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Nuclear to play significant role in IEA’s climate strategy
The International Energy Agency (IEA) published on 15 June 2015 a new study, World Energy Outlook Special Report on Energy and Climate Change, in which it outlines its strategy for the world to limit global warming to 2°C. The use of low-carbon energies including...
« Founding father » of climatology supports nuclear
James Hansen, the first scientist to theorize the existence of climate change, highlights the significant role of nuclear as a low-carbon energy. Renewable energies have a role to play in the future, but they are not sufficient. To reduce CO2 emissions and slow down...
Energy Union: Czech Republic and Romania reiterate their support for nuclear energy
As Maroš Šefčovič, Vice President for Energy Union, begins his tour of EU countries in order to present the EC's first analysis of their energy system's strengths and weaknesses, two Western European countries, i.e. the Czech Republic and Romania, reiterated their...
39 associations from all over the world sign “Nuclear for Climate” declaration
On 4 May 2015, during ICAPP (International Congress on Advances on nuclear Power Plants) in Nice, France, 39 nuclear societies, representing 50,000 scientists from 36 countries from all five continents jointly signed a declaration that presents their commitment to the...
Eight Member States urge EC to recognise significant role of nuclear in EU Energy Union
FORATOM welcomes the initiative of eight EU Energy Ministers (from Romania, France, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and the UK) to send a letter to the European Commission (EC)'s Vice President for Energy Union, Maros Sefcovic, and the...
IEA & OECD/NEA call for policy-makers to create level-playing field for all low-carbon technologies including nuclear
The International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the OECD published jointly on 29 January 2015 the Technology Roadmap: Nuclear Energy Update 2015, which highlights the essential role nuclear power will play to limit global warming to 2°C by...
Belgian government confirms decision to extend operational duration of two reactors
On 18 December 2014, the Belgian government confirmed its decision to extend by 10 years the operational duration of Doel 1 and 2 nuclear reactors. The Council of Ministers examined on Thursday the situation of Belgium's energy market and requested Marie-Christine...
NUCLEAR FOR CLIMATE: The international nuclear community gets together to fight climate change
The Lima climate change conference has just come to an end and shows that further efforts are necessary to reach an agreement capable of limiting the global average temperature increase to 2°C by the end of the century. The international nuclear community is aware of...