Within the framework of the cross-border Environmental Impact Assessment (SEA) concerning the construction of a new nuclear power plant at Olkiluoto (Finland) a report was elaborated on behalf of the Umweltbundesamt. The report presents the results of a Bilateral Consultation held on May 26th 2008 in Helsinki.
It contains a description of the procedures and requirements foreseen before a Finnish Decision in Principle will be granted. Additional presentations and information provided by the Finnish Ministries and the Project Sponsor TVO were assessed.
The Consultation Report concludes with recommendations related to aspects of relevance for Austria such as: the incompleteness of specific plant parameters, missing information about accident scenarios and possible releases under severe accident conditions.

Documents for download:
http://www.umweltbundesamt.at/olkiluoto