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Tag: Nuclear Energy
Nuclear energy in Europe: Who is for and against it and why?
[ad_1] Euronews Business looks at the pros and cons of nuclear energy and which European countries are for and against it. ADVERTISEMENT Owing to its catastrophic history, the word ‘nuclear’…
Clean energy is ‘unstoppable’ but are climate goals still in reach?
[ad_1] Are climate goals still reachable? The executive director of the International Energy Agency reveals to Euronews Business whether he thinks the transition to net-zero by 2050 is really possible.…
Rolls-Royce / UK SMR Company Eyes Deployment Of Reactor Fleet In Netherlands :: NucNet | The Independent Nuclear News Agency
[ad_1] Dutch construction company BAM Infra Nederland has agreed to collaborate with ULC-Energy and UK-based Rolls-Royce SMR on the deployment of a fleet of Rolls-Royce small modular reactors (SMRs) in…
France: €1.7 billion investment on uranium to cut ties with Russia
[ad_1] French nuclear energy company Orano is investing €1.7 billion to increase its uranium-enrichment capacity and reduce dependency on Russia. ADVERTISEMENT On Thursday, Orano’s board approved a 30% production capacity…
France and Germany do battle over EU power market reform
[ad_1] As European energy ministers gear up to meet on 17 October, France and Germany struggle to find a compromise. ADVERTISEMENT Despite record temperatures this October, Europe is slowly shifting…
EDITORIAL | Japan’s Energy Security in Peril as Policy Gaps Persist
[ad_1] Fifty years have passed since the outbreak of the first oil crisis. That time, the global crisis was triggered by the fourth Middle East war (Yom Kippur War) in…
EU ‘willing to consider’ subsidies for nuclear reactors: von der Leyen
[ad_1] Ursula von der Leyen has welcomed the idea of industrial subsidies in the field of nuclear energy, a highly divisive topic in the European Union. Speaking in the Czech…
Scholz dismisses talk of keeping nuclear energy option open in Germany
[ad_1] German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed a suggestion by a junior coalition partner that the country should keep open the option of using its closed nuclear power plants, declaring that…
Sustainability has lost its meaning as the nuclear lobby triumphs
[ad_1] Listening to the 14 EU countries-strong Nuclear Alliance that lobbied for nuclear power’s green label and now wants to see it treated the same as other renewables means everything…