both the safety and efficient control of reactors, and also the safe disposal of waste, has been largely driven by state money via such organizations as the Technical Research Center of Finland (VTT) coupled with commercial spin-offs acting within the general VTT network.

The company behind the new plasma burning process (mentioned above) is Finex - a supplier of ion exchange resins used in the primary coolant circuits. As I understand it, they have the classical relationship with VTT where a commercial company pays VTT to solve a problem, and works closely with VTT in developing a solution. (Just as Nokia and a hundred other Finnish companies have worked with VTT).

Over the years VTT has developed facilities that no single company could have - such as the ship tank for testing large scale models of hulls and propulsion systems in a variety of sea and wave conditions, including ice, The azimuth engine now used on icebreakers and trawlers (a propulsion pod that can rotate 360 degrees) was tested in VTT tank tests. There are small scale industrial pilots for all kinds of papermaking processes etc etc

When such a high proportion of Finnish GDP goes into R&D, it gets very expensive. The state has been pushing to cut back on direct VTT funding in favour of more commercially integrated projects. But it is still clear that the commercial rewards stemming from world-class R&D are considerable, if not highly profitable for Finland.

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