The intergovernmental commission on the Krško nuclear power plant, co-owned by Slovenia and Croatia, on Wednesday expressed its satisfaction with the plant’s operation and discussed the programme...
Bulgaria / Brussels Says It Would Help With Safety For Two New Reactors At Belene
The European commission’s first vice-president Frans Timmermans has advised Bulgaria to phase out coal production and said the EU would help Sofia with safety if it decides to go ahead with plans to...
Estonia may join Europe’s pro-nuclear front
Estonia is having second thoughts about the pro-nuclear statement made by nine EU countries backing France. Initially considering the joint statement as “premature”, Estonia now says it is not...
Germany / Open Letter To ‘All Germans’ Calls For Country To Keep Reactors Online
In “an open letter to all Germans”, 25 leading foreign and domestic writers, journalists and academics have called on the country to keep its nuclear reactors online or risk increasing carbon...
France / Macron Announces Plans For First SMR And Green Hydrogen From Nuclear Plants By 2030
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...
Sweden / Decision To Delay Repository Approval Is Risky, Says Head Of SKB
The Swedish government’s decision to delay approval on a permanent repository for used nuclear fuel is risky and could have consequences that are as yet unclear, Johan Dasht, chief executive officer...
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...