Germany’s Schulze reiterates opposition to nuclear in EU green finance rules
Germany’s acting environment and nuclear safety minister, Svenja Schulze, reiterated her opposition to nuclear power’s inclusion in the EU’s green finance taxonomy, saying the upcoming government...
EU prepares to include nuclear and gas in green investment list
An EU decision on which types of investments count as sustainable will reverberate much further than the financial sector, which explains why European countries are arguing so fiercely about an EU...
Grossi ‘absolutely confident’ of nuclear’s inclusion in EU taxonomy
The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA's) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said he is "absolutely confident" that "some arrangement" will be made to accept nuclear energy in the EU's...
‘Evolution’ in EU nuclear debate
European industry body Foratom is hopeful that a new conversation around nuclear energy in light of the continent's gas crisis will bring the policy framework needed for it to make a major...
LEAKED: Paper on gas and nuclear’s inclusion in EU green finance rules
A proposal to bring both nuclear power and natural gas into the bloc’s green finance taxonomy is circulating in Brussels. The paper has been branded as a “scientific disgrace” by campaigners who...
Janša urges realistic path to implement climate goals
Prime Minister Janez Janša highlighted the need to create a realistic path to implement Paris agreement goals, including with the help of nuclear energy, as he addressed the World Leaders Summit at...
Small Modular Reactors / US And Romania Will Announce Plans To Collaborate On NuScale Plant
The US and Romania are to announce plans to build a first-of-a-kind small modular reactor plant in Romania in partnership with US NuScale Power, bringing the latest civil nuclear technology to what...
EU countries ramp up pressure to grant nuclear a ‘green’ investment label
A group of ten European countries have heaped pressure on the European Commission to grant nuclear energy a ‘green’ label under the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy, which acts as a guide to...