Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus (VTT)
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is an impartial multidisciplinary research expert organisation. VTT´s special strength is its ability to create new technologies, create new innovations by combining knowledge and expertise in different fields. With its comprehensive know how VTT produces research, development, testing and information services to public sector and companies as well as international organisations.
VTT's turnover was 232 Million € in 2007. VTT is employing about 2 700 persons; out of which about 200 are active in nuclear energy R&D. VTT has a central role in Finnish national research and technology development programmes, predominantly publicly funded programmes on nuclear power plant safety and nuclear waste management. Furthermore, VTT performs comprehensive contracted research in industry driven programmes on nuclear waste management, plant life management, operational and structural safety as well as on nuclear fuel performance. VTT is the major technical support organisation for the nuclear safety authority STUK as well as for the power companies Fortum and TVO operating Finnish nuclear power plants and for the waste management company Posiva.
The nuclear energy R&D activities of VTT are coordinated within the nuclear energy service sector
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