European Union environment ministers gathered in France Thursday (20 January) to mull climate policy and the merits of a carbon border tax, while airing differences on whether nuclear energy can be...
Estonia could get a nuclear power plant
Searching for long-term solutions to help safeguard the Estonian economy from the price of energy crisis, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) and Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure...
Romania / Nuclearelectrica Targeting 2030 For Grid Connection Of First New Cernavodă Unit
Romania’s state-owned nuclear company Nuclearelectrica is aiming to have two new reactor units at the Cernavodă nuclear power station in the southeast of the country connected to the grid by 2031,...
2022 kicks off with a bang
Yves Desbazeille, FORATOM Director General We have certainly had a very energetic start to 2022, with the leaked draft of the Complementary Delegated Act becoming available on 1 January 2022. The...
Belgium can extend life of nuclear reactors if it acts soon, watchdog says
Belgium’s nuclear regulator gave a provisional green light on Monday to extend the life of two of the country’s nuclear power reactors and urged the government to make a final decision on the issue...
‘Misunderstanding’ could block nuclear from claiming green EU label, industry warns
Ambiguities and misunderstandings contained in a draft EU proposal could block nuclear power plants from claiming a green investment label under the bloc’s sustainable finance taxonomy, the industry...
Slovakia eyes small modular reactors for nuclear future
Slovakia is interested in small modular reactors and will support discussion about this topic at the European level, said state secretary of economy Karol Galek, who again welcomed the Commission’s...
Czech Republic and Slovakia demand EU green label for nuclear energy
The Czech and Slovakian prime ministers have both called for the European Union to recognize nuclear energy as a clean source of power as a debate over the issue divides the bloc.