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Plans for major nuclear power station in Wales win green light
Plans for a major new nuclear power station in Wales have taken a crucial step forward as UK regulators approved the project. The Office for Nuclear Regulation and two other government bodies gave the green light on Thursday for the Japanese reactor design for Horizon...
Harmony vision presented in Brussels
World Nuclear Association yesterday presented its Harmony programme to members of Foratom, the Brussels-based trade association for the nuclear energy industry in Europe. Harmony is the nuclear industry vision for the future of electricity and how nuclear energy can...
EU’s Energy Union becoming a reality, says Commission
The European Commission has published its third report on progress made in delivering and implementing the Energy Union. European trade body Foratom has again highlighted the importance of nuclear energy in achieving the project's objectives. The Energy Union,...
Nuclear Industry Group Foratom Calls For EU To Treat All Low-Carbon Technologies Equally
Europe must continue to make use of nuclear energy as it focuses on achieving its goal of cutting CO2 emissions and moving to a low-carbon economy, but all low-carbon technologies should be allowed to compete equally, the Brussels-based nuclear industry group Foratom...
The next generation of European nuclear talent: where will it come from?
Life isn’t easy for nuclear power in the EU. Member States pursue totally contradictory policies, existing nuclear generation gets little or no public support, and France’s flagship third-generation EPR design is struggling to become competitive. At the same time, the...
UN report identifies emissions gap
National pledges made under the Paris Climate Change Agreement will only achieve a third of the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions required by 2030 to meet climate targets, a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme has found....
France postpones target for cutting nuclear share of power production
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government has postponed a long-held target to reduce the share of nuclear energy in the country’s power production after grid operator RTE warned it risked supply shortages after 2020 and could miss a goal to curb carbon emissions...
Foratom Director-General Urges Nuclear Industry To ‘Step Up’ And Cooperate On Challenges
Close cooperation in the European nuclear sector could help the industry overcome many challenges, improve its competitiveness and maintain the share of nuclear energy in the European energy mix,
Brexit Is a Game Changer for the British Nuclear Industry
Of all the international regulatory challenges created by the U.K.’s impending departure from the European Union, the atomic-energy industry may best encapsulate the decision’s bottom-line effect: more bureaucracy and costs for a country that has long fought to curb...
Europe’s nuclear trade body pushes for swift ‘Brexatom’ deal with UK
Europe's nuclear trade body has said it sees no reason why the UK cannot quickly sign a nuclear deal with the EU after Brexit which mirrors agreements the bloc already holds with the US and Japan.