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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...
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Possible implications of Brexit for nuclear industry
Two UK parliamentary committees and the UK Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) have recently published reports emphasising the importance of the UK government taking action in order to ensure that the nuclear sector (including new...
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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...
read moreNewsfeed
Possible implications of Brexit for nuclear industry
Two UK parliamentary committees and the UK Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) have recently published reports emphasising the importance of the UK government taking action in order to ensure that the nuclear sector (including new...
read more
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What people say
Mikhail Chudakov
“In the past two years, 20 new nuclear power reactors were connected to the grid and started producing electricity.This demonstrates the important role that nuclear power continues to play in meeting growing energy demand throughout the world”
Mikhail Chudakov, IAEA, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Energy (source: iaea.org, 25 May 2017)
Robert Fico
“I can’t imagine the Slovak energy sector without nuclear power plants, which produce 55 percent of the electricity in the country. Our government will never abandon this policy and will always fight for the right to choose the way for the production of energy in the future”
Robert Fico, Prime Minister of Slovakia (source: ENEF 2017, 23 May 2017)
Bohuslav Sobotka
“Nuclear energy is the right option for the energy mix of the Czech Republic and there is no other way”
Bohuslav Sobotka, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (source: ENEF 2017, 23 May 2017)