A new study considers the suitability of Estonia’s geology for a deep horizontal borehole repository for nuclear waste.The study was commissioned by Estonian advanced reactor deployment company...
Lawmakers call for ‘nuclear renaissance’ to support EU’s energy transition
Renewables will not be enough for Europe to meet its 2050 climate neutrality goal, says a coalition of centrist and conservative MEPs. Instead, the EU will need a nuclear renaissance to achieve it,...
Ireland / Nuclear Energy ‘Very Promising’ Prospect, Expert Group Tells Minister
Ireland is capable of developing a nuclear power programme that would provide cheaper energy than alternative proposals, reduce carbon emissions faster and enable a “just transition” to new sectors...
EC’s ‘clean planet’ director highlights nuclear research
With 10 research and innovation actions linked to nuclear, the Strategic Energy Technology Plan is "really stimulating new partnerships" across the 18 SET countries that are participating in them,...
Unions call for European taxonomy to include nuclear
Nuclear energy must be part of the European taxonomy in order to meet the objective of the Green Deal, thirteen trade unions representing energy and nuclear workers have told Ursula von der Leyen,...
Nuclear industry must embrace digital age, says NEA’s Magwood
The nuclear industry risks being left behind if it fails to follow the example of sectors like aviation to adopt digital technologies, William Magwood, director general of the OECD Nuclear Energy...
Poland approves 2040 energy policy
Poland's Council of Ministers yesterday approved an energy policy to 2040 (PEP2040) that aims to reduce the share of coal in the country's electricity generation mix from 72% in 2020 to 56% in 2030....
Nuclear industry should be one of the pillars of the post-COVID19 recovery
Jean-Michel Quilichini, FORATOM Vice-President, Long Term Operation Programme Director at EDF In December 2020, I had the honour of being appointed as Vice-President of FORATOM by the members of the...