Christopher Eckerberg, VP Nuclear Decommissioning at Vattenfall At a cabinet meeting last week, the Swedish government approved SKB’s license application for a final repository for spent nuclear...
EU Commissioner McGuinness defends gas, nuclear in green investment guidance
The EU’s Financial Services Commissioner Mairead McGuinness defended the inclusion of nuclear and gas in the executive’s proposal for sustainable investment guidelines in an interview with Brussels...
Sweden / Government Approves SKB’s Plans For Final Repository At Forsmark For Spent Nuclear Fuel
The Swedish government has approved plans to build a final deep geological repository for spent nuclear fuel at Forsmark in the municipality of Östhammar and an encapsulation facility near...
The Netherlands opens the door to new nuclear with €5bn
In December 2021, the new Dutch government presented its coalition agreement. One of its most notable measures is the ambition to construct two new nuclear power plants.
The Green Brief: Who wants to kill the EU taxonomy?
The deadline for EU countries to provide feedback on the European Commission’s proposal to include nuclear energy and fossil gas in the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy expired on Friday (21...
Mochovce 3 to get commissioning licence
Slovakian regulators have made the decision to permit commissioning of Mochovce unit 3, bringing to an end several years of delays to address appeals by the Austrian anti-nuclear group Global 2000....
Czechs want to scrap deadline for nuclear energy in EU plan – report
The Czech Republic is pushing for the European Union to scrap proposed deadlines for investment in nuclear energy, a Czech newspaper reported on Friday, as the EU tries to come up with a plan to...
Germany cries foul over nuclear energy in EU’s green investment rule book
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-party coalition government has voiced its objections to a European Union draft plan to label nuclear power plants as a sustainable energy source in a formal...