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....
NUVIA – Whatever it takes to build a safer, cleaner and sustainable world
Bruno Lancia, CEO of NUVIA Group In the context of global climate change, low-carbon energy sources are at the heart of the ecological transition. As such, nuclear power allows for the...
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...
How nuclear medicine is leading the fight against cancer
Antonis Kalemis, President of Nuclear Medicine Europe (NMEU) People may be surprised to learn that nuclear medicine has been around for more than half a century. Some might assume that it is a new...
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...
The role of SMRs in the Net Zero Challenge
Tom Samson, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the UK SMR consortium To meet the climate challenge the world faces, it is becoming increasingly clear that we will need to decarbonise more of the...
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...