Press releases
European Parliament’s EU-ETS vote: ETS reform should be more ambitious
FORATOM, the voice of the European nuclear energy industry, gives a partial welcome to the outcome of the European Parliament’s 15 February vote on the EC Proposal to revise the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) for its next phase (2021-2030). If the ETS reform...
FORATOM welcomes the Second State of the Energy Union Report
FORATOM, the voice of the European nuclear energy industry, welcomes the publication on 1 February 2017 of the European Commission’s Second Report on the State of the Energy Union. EC Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič’s overview of progress towards achieving the Energy...
UK expected to exit Euratom
FORATOM follows the line of its UK member, the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), in highlighting that the European nuclear industry preferred position is to maintain UK’s membership of Euratom. The nuclear industry is global, so the ease of movement of nuclear...
FORATOM support paper for H2020 Euratom
FORATOM Position Paper calls for substantial increase in EU funding for nuclear research and training The European Atomic Forum (FORATOM), the Brussels-based trade association for the nuclear energy industry in Europe, has called for a substantial increase in the...
More must be done to restore confidence in the EU Emissions Trading System
FORATOM welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament’s Environment Committee yesterday of its Opinion on the EC Proposal to revise the Directive on the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS*). This vote puts the EU on track, but more must be done if confidence is to be...