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...
First megawatts from Mochovce 3- Starting up of new nuclear unit is a major milestone for Europe
Miroslav Tokár, Director of Nuclear Power Plants Division (CNO), Slovenské elektrárne, a.s. There have been only four units under construction over the past decade in the EU. Olkiluoto 3 was...
Berlin locuta – causa finita? Facts and insights concerning the “German Stress Test” and the remaining three German NPPs
Arnulf Nöding, Director of Governmental Affairs Germany, Urenco Global "Roma locuta (est) causa finita (est)” - Rome has decided, the matter is settled. This is a legal principle that comes from...
#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)...
SMR Technologies in Europe: What is being done to ensure the timely implementation of this nuclear technology?
In the last few years, energy discussions in the Brussels bubble have been dominated by a perspective which overwhelmingly focused on climate. From this point of view it was clear that nuclear would...
Will the European Union take its last chance to respect the spirit of the Euratom Treaty?
Energy has been at the heart of the European Union’s endeavour to jointly rebuild the economy after the disasters of the second world war. Europe’s founders understood that energy is indeed the...
Debate around nuclear heats up as institutions prepare to vote on Complementary Delegated Act
At the start of 2022, the European Commission came forward with its proposal to add nuclear (and gas) to the Sustainable Finance Taxonomy via a Complementary Delegated Act (CDA). Whilst not perfect...