The Finnish nuclear power plant Olkiluoto registered an increase in radiation due to an emergency situation

An abnormal situation occurred at a plant located on the small island of Olkiluoto at Unit 2, approximately 220 km northwest of Helsinki. As P. Tiippana (gen. Director of the Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety), the systems for continuous monitoring of the radiation level registered an overestimated level of radiation in the interior of the station.

The incident was reported on December 10 at 12:22 pm local time, as a result of which, in an emergency mode, the operation of the active part of the reactor was interrupted by the protection systems.

The measurements of the radiation background in nearby settlements turned out to be in acceptable ranges and nothing threatens the population.

According to a representative of the company that owns this nuclear power plant Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) I. Tanhua, an emergency situation occurred directly in the inner room of the reactor, where the radiation background is already significantly increased in normal mode. For this reason, the station's specialists are not there. Therefore, there are no casualties at the station.

It is not yet known exactly what caused the emergency and the emergency shutdown. reactor, but the most likely reason is the improper operation of the filtration system water purification. Most likely there was a spill of radioactive water from the reactor.

There is also no exact data on how much the background radiation inside the station has increased. It is only noted that this is a unique case at a nuclear power plant in Finland.

As noted by Russian experts, the emergency situation at the Finnish nuclear power plant in no way poses a threat to Russian Federation and European countries due to the fact that all radioactive elements remained inside station.

No details are known, but the fact that all the protective systems worked in normal mode, the fuel spill did not occur, and the reactor was shut down and does not pose any danger is known for sure.