The UK's newest nuclear power station is on track to open by the end of 2026, the company building it has said. Hinkley Point C in Somerset has been under construction by EDF Energy for five...
Czech support for nuclear becomes law
Support for new nuclear build at the Czech Republic's Dukovany power plant has been signed into law by President Miloš Zeman. It is designed to remove market failures that stand in the way of the...
EU lawmakers reject attempts to block green investment rules
European Parliament members on Monday (27 September) rejected three attempts by some lawmakers to block the European Union’s proposed rulebook for sustainable investments, as Brussels edges towards...
Sweden / SKB’s Greenland Study Provides ‘Concrete Insights’ For Nuclear Fuel Storage
Swedish nuclear fuel and waste management company SKB has been carrying out climate research in Greenland that provides “concrete insights” into processes that are important for analysing the...
Fatih Birol / IEA Head Says Major Reactor Construction Programme Could Be Needed To Help Meet Climate Goals
Nuclear power has an important role to play in an emerging new global clean energy economy, but analysis has shown that global reactor capacity should increase threefold by 2050 if the world’s...
France Slams EU’s Single Electricity Market as ‘Aberration’
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire called for a profound review of the European Union’s single electricity market, saying it operates under rules that have grown obsolete.
Nuclear: making Europe fit for 55
Yves Desbazeille, Director General - FORATOM Brussels is back in full swing after the summer break, with many files being picked up where they laid off. I am hoping that as we gradually head towards...
EU prepares ‘toolbox’ of measures to tackle energy price spike
The European Union executive will produce a “toolbox” of measures EU countries can take to tackle energy price spikes without breaching the bloc’s energy market rules, it said on Wednesday, as...