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Workshop on Science and values in radiation protection in Helsinki
A study on mobile phone radiation effects on humans completed
Brave new monitoring network - Uljas
Cooling water outlet arrangements to be clarified
STUK statement on the EIA report on Olkiluoto 4 plant unit: Increase in sea level must be carefully assessed
Levels of radioactive substances in the Barents Sea remain the same
STUK authorised start-up of Olkiluoto 1
STUK authorised repairs at Olkiluoto nuclear power plant
STUK gave a statement on the EIA report on Loviisa 3
Radioactive cesium levels in mushrooms can be easily reduced
Welding work has been carried out appropriately at OL3
Press releases 2007
Press Releases 2007
No clear connection between mobile phone use and brain cancer
Radiation from mobile phones tested by STUK does not exceed recommended limits
STUK supports the lengthening of the operating license of the Loviisa nuclear power plant
Chernobyl originated radioactive cesium in fish and mushrooms exceeds the EU levels even after 20 years
The operational disturbance at Olkiluoto nuclear power plant on 4 September was INES Level 1
The containment steel liner weld of Olkiluoto 3 will be repaired
Press releases 2006
Press Releases 2006
Evaluation Expert team:STUK has reinforced its status as high level research institute
Finnish Nuclear Waste Management acknowledged internationally
Insufficient guidance of subcontractors’ work in Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant project
NOTE research project to examine the health effects of low doses of radiation
STUK approves the response of TVO with certain reservations
Director General of STUK Jukka Laaksonen, was awarded for his nuclear safety work in Lithuania
No traces of polonium 210 found in Finns
STUK’s Leszczynski has received Zhejiang University’s professorship
STUK launches a study on possible health effects of mobile phone use
Press releases 2005
Press Releases 2005
No safety-related obstacles for construction permit for nuclear power plant
Position of the Nordic countries: Use of sun beds should be avoided
Leszczynski from STUK invited to the steering committee
International experts ponder the study methods of electromagnetic fields at STUK in Finland
STUK's English web pages renewed
The Third European IRPA Meeting in Helsinki in 2010
Finnish Workers have been exposed to radiation in Chile
Press releases 2004
Press Releases 2004
Proteins react to microwave radiation from mobile phones
STUK will assist the European Commission during severe nuclear or radiological emergencies
Mobile phone radiation does not exceed exposure limits
STUK study chosen to 2004 Press Book of Cell Biology
Radon and tobacco kill together and separately
Press releases 2003
Press Releases 2003
International Project on Assessment of Environmental Impact to be concluded in October 2003
New limits to cesium concentrations in wild food products on the market
STUK and IAEA create regulatory control of the final disposal of nuclear fuel
Finns donate software to detect nuclear tests
Border control has decreased radioactive shipments in Finland
Press releases 2002
Press Releases 2002
The influence of mobile phones on etiology of brain tumours is examined
Progress in FARMING - a project for protection of foodstuffs from radioactive fallout
STUK trains Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty supervisors
Warm cooling water from nuclear power plant increases aquatic vegetation
Transuranic elements from Chernobyl detected in Finnish freshwater fish
New ways to monitor environmental radiation
Semipalatinsk nuclear weapons tests increased genetic mutations
PANDA – a new method for measuring radioactive particles
CEEPRA project focuses on radiation protection in the Arctic region
International assessment helps in developing physical protection
STUK has given the ministry a report on how nuclear power plants are prepared for exceptional natural phenomena
STAR – Network of excellence in radioecology develops joint research in Europe
STUK participates in an initiative to integrate radioecological research in Europe
The procurement of the emergency diesel generators (EDG) for the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant unit has been investigated
More research is needed on how mobile phone radiation affects cells
Finland became a member of the UNSCEAR
STUK's final report on stress tests is complete
Increased use of CT causes concern in the Nordic countries
Small amounts of radioactive cesium from Fukushima have been detected in Finland's forests
Small amounts of radioactive iodine have been detected in air samples
Tero Varjoranta STUK's new Director General
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Possible effect of mobile phone radiation on the expression of the blood-brain barrier regulatory proteins
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Effect of liming on transfer of 90Sr into fish (KALKITUS)
Long-term effects of fallout Cs-137 on trees
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Chernobyl fallout in the uppermost humus layer in forest soil in 2000 -2003
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Cesium-137 in mushrooms after the Chernobyl deposition
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Radioactivity in cereal crops – survey
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137Cs- and 210Po content in reindeer meat in Finnish reindeer herding area
Determination of reindeers’ summer fodder 137Cs content in Finnish reindeer management area
Changes in Cs-137 activity concentrations in various fish species and in lake water in Finnish Lapland
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KETALE – a centralised data system for the management of dispersion and dose calculation results
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TMT Handbook
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Energy loss of protons and heavy ions in water
Comparison and development of dose measurements in mammography
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Renewing of the mobile whole-body counter
137Cs content and internal radiation doses of special population groups
Excretion of 210Po in urine
Selective extraction of 210Po from drinking water
Calibration of gross alpha measurement
A Comparison of analytical methods
Optimising the 14C-measurements for environmental samples
Validation of ADAM-AASIfit software in gross alpha determination from ground water samples
Validation of 226Ra and 228Ra determination method from environmental samples
Radon emanation rate by liquid scintillation counting
Development of a collimated ?-particle source for localised tissue irradiation at STUK
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