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The next generation of European nuclear talent: where will it come from?
Life isn’t easy for nuclear power in the EU. Member States pursue totally contradictory policies, existing nuclear generation gets little or no public support, and France’s flagship third-generation EPR design is struggling to become competitive. At the same time, the...
UN report identifies emissions gap
National pledges made under the Paris Climate Change Agreement will only achieve a third of the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions required by 2030 to meet climate targets, a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme has found....
France postpones target for cutting nuclear share of power production
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government has postponed a long-held target to reduce the share of nuclear energy in the country’s power production after grid operator RTE warned it risked supply shortages after 2020 and could miss a goal to curb carbon emissions...
Foratom Director-General Urges Nuclear Industry To ‘Step Up’ And Cooperate On Challenges
Close cooperation in the European nuclear sector could help the industry overcome many challenges, improve its competitiveness and maintain the share of nuclear energy in the European energy mix,
Brexit Is a Game Changer for the British Nuclear Industry
Of all the international regulatory challenges created by the U.K.’s impending departure from the European Union, the atomic-energy industry may best encapsulate the decision’s bottom-line effect: more bureaucracy and costs for a country that has long fought to curb...
Europe’s nuclear trade body pushes for swift ‘Brexatom’ deal with UK
Europe's nuclear trade body has said it sees no reason why the UK cannot quickly sign a nuclear deal with the EU after Brexit which mirrors agreements the bloc already holds with the US and Japan.
South Korea a ‘nuclear success story’
South Korea's economic growth is thanks in part to nuclear energy, and the innovative use of radiation techniques will support sustainable development, said the country's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Lee Jin-gyu. Yet the incoming...
IAEA: Advanced Nuclear Technologies can Help Achieve a Carbon-Free Energy Future
Innovation in the nuclear sector is vital to fulfil its potential in combatting climate change, agreed panellists at a side event held on the margins of the IAEA General Conference today. The side event identified the linkage between the future of nuclear power and...
UK plans domestic nuclear safeguards regime
As part of preparations for its exit from the European Union, the UK is establishing a domestic nuclear safeguards regime to ensure that it "continues to maintain its position as a responsible nuclear state and that withdrawal from Euratom will not result in the...
Jobs for two centuries in nuclear
Some 200,000 job-years of employment are created by each 1000 MWe of nuclear capacity constructed, according to a new study by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Source: World-Nuclear-News.org Read full story...