BSUIN

The Baltic Underground Laboratory Innovation Network (BSUIN) project is funded by the INTERREG Baltic Sea Program. The duration of the project is 36 months - from October 2017 to September 2020. The total budget of the project is 3.4 million euros and the project consortium consists of 14 partners from 8 countries.

The aim of the project is to develop the underground laboratory (UL) services in the Baltic Sea region so that potential developers can use the existing and new opportunities of UL for business development. The project involves 6 underground laboratories in the Baltic Sea region. In addition to scientific research, underground laboratories can provide a unique environment for different companies, such as technology for developing mining and tunneling equipment or radiation protection systems, or testing geophysics, radiation detection and other measuring instruments. ULs can also be production sites, a new and growing field, especially in the production of heat or to facilitate the production of food.

TUT participates in characterisation of the existing possibilities of ULs and development of underground environmental conditions. BSUIN's leading partner is the University of Oulu from Finland. From the Department of Geology, Andrus Paat and Veiko Karu participate in the project.

Project information.