UN Report / ‘Nuclear Energy Is An Indispensable Tool For Meeting Sustainable Development Goals’
Nuclear energy is an indispensable tool for achieving global sustainable development goals because it has a crucial role in key areas including decarbonising the energy sector, eliminating poverty,...
EU taxonomy shutting the door to grid-powered hydrogen, critics say
A coalition of industrialists and electricity companies have expressed concerns about a draft emission threshold above which hydrogen would be considered “green” under the EU’s sustainable finance...
Parliament spells out red lines in EU battle over green finance
Senior lawmakers have expressed concerns about the EU’s proposed sustainable finance taxonomy rule book, raising the possibility that an unruly cross-party majority might emerge to reject the...
Nuclear can bring balance to climate debate, says EC official
The workshop the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency held jointly last week was very timely because the European Union is at an important juncture, and must...
New Belgian and Dutch waste storage facilities planned
Construction of a new facility for the storage of low-level radioactive waste has begun at the Dessel site in Belgium. Meanwhile, a new storage facility for low and intermediate-level waste is...
Germany agrees compensation for nuclear phaseout
The German government has reached an agreement with EOn, EnBW, RWE and Vattenfall on compensation for the forced premature closure of their nuclear power reactors. The utilities are set to receive a...
Greens seek to halt German uranium exports in Europe
The Greens have filed a parliamentary motion urging the government to stop uranium exports and to stand up against what they see as "an attempted nuclear renaissance in Europe." Their chances are...
Rolls-Royce, Fermi Energia to study SMR potential in Estonia
The UK's Rolls-Royce and Estonia's Fermi Energia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to study the potential for the deployment of small modular reactors in the Baltic country. The study will...