There are many valid arguments against specific nuclear projects – including cost efficiency, safety, and environmental footprint. But one should also be honest in comparing the trade-offs with...
IEA Report / Agency Calls For ‘Forthright Recognition’ Of Nuclear Energy
Policy uncertainty in a number of countries is preventing the nuclear industry from making investment decisions and “forthright recognition” by governments of the value of nuclear energy would...
Foundation completed for Hinkley Point C unit 2
Construction of the 49,000-tonne concrete basemat for the nuclear island of the second unit at Hinkley Point C has been completed. EDF Energy said the milestone had coincided with its ambition to...
European Nuclear Industry Open Letter: EU nuclear industry is ready to play an important part in supporting national and EU clean economic revival
Today the EU and the world are confronted by an unprecedented health and economic crisis and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic is rightly the immediate priority for everyone. The energy sector...
Green Recovery Plan / Nuclear Has Once Again Been Ignored, Says Foratom
The Brussels-based nuclear industry group Foratom said it regrets that the European Commission has ignored the need for clean, dispatchable and European sources of energy in a green recovery plan...
CEPN report confirms safe management of radioactive waste
In April 2020, the CEPN (Centre d’Etude sur l’Evaluation de la Protection dans le Domaine Nucleaire - Centre for Studies on Evaluating Protection within the Nuclear Field) published a report...
Poland / Synthos Signs Agreement With Tractebel On Development Of SMR
Polish chemical company Synthos has signed an agreement with Brussels-based Tractebel related to the potential construction of GE Hitachi’s (GEH) BWRX-300 small modular reactor. Press reports in...
In political U-turn, Czechs back EU’s green recovery plan
A draft statement from the Czech government calls on the EU economic recovery plan and long-term budget to fall in line with the European Green Deal, marking a U-turn from Prague’s earlier...