Results of the Finnish nuclear safety co-operation in the neighbouring areas

One of the priority sectors in the Finnish co-operation programme with its neighbouring areas, North-West Russia and the Baltic Republics, has been nuclear safety: nuclear power plant safety improvements, radioactive waste management, regulatory body assistance, and safeguards issues. This co-operation was evaluated in 1998 by an external evaluation team. The main conclusion of the evaluation was that the co-operation has been effective, satisfactorily organised, and it has had a positive impact, and hence, the co-operation should be continued. However, it must be realised that the Finnish investments, or even the Western investments as a whole, can only complement the investments and labour of the Russian and Baltic organisations themselves