ENSREG approves the preliminary report on the Astravets nuclear power plant
The European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) has approved the preliminary report on the peer review of the new Belarusian nuclear power plant in Astravets. Adopted by consensus late...
IAEA / Data Shows Slight Increase In 2020 Nuclear Generation
Nuclear power supplied 2,600 TWh of emissions-free electricity in 2020, accounting for about 10% of total global electricity generation and nearly a third of the world’s low-carbon electricity...
Canadian-European nuclear cooperation key to meeting climate change challenge
John Gorman, President and CEO, Canadian Nuclear Association The Canadian and European nuclear industries have been collaborating for decades, including in 1959 when we signed the Agreement for...
Nuclear energy’s low-carbon value needs to be recognised so that it can compete with other low-carbon sources
Aurélie Faure, FORATOM Investment Framework TF Coordinator The work of the FORATOM Investment Framework Task Force came to an end this February with a public webinar on “Financing of Nuclear New...
Do No Significant Harm in the context of Recovery & Resilience Facility
The European Commission has presented its guidance on the implementation of 'do no significant harm' in the context of the Recovery and Resilience Facility. The RRF, the key instrument at the heart...
Nuclear power plants provide about a quarter of EU’s electricity
According to Eurostat, in 2019, 13 EU Member States had altogether 106 nuclear reactors in operation, producing 765 337 GWh of electricity or about 26% of the total electricity production in the EU....
Fermi Energia / Estonian Company Has Raised Funds To Begin Official Planning Process, Says CEO
Estonia-based energy startup Fermi Energia has raised the €2.5m it needs to start the official planning process for the deployment of a small modular reactor in the Baltic country, the company’s...
Ukraine needs new nuclear capacity, says deputy energy minister
Ukraine's electricity grid needs the construction of new nuclear power units, Yuriy Boyko, the country's deputy energy minister said last week. Speaking to delegates at Atomic Energy: The Future of...