News
Kirsi Hassinen appointed CEO of Platom
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.
Platom delivers spent nuclear fuel drying system for Posiva’s encapsulation plant
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.
Introducing new team leaders
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.
Platom is participating the IAEA event on SMRs and MRs
Published 21.02.2022
This week the IAEA is organizing an event and Platom’s Leading Expert Ville Nurmilaukas has been nominated to participate in this Technical Meeting on Instrumentation & Control and Computer Security for Small Modular Reactors (SMR) and Microreactors (MR).
Blog Posts
Component Qualifications
Published 28.10.2024
In the nuclear industry, licensing and qualification documentation is usually divided into three levels: plant, system and component level. This article explores the component-level documentation.
System-level licensing process for a nuclear facility
Published 22.10.2024
When licensing a new nuclear facility, a preliminary system description shall be developed for each system of the facility. This document is called the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR).
Licensing of a nuclear facility and demonstration of safety
Published 15.10.2024
Plant-level licensing culminates in demonstrating the safety of a nuclear facility. As the project progresses, the accuracy of demonstrating safety deepens as the maturity of the plant’s design strengthens. In conjunction with the safety assessment, it shall be demonstrated that the nuclear facility has been designed and implemented in such a way that the safety requirements are met.
Finnish Nuclear Regulatory Documentation and Approvals
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.