Fennovoima has received the commercial bids for its nuclear power plant unit Hanhikivi 1 (HA1) which is planned for construction in the Pyhäjoki municipality in Northern Finland. Technical bids arrived already earlier in January 2011 and their evaluation is underway. The scope of the bids covers the engineering, supply and construction of the nuclear and turbine islands.
Fennovoima’s alternative suppliers are the French company Areva with the EPR reactor and Japanese company Toshiba with the ABWR reactor. Fennovoima selected Areva and Toshiba as its reactor supplier candidates back in 2008. Since then, technical development work has been carried out with both suppliers.
In Areva’s bid, the turbine island will be supplied by either Alstom or Siemens. Technical development work has been carried out with them as well. Toshiba proposes to deliver both the reactor and the turbine through its own company.
The plant supplier will be selected in 2012 or 2013. At the same time, a decision on the exact scope of the supply covered by the supplier will also be made. The schedule for the project as a whole will be defined during the negotiations and in the plant contract.