French president Emmanuel Macron said that by 2030 France must be a leader in carbon-free power production with one small modular reactor in operation and nuclear plants used to produce clean...
Belgium’s nuclear feud threatens to split ruling coalition
Another government crisis looms in Belgium — this time over nuclear power. The government is set to decide next month whether to go ahead with a plan to shut down all nuclear reactors by 2025 or...
France hopes to become world leader in green hydrogen
“I believe we have the capacity to be the world leader in green hydrogen,” Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire announced on 30 September at the last meeting of the National Hydrogen Council. “[We have]...
Green Hydrogen / Governments Need To Move Faster On New Policy Measures, Says IEA Report
Governments need to move faster and more decisively on policy measures to enable clean, low-carbon hydrogen – which can be produced using nuclear reactors – to fulfil its potential to help the world...
Poland / GEH Boss Says First SMR Could Be In Operation By 2030
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) is targeting 2030 for completion of its first BWRX-300 small modular reactor in Poland with the plant to be built either at the site of the Patnow coal plant about...
Hinkley nuclear power station on track for 2026 opening
The UK's newest nuclear power station is on track to open by the end of 2026, the company building it has said. Hinkley Point C in Somerset has been under construction by EDF Energy for five...
Czech support for nuclear becomes law
Support for new nuclear build at the Czech Republic's Dukovany power plant has been signed into law by President Miloš Zeman. It is designed to remove market failures that stand in the way of the...
Fatih Birol / IEA Head Says Major Reactor Construction Programme Could Be Needed To Help Meet Climate Goals
Nuclear power has an important role to play in an emerging new global clean energy economy, but analysis has shown that global reactor capacity should increase threefold by 2050 if the world’s...