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...
Estonia / Government Sets Up Working Group To Examine Nuclear Energy Option
The Estonian government has approved the formation of a working group to assess the possibility of introducing nuclear power in the Baltic country, the Estonian environment ministry said in a...
Europe / Finnish Energy Industry Calls For Nuclear To Be Part Of Taxonomy
The Finnish Energy Industry Association has appealed for nuclear power to be included in Europe’s sustainable finance taxonomy after an expert report concluded that the fuel qualifies as sustainable...
Europe / NGO Alliance Calls For Nuclear Knowledge And Technology To Be Kept Inside EU
The Covid-19 pandemic and recent controversies over vaccines have shown the need to keep critical knowledge, capabilities, technologies and infrastructure - including that related to nuclear 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...
Fuel loading under way at Finnish EPR
The loading of fuel assemblies into the Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) EPR in Finland began on 27 March, utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has announced. The move follows the receipt of a permit from the...
LEAK: EU experts to say nuclear power qualifies for green investment label
Experts tasked with assessing whether the European Union should label nuclear power as a green investment will say that the fuel qualifies as sustainable, according to a leaked document.
7 Heads of State call on Commission to support low-carbon nuclear
7 EU Member States have written to the European Commission calling on for nuclear to be treated fairly in ongoing climate neutrality policy discussion. Signed by the Heads of State of the Czech...