You
can get conveniently from the Helsinki-Vantaa airport
to Hotel Sokos Tapiola Garden (address: Tapionaukio 3, Espoo)
by Airport Taxi. Please see rates of Area 1 at
http://www.airporttaxi.fi/hinnasto_en.html
You will easily find their desk near the main exit at the Airport.
No pre-booking is needed for transportations from the airport.
For the return journey, you can book the Airport Taxi at
http://www.airporttaxi.fi/index_airporttaxi_en.html
to take you from the hotel to the airport.
The booking for the return journey needs to be done
at least 24 hours before the transport.
However, those who stay in Helsinki metropolitan area, we recommend
Finnair City Bus
for the return journey.
The Finnair City Bus will stop at Scandic Continental and other major
hotels
and continue to the Airport. See timetables at
http://www.finnair.com/finnaircom/wps/wcm/resources/file/eb145e076435a30/FINCB_0308_AIKATAULU.pdf
See also Local
Conditions and Arrangement by GTK
EXCURSION
TO OLKILUOTO
We
are prepared to arrange an excursion to Olkiluoto, the
nuclear waste final disposal investigation site in western Finland.
This area and related geological issues will be introduced in two
presentations during the conference. On 9th September you
will have the opportunity to visit this place, however, the number of
participants has to be limited to 14 persons. Estimated price for each
participants is 280 EUR including transportation, hotel, dinner,
breakfast and lunch.
Posiva
is the nuclear waste management organisation in Finland and is
responsible for research into the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel
and for the construction, operation and eventual backfilling and
closure of the final disposal facility. During the excursion, we will
visit the ONKALO investigation tunnel, Posiva's drill core laboratory
and selected key outcrops in the site. Site characterisation
activities at Olkiluoto have been taking place for over 20 years by
means of ground- and air-based methods and with shallow and deep
(300-1000 m) drillholes. Construction of underground rock
characterisation facility, ONKALO, started in 2004. ONKALO will be a
part of repository facilities as an access tunnel.
SEPTEMBER
8th
A
bus will leave from GTK after the symposium, at about 4 pm for a 250
km drive to Rauma. We will spend the night at Hotel Raumanlinna (http://www.raumanlinna.fi)
and have a dinner at Mr. Jones.
SEPTEMBER
9th
8:00
We leave for Olkiluoto, 20km North of Rauma
8:30
Meeting in ONKALO area, Olkiluoto
9:00
Coffee and safety instructions for tunnel visit
9:30
Visit to ONKALO and drillcore laboratory
12:00
Lunch (courtesy of Posiva)
13:00
Outcrops in Olkiluoto investigation site
16:00
Start of the return to Espoo
Register
to the excursion by sending and e-mail to ismo.aaltonen(at)posiva.fi.
Excursion
to Olkiluoto, the nuclear waste final disposal investigation site in
western Finland
