India needs nuclear culture

“In order to cope with the rapidly racing need of energy and lower CO2 pollution, India has no other alternative than going for more nuclear energy,” says Pasi Tuohimaa, Head of Communications, Corporate Relations, Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO)
TVO is the forerunner in supplying safe, reliable nuclear power in Finland. Half of the produced electricity is used to keep the wheels of industry rolling, while the other half flows to households, services, and agriculture via local energy companies all around Finland. In an email conversation, Pasi Tuohimaa shares how TVO is working to create high nuclear security culture.
TVO has been generating electricity for Finnish society for more than 30 years. How the nuclear power sector has evolved since TVO started its journey?We have been generating electricity for Finnish society more than 35 years. Nuclear power sector is now the basic power producer in Finland with 27 per cent of the Finnish electricity. The government has already made the decision to race the amount of nuclear energy. TVO is building at the moment at our site a new 1,600 MW Olkiluoto 3 reactor, and there are already licences for two more reactors in Finland, one for us and one for other company.
Nuclear power contributes less than 3 per cent of India’s total energy generation. Where do you see the future nuclear power in India?I know that India has very ambitious goals to lift the amount of nuclear energy in the country. In order to cope with the rapidly racing need of energy and lower CO2 pollution, India has no other alternative than going for more nuclear energy.

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