Quentin Heilmann, Junior Legal Advisor Contrary to what you might think, these wise words were not spoken by Master Yoda but rather by Guillaume Loriot, Deputy Director General of the European...
Checkpoint: political stocktaking of the European Parliament
Sophie Dayraut, Junior Communications Manager We are now past the mid-term of this legislature of the European Parliament. Here’s what we’ve learnt during the past two and a half years, and what you...
Sweden gets approval for a final repository for spent nuclear fuel
Christopher Eckerberg, VP Nuclear Decommissioning at Vattenfall At a cabinet meeting last week, the Swedish government approved SKB’s license application for a final repository for spent nuclear...
2022 kicks off with a bang
Yves Desbazeille, FORATOM Director General We have certainly had a very energetic start to 2022, with the leaked draft of the Complementary Delegated Act becoming available on 1 January 2022. The...
Taxonomy: A much awaited end of year gift?
Jessica Johnson, Communications & EU Stakeholders Director, FORATOM As we come to the end of 2021, we continue to wait for news as to if, how and when the European Commission will add nuclear to...
New nuclear power plant in Slovenia
Jože Špiler; Adviser to the CEO, GEN energija Several decades of no new major power plant construction in Slovenia has driven the country, as well as some other countries, to a situation where the...
Development and deployment of SMRs in the EU
Berta Picamal, DG Office, Legal & Intl Relations Director Since late October 2019, the development and deployment of Small Modular Reactor (SMRs) in the EU has been at the core of many...
Security of Supply: UK & EU perspectives
NucNet interview with Yves Desbazeille (FORATOM) & Tom Greatrex (Nuclear Industry Association) The sector has been warning policymakers about the risks related to an energy supply that is based...