On 29 September 2023, Yves Desbazeille, Director General of nucleareurope, participated in a panel dedicated to ‘Aligning Stakeholders to Deliver New Nuclear’ as part of the Roadmaps to New Nuclear...
nucleareurope attends European Parliament event on SMRs
Earlier this year, the Nuclear Alliance of Member States set a very ambitious target of 150GW of installed nuclear capacity in the EU by 2050. This is by no means an easy feat, as whilst we can...
Draft Own Initiative Report dedicated to Small Modular Reactors issued
On 29 August 2023, the European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) issued a Draft Own Initiative Report (INI) dedicated to Small Modular Reactors (SMRs).
Nuclear power ‘unlikely’ to be in EU’s next Russia sanctions, diplomats say
Nuclear energy production is "unlikely" to be part of the next package of EU sanctions against the Kremlin for its invasion of Ukraine, while work on an oil-price cap is continuing, according to...
Greenpeace takes legal action over EU’s ‘green’ label for gas and nuclear
Greenpeace and other environmental campaigners have launched legal challenges against the European Commission over its decision to include natural gas and nuclear energy in the EU's list of "green"...
EXCLUSIVE: France urges Brussels to label nuclear-produced hydrogen ‘green’
French Energy Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher is trying to get EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson to include nuclear among energy sources for the production of so-called “green” hydrogen, according...
EU proposes windfall levies on energy firms to ease price pain
The European Union's executive plans to raise more than 140 billion euros ($140 billion) to shield consumers from soaring energy prices by skimming off revenues from low-cost electricity generators...
Taxonomy / Nuclear Vote ‘Important Recognition’ Of Europe’s ‘Pragmatic And Realistic’ Approach
The vote by members of the European parliament to support legislation which includes nuclear in the bloc’s sustainable finance taxonomy for green investment is “important recognition” of Europe’s...