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New man at FORATOM’s helm

Jun 26, 2017 | Press Release

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...

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IAEA: Advanced Nuclear Technologies can Help Achieve a Carbon-Free Energy Future

Sep 20, 2017 | Newsfeed

Innovation in the nuclear sector is vital to fulfil its potential in combatting climate change, agreed panellists at a side event held on the margins of the IAEA General Conference today. The side event identified the linkage between the future of nuclear power and...

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RT @edfehinkleyc: Lots of exciting progress was made at #Hinkley Point C last month. Take a look at our latest #timelapse video of the site…

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RT @Nuclear4Climate: Finland doubles down on nuclear power as coal heads out the door – https://t.co/gphZssrOC0 https://t.co/SZXBIfJMXF

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#DoYouKnow: #nuclear power plants generate 27.5% of #electricity in the European Union #Eurostat https://t.co/xWcj6iYIzk

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RT @WECnuclear_EU: #DYK? Since 1971 nuclear has helped evade 56 gigatons of CO2 - that’s like taking 11.5 billion cars off the road! #Talli…

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More #nuclear energy = reduction of CO₂ emissions. It's that simple. https://t.co/hr9nYENic6

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RT @WECnuclear_EU: More than 50% of the EU’s electricity is low-carbon! Did you know that half of it is provided by nuclear? #TallinnEnergy…

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RT @ForoNuclear: La actualidad nuclear en nuestra Newsletter recién publicada. Jornadas, publicaciones, campañas nucleares y más: https://t…

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RT @NEI: Q: What supplies more emission-free power to America than all other sources combined? A: Nuclear https://t.co/PbN57zISTZ #CWNY…

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RT @SFENorg: Les emplois dans le nucléaire sont "durables" estiment l'@OECD_NEA et l'@iaeaorg https://t.co/NUyPFJAkbl https://t.co/FvS5svQk…

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RT @W_Nuclear_News: China plans further high temperature reactor innovation #nuclear https://t.co/qCaUdAYRU7

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RT @AREVAfr: Philippe Knoche, DG #NewAREVA : "Il faudra du #nucléaire et des #renouvelables qui ne produisent pas de #CO2", @bfmbusinessTV

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You can now monitor and compare on a daily basis #CO2 emissions from different energy sources in Belgium #nuclear… https://t.co/W8a8Yfwcwq

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RT @WECnuclear_EU: When shaping the EU's energy mix, @EU2017EE shouldn't overlook #nuclear's low-carbon & constant contribution 24/7/365 #T…

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RT @ForoNuclear: China, el país que más reactores construye y pone en marcha del mundo. 38 unidades operativas y 19 en construcción según d…

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#DoYouKnow that #nuclear energy accounts for almost half of the #EU's low-carbon #electricity #nuclear4climate… https://t.co/oEU4BjpH1y

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RT @Nuclear4Climate: Why we need #nuclear AND renewables to power UK's low carbon future @NIAUK @tomjgreatrex #UNGA #COP23 @UNFCCC https:/…

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RT @Nuclear4Climate: And we need to use all available low carbon solutions available incl nuclear energy https://t.co/KVxYBITKcb

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Some 200,000 job-years of employment are created by each 1000 MWe of #nuclear capacity constructed, according to… https://t.co/OAR2mTIbiN

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RT @WorldNuclear: Our Fuel Report 2017 was launched yesterday at #NuclearSympo https://t.co/iJXOkdFJ7z

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RT @W_Nuclear_News: World Nuclear Association issues 'call to action' #nuclear https://t.co/oXuLRAU9hD https://t.co/H7Naz1B5oQ

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Press release

New man at FORATOM’s helm

Jun 26, 2017 | Press Release

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...

Newsfeed

IAEA: Advanced Nuclear Technologies can Help Achieve a Carbon-Free Energy Future

Sep 20, 2017 | Newsfeed

Innovation in the nuclear sector is vital to fulfil its potential in combatting climate change, agreed panellists at a side event held on the margins of the IAEA General Conference today. The side event identified the linkage between the future of nuclear power and...

Twitter

RT @edfehinkleyc: Lots of exciting progress was made at #Hinkley Point C last month. Take a look at our latest #timelapse video of the site…

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Michael Shellenberger

“There is a strong consensus among climate policy experts that an expansion of nuclear energy will be required to significantly reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality”

Michael Shellenberger, environmental policy expert, cofounder of Breakthrough Institute (source: 4-traders.com, 7 July 2017)

Yukiya Amano

“The use of nuclear power reduces carbon dioxide emissions by about two gigatonnes per year. That is the equivalent of taking more than 400 million cars off the road – every year”

Yukiya Amano, Director General, IAEA (source: iaea.com, 28 August 2017)

Jason Bordoff

“If policymakers get more serious about climate change, they will need nuclear to play a role”

Jason Bordoff, Professor and Founding Director Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University (source: Industrial Equipment News, 8 August 2017)

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