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Eight Member States urge EC to recognise significant role of nuclear in EU Energy Union
FORATOM welcomes the initiative of eight EU Energy Ministers (from Romania, France, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and the UK) to send a letter to the European Commission (EC)'s Vice President for Energy Union, Maros Sefcovic, and the...
IEA & OECD/NEA call for policy-makers to create level-playing field for all low-carbon technologies including nuclear
The International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the OECD published jointly on 29 January 2015 the Technology Roadmap: Nuclear Energy Update 2015, which highlights the essential role nuclear power will play to limit global warming to 2°C by...
Belgian government confirms decision to extend operational duration of two reactors
On 18 December 2014, the Belgian government confirmed its decision to extend by 10 years the operational duration of Doel 1 and 2 nuclear reactors. The Council of Ministers examined on Thursday the situation of Belgium's energy market and requested Marie-Christine...
NUCLEAR FOR CLIMATE: The international nuclear community gets together to fight climate change
The Lima climate change conference has just come to an end and shows that further efforts are necessary to reach an agreement capable of limiting the global average temperature increase to 2°C by the end of the century. The international nuclear community is aware of...