Brussels will delay long-awaited proposals on how to classify nuclear energy and natural gas under the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy, as member states demand looser rules to help counteract the...
Bulgaria / Brussels Says It Would Help With Safety For Two New Reactors At Belene
The European commission’s first vice-president Frans Timmermans has advised Bulgaria to phase out coal production and said the EU would help Sofia with safety if it decides to go ahead with plans to...
Poland / Nuclear Is Only Energy Immune To Threats Posed By Extreme Market Challenges, Says Minister
Countries are beginning to understand that only nuclear energy is immune to threats posed by extreme market challenges because it is not dependent on gas prices or the weather, Poland’s climate and...
Estonia may join Europe’s pro-nuclear front
Estonia is having second thoughts about the pro-nuclear statement made by nine EU countries backing France. Initially considering the joint statement as “premature”, Estonia now says it is not...
Germany / Open Letter To ‘All Germans’ Calls For Country To Keep Reactors Online
In “an open letter to all Germans”, 25 leading foreign and domestic writers, journalists and academics have called on the country to keep its nuclear reactors online or risk increasing carbon...
Introspection and workforce: should the industry shape its future, or the future shape our industry?
Sophie Dayraut, FORATOM Junior Communications Manager How can we move forward and ensure our work better reflects the priorities of the industry? This is a question that triggered a deep...
France / Macron Announces Plans For First SMR And Green Hydrogen From Nuclear Plants By 2030
French president Emmanuel Macron said that by 2030 France must be a leader in carbon-free power production with one small modular reactor in operation and nuclear plants used to produce clean...
10 EU countries back nuclear power in EU green finance taxonomy
“Nuclear power must be part of the solution” to the climate crisis and the rise in energy prices, according to a group of 10 EU countries led by France and Poland who signed a joint opinion article...