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EDF took the plants offline to meet French river-discharge rules, not because the reactors could not cope with the heat, while the same technology kept operating…
The framework provides for an independent Nuclear Safety Authority and a National Programme for Sustainable Nuclear Power.
Switzerland's Federal Council has backed the extension of its nuclear reactors.
Italy is preparing its most significant return to nuclear energy in nearly four decades, marking a major shift in the country’s industrial and energy strategy…
The bill is expected to be debated in the Dáil Éireann (lower parliament) within the coming months.
The document explicitly states in its conclusions that the nuclear facility should not be shut down, describing the decision as one driven solely by political and…
I usually do not write about my home country, Austria, but today I want to make an exception.
Switzerland's upper house of parliament, the Council of States, has voted in favour of lifting the country's longstanding ban on constructing new nuclear power plants.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has spoken out in favour of nuclear power, calling the nuclear phaseout in Europe a “strategic mistake”.
The head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) has called Germany’s decision to abandon its nuclear power plants a “historic mistake”.
Germany’s decision to shut down all its nuclear power plants was a “huge mistake” and has come at a high cost to the economy, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said…
Austria will ask the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the EU’s highest court, for help in its fight against the official classification of nuclear…
Opting for nuclear energy is the safest and cheapest option, according to Belgium’s Federal Planning Bureau (FPB), which has compared various energy scenarios…
Russia has announced plans for a major buildout of its nuclear energy capacity.
Polish State energy conglomerate Orlen has agreed with Synthos Green Energy, owned by Poland’s richest man, to build the country’s first small modular nuclear…
The Swedish State power company Vattenfall has announced that it selected candidates for the planned construction of a series of small modular reactors (SMR).
The World Bank's board has agreed to lift a longstanding ban on financing nuclear energy projects.
Czechia has joined the European countries in re-embracing nuclear energy.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz's new government has dropped Germany's opposition at the EU to nuclear power.
The Danish government is to rethink its 40-year ban on nuclear power plants with a detailed review of the risks and potential of nuclear technology for Denmark's…
A much-delayed nuclear fusion project based in southern France and involving more than 30 countries was said to be ready to assemble the world's most powerful magnet…
Italian environment and energy minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin has claimed nuclear energy could lead to a big reduction in electricity bills for Italians: up to…
Belgium has officially become a member of the European Alliance for Nuclear Energy (EANE), reversing more than two decades of anti-nuclear policy that began in the…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said that Europe needed "more nuclear", marking a departure from her previous, more sceptical stance.
Italy's Minister of the Environment and Energy Security Gilberto Pichetto has indicated Rome's readiness to reconsider nuclear energy
Top Commission officials praised the technology at a high-level event in Brussels on April 11, ending a policy that had seen the Brussels executive sit on the sidelines…
Leaders from pro-nuclear European Union countries and energy experts called for a nuclear energy revival at a summit in Brussels, seeking to rebuild the European…
The Dutch Parliament passed a move to build four new nuclear-power plants, doubling the planned two major installations originally envisaged.
At the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, 22 countries, including eleven European Union Member States, have pledged to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050.
Belgium has seen a sharp rise in support for use of nuclear power, with only Greens now opposing it.
