European Industrial Alliance on SMRs organises second General Assembly
On 1 September 2025, the European Industrial Alliance on SMRs held its second General Assembly in Brussels, bringing together members of the Alliance to discuss upcoming actions and publications.
Opening the event, European Commission Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy Stéphane Séjourné welcomed participants in a video message which highlighted the role SMRs are set to play in the EU’s energy transition. Following Commissioner Séjourné’s intervention, the General Assembly’s first session focused on the key importance of SMRs for EU industrial competitiveness and decarbonisation, it included high-level keynote interventions from Member States representatives, industrial stakeholders and research and innovation actors. It was followed by a presentation on the upcoming Alliance Strategic Action Plan from representatives of the 3 Alliance partners – the European Commission as Chair, as well as nucleareurope and the Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform (SNETP) as Vice Chairs. In his intervention, nucleareurope Director General Emmanuel Brutin focused on the key challenges identified in the Strategic Action Plan as well as the top actions related to topics covered by nucleareurope, such as industrial applications, nuclear supply chain and financing.
The second session of the General Assembly explored the Alliance’s projects state of play, deliverables and milestones, with the CEOs of the Alliance’s identified SMR projects presenting their recent developments. The session was followed by a speech from EU Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation Ekaterina Zaharieva, which closed the morning session.
The afternoon sessions allowed to discuss deliverables, explore future actions and endorse the Alliance’s Strategic Action Plan. Following concluding remarks from representatives of the Governing Board, EU Commissioner for Energy and Housing closed the General Assembly with a keynote address, stressing the importance of nuclear to reach climate objectives, and the role of SMRs to enhance the EU’s technological leadership, enable decarbonisation, and accelerate the electrification of hard-to-abate sectors.