Energy has been at the heart of the European Union’s endeavour to jointly rebuild the economy after the disasters of the second world war. Europe’s founders understood that energy is indeed the...
Debate around nuclear heats up as institutions prepare to vote on Complementary Delegated Act
At the start of 2022, the European Commission came forward with its proposal to add nuclear (and gas) to the Sustainable Finance Taxonomy via a Complementary Delegated Act (CDA). Whilst not perfect...
Announcement of the preferred site for the first NPP new build in Poland
This article is by Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe sp. z o.o. (PEJ), a state-owned SPV directly responsible for the development of the investment process and for site investigations, as well as for...
Czechs launch tender for new nuclear unit
Petr Zavodsky, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Elektrarna Dukovany II, a. s. IIn this edition of A View From, Petr Zavodsky updates us on the development of the tender for a new...
Nuclear – the “no regrets” option
Andrei Goicea, Policy Director In March 2022, the European Commission launched its communication entitled ‘REPowerEU’. This communication outlined the plan to make Europe independent from Russian...
“Openness Requires Fairness”
Quentin Heilmann, Junior Legal Advisor Contrary to what you might think, these wise words were not spoken by Master Yoda but rather by Guillaume Loriot, Deputy Director General of the European...
Checkpoint: political stocktaking of the European Parliament
Sophie Dayraut, Junior Communications Manager We are now past the mid-term of this legislature of the European Parliament. Here’s what we’ve learnt during the past two and a half years, and what you...
Sweden gets approval for a final repository for spent nuclear fuel
Christopher Eckerberg, VP Nuclear Decommissioning at Vattenfall At a cabinet meeting last week, the Swedish government approved SKB’s license application for a final repository for spent nuclear...