> Yet they don't mention why they didn't notify the local and national authorities immediately when they noticed the disturbance, which delayed the authorities'

> Yet they don't mention why they didn't notify the local and national authorities immediately when they noticed the disturbance, which delayed the authorities' preparedness. It took several hours for some local authorities (the local city is the one named in article). National radiation safety authority received the notification in about half an hour (12.22 situation happened, 12.32 company initiated their emergency procedures, STUK received the information around 13.00, first public notice went out at 13.28). https://www.stuk.fi/-/olkiluodon-hairiotilanne-laitos-on-vakaassa-tilassa https://www.stuk.fi/-/olkiluodon-hairiotilanne-laitos-on-vak... https://www.stuk.fi/-/hairiotilanne-olkiluodon-ydinvoimalaitoksessa https://www.stuk.fi/-/hairiotilanne-olkiluodon-ydinvoimalait... It's also not very clear who was responsible for notifying other authorities. If it was operator, STUK should probably also add a confirmation step on their process ("Have you informed X, Y, Z?").