The decarbonisation of economies is “a common cause and nuclear energy can play “a compatible role” with renewables and other sources of energy, International Atomic Energy Agency director-general...
Netherlands / Covra Announces Plans For New Radwaste Facility
The Netherlands’ Central Organisation for Radioactive Waste (Covra) has announced plans for a new storage building for low- and medium-level radioactive waste. Covra, which operates the Netherlands...
UN Report / ‘Nuclear Energy Is An Indispensable Tool For Meeting Sustainable Development Goals’
Nuclear energy is an indispensable tool for achieving global sustainable development goals because it has a crucial role in key areas including decarbonising the energy sector, eliminating poverty,...
EU taxonomy shutting the door to grid-powered hydrogen, critics say
A coalition of industrialists and electricity companies have expressed concerns about a draft emission threshold above which hydrogen would be considered “green” under the EU’s sustainable finance...
Parliament spells out red lines in EU battle over green finance
Senior lawmakers have expressed concerns about the EU’s proposed sustainable finance taxonomy rule book, raising the possibility that an unruly cross-party majority might emerge to reject the...
Nuclear can bring balance to climate debate, says EC official
The workshop the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency held jointly last week was very timely because the European Union is at an important juncture, and must...
New Belgian and Dutch waste storage facilities planned
Construction of a new facility for the storage of low-level radioactive waste has begun at the Dessel site in Belgium. Meanwhile, a new storage facility for low and intermediate-level waste is...
Germany agrees compensation for nuclear phaseout
The German government has reached an agreement with EOn, EnBW, RWE and Vattenfall on compensation for the forced premature closure of their nuclear power reactors. The utilities are set to receive a...