Finland has canceled its contract with Russian state-owned power giant Rosatom for a new nuclear power plant over the war in Ukraine. Fennovoima, a Finnish-led consortium, said on Monday it had terminated the contract for the construction of what would have been the country’s third nuclear power plant, AFP reported, citing consortium representatives as saying at a press conference that earlier delays and war had increased risks. The final construction permit for the nuclear power plant was expected to be issued by the end of this year.“The decision to terminate the EPC contract with RAOS Project is not made lightly. In such a large project there are significant complexities and decisions are made only after thorough considerations. We fully acknowledge the negative impacts and do our best to mitigate those”, Fennovoima said in a statement . The cancellation with Rosatom comes as both Finland and Sweden speed up talks […]