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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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Possible implications of Brexit for nuclear industry

May 9, 2017 | Newsfeed

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 build, decommissioning, R&D and...

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RT @Nuclear4Climate: France's electricity is 97% low carbon today! Thanks to #nuclear & renewables @UNFCCC #COP23 #climatechangemitigation…
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RT @ForoNuclear: Curso “La Tecnología Nuclear y sus Aplicaciones en la Vida Cotidiana” https://t.co/MJqaZqqm5t
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- 10 hours ago

RT @SFENorg: Etats-Unis : partenariat renforcé sur les réacteurs rapides au sodium https://t.co/qECoIivQH5 @AECOM @Exelon @ge-@gehnuclear h…
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RT @SFENorg: #changementclimatique : des climatologues demandent à @EmmanuelMacron de s'appuyer sur l'énergie nucléaire https://t.co/gOVYzu…
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- 13 hours ago

Thanks for the retweets this week @HenryKBarton @NIAUK much appreciated 🙂 - I sent this with https://t.co/7UingUhNQE
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Thanks for the retweets this week @AlekSaGor @PMOprof @niasa_za much appreciated 🙂 ➡️Want this 🆓❓https://t.co/MqDMNimRBa
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- 3 days ago

RT @Nuclear_Matters: The world keeps growing and support for #nuclear energy must grow with it. Let @moms4nuclear explain why. https://t.co…
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- 4 days ago

Worth keeping in mind while discussing the EU’s #energy and #climate goals #CleanEnergyEU #EnergyUnion… https://t.co/lERTx2AvzA
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RT @WECnuclear_EU: Nuclear's contribution to the #EnergyUnion is indispensable,just look at the numbers! #CleanEnergyEU #CleanEnergyEU @Mar…
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RT @edfehinkleyc: Work continues as 100 tonne dumpers transport materials along the deep dig heavy haul route https://t.co/H1dU2LjVGx
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RT @WECnuclear_EU: 56,000,000,000 tonnes of CO2 prevented by switching to nuclear! #CleanEnergyEU honouring our #ParisAgreement #EuEnergyD…
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Impressive: check out the construction process of the UAE’s #Barakah #Nuclear Power Plant https://t.co/4lDSwqsMkD @CWMiddleEast
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"Clean energy of all kinds should not be in competition, but be used in combination" #nuclear #ParisAgreement https://t.co/WbEapSAfYp
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- 4 days ago

#DoYouKnow that the #nuclear industry supports around 800,000 jobs in Europe. Visit our website for more informatio… https://t.co/V2aLWkpUdq
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- 5 days ago

Thanks for the retweets this week @SNE_TP @warwickpipe much appreciated 🙂 (Want this? It's FREE! https://t.co/gYyamIwbon)
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- 5 days ago

RT @SFENorg: Les Etats-Unis allouent plusieurs millions de dollars pour soutenir la recherche nucléaire https://t.co/NQZylbcAc4 @ENERGY @Vi…
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RT @WECnuclear_EU: Nuclear in Europe offers>800,000 jobs&is available 24/7/365=reliability4 lowcarbon #CleanEnergyEU is essential @MarosSef…
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- 5 days ago

ICYMI: Check out the "Making Sense of Nuclear" guide and see what's changed in the #nuclear debate… https://t.co/izpCZKIZMg
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- 6 days ago

RT @WorldNuclear: Are you excited about what the future holds? Watch our #nuclearfootprints animation: https://t.co/RkBlIbVk6v https://t.co…
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- 6 days ago

RT @ForoNuclear: Datos relevantes del proyecto de fusión nuclear @iterorg en nueva infografía: https://t.co/SMYN8Gk58Z. Fusión nuclear, la…
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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...

read more

Newsfeed

Possible implications of Brexit for nuclear industry

May 9, 2017 | Newsfeed

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 build, decommissioning, R&D and...

read more

Twitter

RT @Nuclear4Climate: France's electricity is 97% low carbon today! Thanks to #nuclear & renewables @UNFCCC #COP23 #climatechangemitigation…
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  @FORATOM

- 6 hours ago

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What people say

Richard Harrington

“Nuclear power still has a “key role” in keeping Britain’s lights on and reducing carbon emissions”

Richard Harrington, UK energy minister (source: Financial Times, 27 June 2017)

Donald J. Trump

  

“We will begin to revive and expand our nuclear energy sector, which produces clean, renewable and emissions-free energy”

Donald J. Trump, US President (source: thehill.com, 29 June 2017)

Rick Perry

 

“If you really care about this environment that we live in, then you need to be a supporter of this amazingly clean, resilient, safe, reliable source of energy [nuclear]”

Rick Perry, US Secretary of Energy (source: Bloomberg, 14 June 2017)

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