Jessica Johnson, Communications & EU Stakeholders Director, FORATOM As we come to the end of 2021, we continue to wait for news as to if, how and when the European Commission will add nuclear to...
Romania’s president reiterates support for nuclear energy, natural gas
In discussion with European Council President Charles Michel, President Klaus Iohannis reiterated his country’s support for nuclear energy and natural gas, as options for an affordable energy...
Nuclear must be part of the EU’s clean energy solution
The EU should consider all clean solutions to tackle climate change, with renewables alongside nuclear, argue Pernille Weiss and Sara Skyttedal. Danish MEP Pernille Weiss and Swedish MEP Sara...
Finland to reform Nuclear Energy Act
Finland’s Ministry of Employment and the Economy (MEE) said on 8 December that a climate-neutral future requires appropriate and up-to-date legislation and it is, therefore, “launching legislative...
Gas and nuclear: Fate of EU green taxonomy ‘now in the hands of von der Leyen’
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has taken charge of a soon-to-be-published list of sustainable investments amid controversy around the possible classification of fossil gas and...
EU’s Timmermans: Brussels ‘will support’ member states that choose nuclear
During an exchange with French parliamentarians this week, the EU Commission vice-president in charge of the Green Deal, Frans Timmermans, said Brussels “will support, sustain and assist those...
Olkiluoto-3 / TVO Submits Application To Regulator For First Criticality Permission
Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has asked national nuclear regulator Stuk for permission to proceed towards first criticality for the Olkiluoto-3 EPR plant in western Finland, the...
France / EDF’s Lévy Says Time Is Right To Invest In New Reactors, But Gives Warning On Taxonomy
The time is right to invest in nuclear energy because global financing is abundant after two years of pandemic uncertainty, but it is essential reactors are included in the EU’s sustainable finance...