OPEN LETTER TO

4.5.2026 · Ajankohtaista
  • THE FINNISH GOVERNMENT
  • THE MEMBERS OF THE FINNISH PARLIAMENT

REFORM OF NUCLEAR ENERGY ACT TO MODERNISE NUCLEAR PLANT REGULATION AND EASE NEW NUCLEAR ENERGY INVESTMENTS

28.4.2026
Open letter to

  • the Finnish Government
  • the members of the Finnish Parliament

Reform of nuclear energy act to modernise nuclear plant regulation and ease new nuclear energy investments

We, the undersigned organisations/movements/groups, strongly appeal to the Finnish government and parliament not to approve the reform of the Nuclear Energy Act.

Above all we find the streamlining of licensing processes in order to speed up the licensing of small modular reactors (SMR) and making it easier to build additional nuclear power extremely problematic.

We also find it problematic that in the future, Parliament would no longer make decisions on new nuclear energy projects, but the decision would be made by the government, and for the smallest nuclear plant projects by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy. This would speed up the permit processes but would seriously threaten the democratic assessment of projects that could have serious consequences for both humans and the environment.

The whole lifecycle of nuclear power, including SMRs, includes mining, conversion, enrichment, fabrication of fuel, reactor operation, storage of fuel, waste management. All these phases include risks of different kinds.

Accidents cannot be ruled out at nuclear power plants, including SMRs, and nuclear power plants are considered high-value terrorist targets.

Since the government proposal seems to focus specifically on facilitating the construction of SMRs, we would like to emphasize that:

What comes to “traditional” nuclear power projects OL3 (Finland), Flamanville (France) and Hinkley Point (UK) clearly show that the projects have suffered from financial problems, serious delays, technical problems, etc.

And finally a quote from LUT University (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology) November 10, 2025:

“… LUT’s analysis of the nuclear power expansion scenarios in the Finnish energy system reveals that prioritising nuclear power over renewables leads to significantly higher costs and financial risks.

Nuclear scenarios show a 71–84% higher annualised system cost compared to a renewables-based system in 2050. The system cost difference represents about 2.3% of the national gross domestic product. …”

Finland has great potential to become a pioneer in renewable energy. We sincerely hope that the Finnish government and parliament will take this into account when considering the proposed new Nuclear Energy Act.

April 28, 2026

Respectfully,

Organisation/movement/group  – country – contact person – email

  • Cities for a Nuclear Free Europe – (an informal network of cities and city leaders who wish to reduce or avoid the risks, dangers and costs of nuclear power in Europe.) – Jan Dictus – office(at)cnfe.eu
·         Friends of the Earth Australia - AUSTRALIA - Jim Green, National nuclear campaigner – jim.green(at)foe.org.au
 
  • Friends of the Earth, Adelaide- AUSTRALIA – Philip White – adelaide.office(at)foe.org.au
  • Friends of the Earth Nuclear Free Collective Melbourne – AUSTRALIA –  Reed O’Loughlin –  nuclearfree(at)foe.org.au             
  • Wiener Plattform Atomkraftfrei –  AUSTRIA – Johanna Nekowitsch –  atomkraftfreiezukunft(at)gmx.at  
  • Mütter gegen Atomgefahr/Mothers against Nuclear Hazard Freistadt – AUSTRIA – Gabi Schweiger/Chair – schweigab(at)gmail.com
  • GLOBAL 2000 – Friends of the Earth – AUSTRIA – Mag. Patricia Lorenz –

patricia.lorenz(at)foeeurope.org

  • Atomstopp_atomkraftfrei leben! – AUSTRIA – Herbert Stoiber – post(at)atomstopp.at
  • Anti Atom Komitee /eaan – AUSTRIA – Gerold Wagner – gerold.wagner(at)eaan.info
  • Liège-Décroissance – BELGIUM – Francis Leboutte –  info(at)liege.decroissance.be
  • ATTAC  Liège – BELGIUM – Christine Pagnoulle –  Cpagnoulle(at)uliege.be
  • VAKS – BELGIUM – Marc Alexander – marlex(at)skynet.be 
  • 11 March Movement – BELGIUM –  Diana Redig – diredig(at)gmail.com
  • Nation Humaine Universelle (NHU) – BELGIUM – Gilles Smedts –gillessmedts(at)posteo.be  
  • Climaxi – BELGIUM – Jean-Paul Martens – jean.paul.martens(at)pandora.be
  • Leuvense Vredes Beweging (LVB) – BELGIUM –  lieve.dekinder(at)gmail.com  
  • Belgische Coalitie Stop Uranium Wapens BCSUW – BELGIUM – Ria Verjauw – riaverj(at)gmail.com
  • Peperfabriek – BELGIUM – Tom Seerden – tom(at)peperfabriek.be 
  • Attac-Bruxelles – Belgium -Jean Flinker, President – jeanflinker(at) gmail.com
  • Nation Humaine Universelle (association) – BELGIUM – Gilles Smedts – gillessmedts(at)posteo.be      
  • Parti Humaniste en Belgique – BELGIUM –  Luisa Meneses Paillalef – meneses.luisa(at)gmail.com   
  • Les Amis de la Terre – Belgique asbl – BELGIUM – Pauline Dutron – coordination(at)amisdelaterre.be
  • Climate Express– BELGIUM – Korneel Vermeulen – korneel(at)climate-express.eu
  • Grootouders voor het Klimaat – BELGIUM – Hugo Van Dienderen –

hugovandienderen(at)gmail.com

  • Attac Bruxelles 1 (AB1) – BELGIUM  – Jean Flinker  –  jeanflinker(at)gmail.com
  • Festival du Cinéma d’Attac – BELGIUM – Marie France Deprez – marie_france_(at)hotmail.com
  • Friends of the Earth Cyprus – CYPRUS – Antonia Christou – president(at)foecyprus.org
  • NOAH Friends of the Earth – DENMARK – Palle Bendsen – pnb(at)ydun.net
  • CESTA Friends of the Earth El Salvador – EL SALVADOR – Ricardo Navarro, President – foeelsalvador(at)hotmail.com
  • Comité pour la sauvegarde de Fessenheim et de la plaine du Rhin (CSFR) – FRANCE – Gilles Barthe – csfr68(at)gmail.com
  • Nos Voisins Lointains 3.11 – FRANCE – Kurumi Sugita  – KS_NoNK(at)pm.me
  • le collectif CHANG (Halte aux nucléaire Gard) – FRANCE – Isabelle Péguin –

collectif.chang(at)protonmail.com –  isapeguin(at)orange.fr

  • Vosges Alternatives au Nucléaire – FRANCE – Pierre Fetet – pfetet(at)free.fr
  • Association STOP FESSENHEIM –  FRANCE – André Hatz (porte-parole) –

ahatz.stopfessenheim(at)gmail.com

  • SORTIR DU NUCLEAIRE Paris – FRANCE –  Catherine Quentier – cath.quen04(at)orange.fr
  • Collectif des citoyens pour la protection de l environnement étang salé île de la Réunion île océan indien française – FRANCE – Marie Christine Martz – mariechristine.martz(at)gmail.com
  • Réaction en Chaîne Humaine (RECH) – FRANCE – Christine Hasse – 007christinehasse(at)gmail.com
  • ACGK – ANTI CASTOR GRUPPE Köln – GERMANY –  schorschensen(at)gmx.de 
  • ausgestrahlt – gemeinsam gegen atomenergie – GERMANY – Miriam Tornieporth – miriam.tornieporth(at)ausgestrahlt.de
  • Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland e. V. (BUND) / Friends of the Earth Germany – GERMANY  -Verena Graichen, BUND Managing Director Politics – info(at)bund.net
  • AKW-NEE-Gruppe Aachen – GERMANY – Anke-Martina Haase – marthaa(at)web.de
  • Friends of the Earth –  FoE Japan – JAPAN – Ayumi Fukakusa – fukakusa(at)foejapan.org
  • Sustainable Development Institute – LIBERIA – James G. Otto, Team Leader, CRCG  – jotto(at)sdiliberia.org – gardeayouway(at)gmail.com
  • Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) – Friends of the Earth Malaysia – MALAYSIA – Meenakshi Raman (President) – foemalaysia(at)gmail.com
  • Laka Foundation – NETHERLANDS –  Dirk Bannink – info(at)laka.org  
  • Stroom naar de Toekomst Limburg – NETHERLANDS – leo.maathuis(at)kpnplanet.nl
  • AMA (Aksjon mot atomkraft, Action against Nuclear Power) – NORWAY

Einar Heldal – einar.heldal(at)gmail.com 

  • KFEM (Korea Federation for Environmental Movements, Friends of the Earth Korea)- SOUTH KOREA – Esther Yu – esther(at)foe.or.kr
  • Folkkampanjen mot Kärnkraft – Kärnvapen – SWEDEN  – Thordis Samuelsson (ordförande) – thordis(at)telia.com 
  • Folkkampanjen mot kärnkraft och kärnvapen i Sundsvall – SWEDEN -Kerstin Nordqvist – kerstin_nordqvist(at)telia.com
  • Kvinnor för fred Sundsvall – SWEDEN – Måna Wibron – mana.wibron(at)designmmm.nu
  • Miljörörelsens kärnavfallsorganisation (Milkas) – SWEDEN – Roland von Malmborg – rolandvonmalmborg(at)milkas.se
  • Socialdemokrater för Tro och Solidaritet, Stockholm stad – SWEDEN – Gabriele Winai – gabriele.winai(at)gmail.com
  • Nuclear Consulting Group (International) – UNITED KINGDOM – Dr Paul Dorfman (chair), Bennett Scholar, Bennett Institute for Innovation & Acceleration, University of Sussex –  dorfman.paul (at)orange.fr      
  • WANA – the Welsh Anti Nuclear Alliance – WALES – UNITED KINGDON – Richard Outram –  secretariat.wana(at)gmail.com
  • Nuclear Information and Resource Service – UNITED STATES – Timothy Judson (Executive Director) –  TimJ(at)nirs.org
  • Friends of the Earth US – UNITED STATES – Karen Orenstein, Director – Climate, Energy, and Oceans Program – korenstein(at)foe.org
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