassessments.
Published 14.12.2023
The preparation of safety analyses requires vast knowledge of the laws of thermodynamics and the special characteristics of nuclear technology and fuel, as well as knowledge of the operation of the plant unit to be modelled. Thus, experts who perform safety analyses typically develop into excellent plant experts.
Published 14.09.2023
Platom’s story begins a new chapter on the eve of the company’s 25th anniversary, when Kirsi Hassinen, M.Sc. (Tech.), starts as the company’s CEO on 1.10.2023.
Published 16.11.2022
Platom has delivered a spent nuclear fuel drying system for Posiva’s encapsulation plant, where Posiva is the responsible licence holder. Drying of nuclear fuel is essential part of the encapsulation process to ensure long term safety of nuclear fuel in the capsule.
Published 28.09.2022
In September 2022, we renewed our organizational and service structure so that we could serve our customers even more efficiently based on their needs.
Published 17.06.2022
Platom’s experts Ville Nurmilaukas, Tuomas Kantola and Janne Valkonen participated in the IAEA Technical Meeting in June 2022 and shared their experiences about the development of a requirement management practices.