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UN nuclear watchdog visiting Finland

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is arriving in Finland on a three-day visit on Wednesday.

Posivan ydinjätteen loppusijoituspaikan demonstraatiotunneli Olkiluodossa.
Posivan ydinjätteen loppusijoituspaikan demonstraatiotunneli Olkiluodossa. Image: Jari Pelkonen / Yle

Director General Yukiya Amano will meet with President Sauli Niinistö, Economic Affairs Minister Jyri Häkämies and Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja.

Discussions will centre on nuclear security and the political situation in Iran. Amano will also pay a visit to the Onkalo underground nuclear waste disposal site on Finland's west coast.

Sources: Yle