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Nuclear Industry Group Foratom Calls For EU To Treat All Low-Carbon Technologies Equally

29 November 2017 | Newsfeed

Newsfeed Nuclear Industry Group Foratom Calls For EU To Treat All Low-Carbon Technologies Equally Europe must continue to make use of nuclear energy as it focuses on achieving its goal of cutting CO2 emissions and moving to a low-carbon economy, but all low-carbon...

The next generation of European nuclear talent: where will it come from?

21 November 2017 | Newsfeed

Newsfeed The next generation of European nuclear talent: where will it come from? Life isn’t easy for nuclear power in the EU. Member States pursue totally contradictory policies, existing nuclear generation gets little or no public support, and France’s flagship...

UN report identifies emissions gap

8 November 2017 | Newsfeed

Newsfeed UN report identifies emissions gap National pledges made under the Paris Climate Change Agreement will only achieve a third of the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions required by 2030 to meet climate targets, a new report from the United Nations Environment...

France postpones target for cutting nuclear share of power production

8 November 2017 | Newsfeed

Newsfeed France postpones target for cutting nuclear share of power production PARIS (Reuters) – The French government has postponed a long-held target to reduce the share of nuclear energy in the country’s power production after grid operator RTE warned it...

Foratom Director-General Urges Nuclear Industry To ‘Step Up’ And Cooperate On Challenges

20 October 2017 | Newsfeed

Newsfeed Foratom Director-General Urges Nuclear Industry To ‘Step Up’ And Cooperate On Challenges Close cooperation in the European nuclear sector could help the industry overcome many challenges, improve its competitiveness and maintain the share of nuclear energy in...

Brexit Is a Game Changer for the British Nuclear Industry

16 October 2017 | Newsfeed

Newsfeed Brexit Is a Game Changer for the British Nuclear Industry Of all the international regulatory challenges created by the U.K.’s impending departure from the European Union, the atomic-energy industry may best encapsulate the decision’s bottom-line effect: more...

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