Twenty major trade unions from across Europe representing employees in the energy sector have renewed their call for European politicians to include nuclear energy in the bloc’s sustainable finance...
Capital Expenditure On First BWRX-300 SMR Project Estimated At €1.1 Billion
The estimated capital expenditure for the first BWRX-300 small modular reactor unit deployed in Poland at the end of the decade will be €1.1bn with 50 percent of this spent domestically, a...
IAEA Grossi at Davos: Nuclear Power, Climate Change and Ukraine
Nuclear provides the opportunity for a faster transition to a low-carbon energy future and supports the shift to a hydrogen economy, IAEA Director General Mariano Grossi told participants at the...
Quality Assurance Guideline for Procuring High-Quality Industrial Grade Items Aimed at Supporting Safety Functions in Nuclear Facilities
FORATOM European Guideline on High Quality Industrial Grade Dedication Documents are now available! In June 2020, the FORATOM Supply Chain Optimisation Working Group published a report entitled...
Romania eyes deepening nuclear ties with US
Romania, the only European country with North American nuclear technology, wants to develop its strategic partnership with the US, said Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă after meeting with US Department...
Netherlands extends its radwaste storage
The Netherlands’ Central Organisation for Radioactive Waste (Covra) in the Sloe area near Vlissingen said on 20 May that, after a construction period of five years, the new section of the high-level...
Belgium government allocates funding for SMR research
Belgium's SCK-CEN nuclear research centre will receive a budget of EUR100 million (USD107 million) from the federal government to conduct research into small modular reactors (SMRs).
Can nuclear power stop climate change?
Nuclear power works faster than most of the other sources of energy generation. Apart from being carbon-free, nuclear power produce energy at an exponentially greater pace than renewables.