Yves Desbazeille, nucleareurope Director General Earlier this year, the Nuclear Alliance of Member States set a very ambitious target of 150GW of installed nuclear capacity in the EU by 2050. This...
What is the TerraWater scenario?
Myrto Tripathi, President & Founder of The Voices of Nuclear The TerraWater scenario was initially an attempt to assess the feasibility of a net zero transition in an highly developed country,...
Communicating nuclear to the Brussels bubble
Vilma Djala, Communications Officer, nucleareurope I started my new professional adventure at nucleareurope at the end of January. Previously, I worked for more than three years in a large...
Addressing the Implications of the PFAS Ban on the Nuclear Industry
Sophie Dayraut, Communication & Advocacy Manager, nucleareurope The nuclear industry faces a significant challenge with the proposed ban on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). PFAS are a...
A win for science and reason: the Taxonomy Complementary Delegated Act survives its first challenge
Quentin Heilmann, Legal Advisor, nucleareurope There was little doubt that when the European Commission was officially asked by Non-Governmental Organizations (in this case Greenpeace) to withdraw...
We have a decarbonised electricity grid!
Guilherme Cardoso, Nuclear Technology Advisor, nucleareurope The European Commission has finally, (and perhaps unintentionally) defined what a decarbonised electricity grid is by setting a maximum...
#NuclearEurope2022: Reflections on our conference and rebrand
This year’s #NuclearEurope2022 conference, entitled “Nuclear Journey to 2050”, kicked off with an opening dinner followed by a full-day conference on the 7th of June. The focus on this year’s event...
Antinuclear disasterclass: A lesson on how to derail Europe’s energy autonomy and undermine her democracies
In the European Union, we find ourselves in a three-fold crisis. Not only are we faced with (1) a climate emergency, but (2) the affordability of energy is rapidly spiralling out of control as (3)...