Press releases
New man at FORATOM’s helm
FORATOM, the trade association representing the European nuclear industry, has announced today that Yves Desbazeille has been appointed its new Director General. He succeeds Jean-Pol Poncelet, who will step down 1 August after six years. Yves Desbazeille is French and...
FORATOM reacts to the “Clean Energy for All Europeans” package
On 18 April 2017, FORATOM, the Brussels-based trade association for the nuclear energy industry in Europe, published a Position Paper on the “Clean Energy for All Europeans” package. FORATOM welcomes the legislative proposals and considers that the package could...
Paks II: Strong positive signal for future nuclear investments in Europe
FORATOM, the voice of the European nuclear energy industry, welcomes the decision of the European Commission (EC) to approve Hungary’s financing scheme for the construction of two nuclear reactors at Paks II. The EC’s decision very opportunely recalls that...
European Parliament’s EU-ETS vote: ETS reform should be more ambitious
FORATOM, the voice of the European nuclear energy industry, gives a partial welcome to the outcome of the European Parliament’s 15 February vote on the EC Proposal to revise the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) for its next phase (2021-2030). If the ETS reform...
FORATOM welcomes the Second State of the Energy Union Report
FORATOM, the voice of the European nuclear energy industry, welcomes the publication on 1 February 2017 of the European Commission’s Second Report on the State of the Energy Union. EC Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič’s overview of progress towards achieving the Energy...