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Finland stomachs nuclear growth

By Päivi Munter in Helsinki

Published: October 31 2005 20:20 | Last updated: October 31 2005 20:20

When Finns switch on the bulk of their 1.5m saunas for the Saturday evening ritual, power demand surges in the country of 5.2m people.

The country’s northern location, with a power-hungry paper and pulp industry and a predilection for the latest in technology, makes the modern Finnish lifestyle energy-intensive.

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