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Helen of Finland Launches EIA for Helsinki SMR

Recently, Helen Ydinvoima Oy (Helen) of Finland officially announced the launch of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedure, aimed at comprehensively assessing the environmental and social impacts of constructing a small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear power plant at one of three potential candidate sites in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Helen is committed to achieving carbon-neutral energy production by 2040, and its nuclear energy plan aims to evaluate mature SMR technologies that can produce either heat only or combined electricity and heat. The EIA programme has been officially submitted for public consultation, marking the full launch of this statutory assessment procedure. The candidate sites include Salmisaari, Vuosaari, and Norrberget in Östersund.

2026-11-06

South Africa's Nuclear Power Project Achieves Substantive Progress: 5,200 MW Nuclear Power Project Enters Full EIA Phase

Babalwa Lobishe, Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa, publicly stated on October 23 that she highly welcomes the approval of the final scoping report for Eskom's proposed 5,200 MW Thyspunt large-scale nuclear power project. The project site is located in Kouga Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, and the approval of the report by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) marks that this major clean baseload project has officially been approved to enter the comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) phase, taking a key step toward final statutory approval.

2026-10-24