Berta Picamal, DG Office, Legal & Intl Relations Director Since late October 2019, the development and deployment of Small Modular Reactor (SMRs) in the EU has been at the core of many...
Introspection and workforce: should the industry shape its future, or the future shape our industry?
Sophie Dayraut, FORATOM Junior Communications Manager How can we move forward and ensure our work better reflects the priorities of the industry? This is a question that triggered a deep...
Nuclear: making Europe fit for 55
Yves Desbazeille, Director General - FORATOM Brussels is back in full swing after the summer break, with many files being picked up where they laid off. I am hoping that as we gradually head towards...
Conclusions following FORATOM’s #NuclearEurope2021 conference
Yves Desbazeille, FORATOM Director General In June, FORATOM organised its annual conference #NuclearEurope2021 entitled “Nuclear at a crossroads: Where to next?”. This year it was a virtual event....
IFTF report provides project-based insights to decision makers and policy planners
Aurélie Faure, FORATOM Investment Framework TF Coordinator The Investment Framework Task Force (IFTF) report provided final recommendations to project developers, decision makers and policy planners...
Hydrogen, the new energy (sector) panacea
Andrei Goicea, FORATOM Policy Director With a dedicated scenario on hydrogen in its “Clean Planet for All” long-term strategy1, the European Commission further detailed its vision for this energy...
Nuclear is sustainable, according to the experts. So what happens next?
Jessica Johnson, FORATOM Communication & EU Stakeholders Director With the press leaking the Joint Research Centre’s (JRC) assessment of nuclear under the taxonomy last week, many of us are...
New Euratom Research & Innovation on the Horizon
Nathan Paterson, FORATOM Senior Technology Advisor Today, we look ahead to the start of a new Euratom research and training programme made possible following the political agreement reached at...