Lintilä welcomes Fortum’s decision to look into building nuclear power in Finland

MINISTER of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä (Centre) has welcomed news that Fortum is exploring the preconditions for building new nuclear power plants, be it small modular reactors or traditional larger ones, in Finland.

“From the state’s viewpoint, we still need more nuclear power and, in effect, regulating power for wind and solar in a situation where Fennovoima’s power plant project has fallen through,” he said to STT on Monday.