Power company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) and energy company Rauman Biovoima Oy are to cooperate on a venture to use waste generated at the Olkiluoto nuclear power station in Finland in a combined heat and power (CHP) plant.

TVO, which owns and operates the three-unit Olkiluoto in southwest Finland, said this will be the first time that general waste originating in nuclear power plants is recycled in Finland.

The waste, which will be sent for incineration at Rauma Biovoima’s combined heat and power plant in Rauma, western Finland, is not subject to controls. It will include overalls, gloves and plastic coverings. Any materials that are poorly suited to incineration will be removed from the waste before it is sent.