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EDF joins the Hydrogen Taskforce

15 April 2021 | Decarbonisation, Hydrogen, Nuclear Europe News

Hydrogen Taskforce, a coalition of the UK’s largest organisations that operate in the hydrogen sector, has announced that EDF has become its new member. The group, which works with the government to secure the role of hydrogen in the UK’s future energy mix, will also...

We need nuclear power to manage climate change

15 April 2021 | Decarbonisation, Nuclear Europe News

We must control global warming because, left unchecked, climate change could ruin human civilisation. We know the solution – we must effectively eliminate human-induced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into the atmosphere, principally carbon dioxide (CO2) but also...

The role of SMRs in the Net Zero Challenge

15 April 2021 | Blog, Decarbonisation, Nuclear Europe News, SMRs

Views from ... The role of SMRs in the Net Zero Challenge Tom Samson, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the UK SMR consortium To meet the climate challenge the world faces, it is becoming increasingly clear that we will need to decarbonise more of the energy sector...

Estonia / Government Sets Up Working Group To Examine Nuclear Energy Option

12 April 2021 | Nuclear Europe News, SMRs

The Estonian government has approved the formation of a working group to assess the possibility of introducing nuclear power in the Baltic country, the Estonian environment ministry said in a statement. According to the statement, the group will be headed by...

Europe / Finnish Energy Industry Calls For Nuclear To Be Part Of Taxonomy

1 April 2021 | European Institutions, Nuclear Europe News, Sustainable Finance

The Finnish Energy Industry Association has appealed for nuclear power to be included in Europe’s sustainable finance taxonomy after an expert report concluded that the fuel qualifies as sustainable and does no more harm to human health or to the environment than...

Europe / NGO Alliance Calls For Nuclear Knowledge And Technology To Be Kept Inside EU

1 April 2021 | European Institutions, Nuclear Europe News

The Covid-19 pandemic and recent controversies over vaccines have shown the need to keep critical knowledge, capabilities, technologies and infrastructure – including that related to nuclear energy – inside the European Union, an alliance of...

Nuclear is sustainable, according to the experts. So what happens next?

31 March 2021 | A view from..., Blog, Nuclear Europe News

Views from ... Nuclear is sustainable, according to the experts. So what happens next? Jessica Johnson, FORATOM Communication & EU Stakeholders Director With the press leaking the Joint Research Centre’s (JRC) assessment of nuclear under the taxonomy last week,...

Fuel loading under way at Finnish EPR

30 March 2021 | National nuclear developments, Nuclear Europe News

The loading of fuel assemblies into the Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) EPR in Finland began on 27 March, utility Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) has announced. The move follows the receipt of a permit from the country’s Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) the previous...

LEAK: EU experts to say nuclear power qualifies for green investment label

29 March 2021 | European Institutions, Nuclear Europe News, Sustainable Finance

Experts tasked with assessing whether the European Union should label nuclear power as a green investment will say that the fuel qualifies as sustainable, according to a leaked document.

Nuclear recognised as not causing significant harm by JRC

29 March 2021 | Press Release

Press release Nuclear recognised as not causing significant harm by JRC Brussels, 29 March 2021: According to the Joint Research Centre’s assessment of nuclear under the taxonomy, leaked to the press last week, nuclear does not cause more harm to human health nor the...

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