IAEA Receives Report on Finland's Nuclear Power Plant Incident

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced on Thursday that it has received a report from the Radiation Authority and the Finnish Nuclear Safety Authority regarding an accident at a nuclear power plant.

It stated on its official website that it was notified today at 11:56 (UTC) by the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) about an accident at Unit 2 of the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant.

The agency said that the elevated radiation levels inside the plant had been measured, confirming that the reactor had been closed.

The IAEA indicated that it is in contact with its counterparts in Finland and will provide more public information as it becomes available.

According to STUK, no radiation has escaped from the plant to the environment.

The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant is located on Olkiluoto Island, about 220 km northwest of Helsinki.

On the third of July, the IAEA announced that the latest detection of slightly high levels of radioisotopes in northern Europe is likely to be related to a nuclear reactor that is working or undergoing maintenance, noting that the radioactive emissions are very low and their source has not been identified.

A statement by the International Agency from its headquarters in the Austrian capital Vienna stated that the concentrations of particles in the air are very low and do not pose any danger to human health and the environment.

The statement pointed out that the countries of Estonia, Finland, and Sweden measured the levels of radioactive isotopes, which were higher than usual.

It explained that the three countries confirmed that there were no accidents on their soil that could explain the existence of this nuclear radiation.

In an effort to help determine the source of the nuclear radiation, the IAEA contacted its counterparts in the European region and requested information about whether particles were detected in their countries and if there is any accident that may be related to the release of this radiation into the atmosphere, the statement added.