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Nuclear energy is essential to Europe’s low-carbon transition
If we, as the European Union, are serious about tackling climate change, then European Union decision makers must act urgently and make use of all the best tools available today. The bloc’s 2050 decarbonisation strategy has to be bold and far reaching, but it cannot...
Study quantifies job creation in the nuclear sector
A study on the employment generated by the nuclear energy industry has been published by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Some 200,000 job-years of employment are created by each gigawatt of nuclear capacity...
MIT Energy study says nuclear is essential in climate change fight
MIT Energy Initiative has released a study on the future of nuclear energy that says the effective incorporation of nuclear into nations’ future energy mixes is imperative in the fight against climate change.
Registration Opens For Foratom-IAEA Conference
The conference, organised by Brussels-based industry group Foratom with the cooperation of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will serve as an international forum for the exchange of information on management system and quality management standards...
Reformed EU Emissions Trading System approved
The revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) for its next phase (2021-2030) was approved by the Council of the European Union yesterday. Foratom, the European nuclear trade body, welcomed the reform but said more must be done to decarbonise Europe's...
Call for Papers: 15th FORATOM-IAEA Management Systems Workshop
The International Conference on Quality, Leadership and Management in the Nuclear Industry – 15th FORATOM-IAEA Management Systems Workshop will be held in Ottawa, Canada from 16 to 19 July 2018. Interested participants have until 28 February 2018 to submit an abstract...
Europe Needs Nuclear For Climate Change And Energy Security, Says Foratom DG
Nuclear energy contributes to the European Union’s three key energy objectives laid out in the bloc’s energy union initiative of security of supply, competitiveness and environmental sustainability, Yves Desbazeille, director-general of industry group Foratom, told...
Teodor Chirica Announced As New President of Foratom
Teodor Chirica has been appointed president of Brussels-based nuclear industry group Foratom for two years from 1 January 2018, Foratom said in a statement today. Mr Chirica has been Foratom vice-president since 2017 and replaces Bertrand de L’Epinois, senior...
Plans for major nuclear power station in Wales win green light
Plans for a major new nuclear power station in Wales have taken a crucial step forward as UK regulators approved the project. The Office for Nuclear Regulation and two other government bodies gave the green light on Thursday for the Japanese reactor design for Horizon...
Harmony vision presented in Brussels
World Nuclear Association yesterday presented its Harmony programme to members of Foratom, the Brussels-based trade association for the nuclear energy industry in Europe. Harmony is the nuclear industry vision for the future of electricity and how nuclear energy can...