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Extension of Belgian reactors’ operational duration approved by Parliament

19 June 2015 | Newsfeed

Newsfeed Extension of Belgian reactors’ operational duration approved by Parliament The bill providing for the extension of the operational duration of the nuclear reactors, Doel 1 and 2, was adopted on 19 June 2015 in plenary session at the lower house of the Belgian...

Nuclear to play significant role in IEA’s climate strategy

18 June 2015 | Newsfeed

Newsfeed Nuclear to play significant role in IEA’s climate strategy The International Energy Agency (IEA) published on 15 June 2015 a new study, World Energy Outlook Special Report on Energy and Climate Change, in which it outlines its strategy for the world to limit...

« Founding father » of climatology supports nuclear

5 June 2015 | Newsfeed

Newsfeed « Founding father » of climatology supports nuclear James Hansen, the first scientist to theorize the existence of climate change, highlights the significant role of nuclear as a low-carbon energy. Renewable energies have a role to play in the future, but...

Energy Union: Czech Republic and Romania reiterate their support for nuclear energy

22 May 2015 | Newsfeed

Newsfeed Energy Union: Czech Republic and Romania reiterate their support for nuclear energy As Maroš Šefčovič, Vice President for Energy Union, begins his tour of EU countries in order to present the EC’s first analysis of their energy system’s strengths...

39 associations from all over the world sign “Nuclear for Climate” declaration

5 May 2015 | Newsfeed

Newsfeed 39 associations from all over the world sign “Nuclear for Climate” declaration On 4 May 2015, during ICAPP (International Congress on Advances on nuclear Power Plants) in Nice, France, 39 nuclear societies, representing 50,000 scientists from 36 countries...

Eight Member States urge EC to recognise significant role of nuclear in EU Energy Union

25 February 2015 | Newsfeed

Newsfeed Eight Member States urge EC to recognise significant role of nuclear in EU Energy Union FORATOM welcomes the initiative of eight EU Energy Ministers (from Romania, France, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and the UK) to send a letter...

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