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Photo Lauri Myllyvirta. More photos on board the Happy Ranger.
Second night on Happy Ranger is over. The night was colder than yesterday but there was no rain and therefore little water on the deck. Everyone got at least some sleep regardless of the conditions. Now we are cooking water to make tea or soup.
We expect to arrive at the port of destination around 1500 CET, along with the steam generators, destined for a dangerous and flawed nuclear reactor under construction in Olkiluoto, Finland.
Things are again calm here after some hard feelings yesterday. A couple of crewmembers are keeping us company on the deck.
During the night, we passed the island of Åland, halfway between Finland and Sweden and in the proximity of Olkiluoto and Forsmark nuclear sites. Finland and Sweden plan to bury their nuclear waste at those sites which would be a serious long-term threat to Åland. No wonder the island has taken a very critical position towards proposed nuclear projects and is a forerunner in developing renewable energy.
Lauri Myllyvirta
Tags: Ahvenanmaa, Åland, areva, Forsmark, Happy Ranger, nuclear waste, olkiluoto, ydinjäte
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November 18, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Markus Moisio
Well, when you are an island of only 20000 people(Åland), you have a lot more choices in electricity production. After all, in the extreme case they don’t have produce any electricity at all; they can easily get all their electricity from the mainland and claim to be the most environmentally friendly place on earth.