The Brussels-based nuclear industry group Foratom said it regrets that the European Commission has ignored the need for clean, dispatchable and European sources of energy in a green recovery plan...
CEPN report confirms safe management of radioactive waste
In April 2020, the CEPN (Centre d’Etude sur l’Evaluation de la Protection dans le Domaine Nucleaire - Centre for Studies on Evaluating Protection within the Nuclear Field) published a report...
Poland / Synthos Signs Agreement With Tractebel On Development Of SMR
Polish chemical company Synthos has signed an agreement with Brussels-based Tractebel related to the potential construction of GE Hitachi’s (GEH) BWRX-300 small modular reactor. Press reports in...
In political U-turn, Czechs back EU’s green recovery plan
A draft statement from the Czech government calls on the EU economic recovery plan and long-term budget to fall in line with the European Green Deal, marking a U-turn from Prague’s earlier...
European Taxonomy / France’s CEA Calls For ‘Thorough Analysis’ Of Nuclear Energy
France’s Atomic and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA) has called on the European Commission not to make a decision on which sectors should be included in the bloc’s taxonomy before a thorough...
Financing new nuclear projects requires new financing schemes
Aurélie Faure, FORATOM Investment Framework TF Coordinator On 12 May, financial experts from the nuclear and financial industry participated in an online FORATOM workshop in order to share their...
Paks II. Ltd. ensures that work goes on
István Lenkei, CEO of Paks II. Ltd The four units of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant provide 50% of domestically produced electricity and one-third of the electricity consumed in Hungary. However, they...
France / Nuclear Society Urges Government To Commit To New-Build
A commitment by the government to buil of a series of new EPR nuclear power reactors in France would stimulate the country’s economy as it recovers from the shock of the coronavirus pandemic with...