Helsinki to test nuclear district heating plant design

Helsinki to test nuclear district heating plant design

A pilot project to test the concept of nuclear-powered district heating systems will use electricity rather than uranium for heat generation.

Helen is leasing the Salmisaari power plant to Steady Energy, which is developing a small nuclear power plant. The pilot plant will not have a nuclear reactor, but it will otherwise simulate the operation of a small nuclear power plant.

Pilot non-nuclear SMR plant to be built in Finnish coal-fired plant

Finnish small modular Reactor Developer Steady Energy is to build a non-nuclear pilot facility at the decommissioned Salmisaari B coal power station in central Helsinki to demonstrate the maturity and safety of its LDR-50 Reactor for district heating.

Steady Energy is building a small nuclear power plant test facility at a former coal-fired power plant in central Helsinki.

Helen is leasing the former coal-fired power plant on Sundholmen to the company Steady Energy. The company will build a pilot plant for its small-scale nuclear power plant in the former coal-fired power plant.

The facility under test does not have nuclear fuel.