Like other political parties, Volt has had many discussions over the environmental merits of nuclear power. But while the questions have remained the same for the last 30 years, the answers have...
NuScale to make SMR safety platform widely available
NuScale Power and Paragon Energy Solutions have signed a patent licence agreement that will enable the potential widespread use of the highly integrated protection system (HIPS) platform. The HIPS...
Applications for SMRs submitted to Polish regulator
Two applications have been submitted to Poland's National Atomic Energy Agency (Państwowa Agencja Atomistyki, PAA) for the assessment of small modular reactor (SMR) technology. Copper and silver...
Germany / Debate Over Nuclear Rumbles On As Netherlands Asks Berlin To Keep Reactors Online
The Netherlands has asked Germany to consider keeping its nuclear power plants in operation, but admitted the chances of that happening are slim, especially after German chancellor Olaf Scholz told...
French move to nationalise EDF reopens restructuring debate
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne’s announcement to nationalise French energy giant EDF in the wake of the European Parliament approving nuclear and gas in the EU’s green taxonomy has revived the...
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...
Kyiv calls on EU to ‘positively consider’ green label for gas, nuclear
The Ukrainian energy ministry has weighed into the debate over the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy by calling on the European Parliament to support plans to label nuclear and gas as green energy...
First five disposal tunnels excavated at Finnish repository
The excavation of the first five actual disposal tunnels has been completed at the Onkalo underground used nuclear fuel repository near Olkiluoto, Finnish radioactive waste management company Posiva...