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World Nuclear Fuel Conference report
22 June, 2022
In the wake of the conflict in Ukraine, concerns over Russia’s major role in the nuclear fuel supply chain have been brought to the fore as the industry seeks to assess potential risks and if alternatives are necessary. At an international event in London, the industry gathered to explore the situation.
Poland bets on nuclear to meet EU climate goals
02 June, 2021
Witold Strzelecki discusses why Poland is looking to nuclear energy to help decarbonise its power system
Nuclear delivers a stronger tomorrow
24 September, 2020
Agneta Rising and John Lindberg give an overview of the World Nuclear Association’s latest reports on nuclear power
Reflections on Germany’s nuclear phaseout
27 May, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to phase out the country’s nuclear power plants by 2022 — with 11 reactors removed from the grid. James Murray finds out from a range of industry insiders whether the country has made the correct decision.
Why the EU needs nuclear
26 March, 2020
Yves Desbazeille, director general of Foratom, examines the role nuclear energy can play in helping the European Union achieve its climate and other goals.
Completing Cernavoda
20 August, 2019
Chinese investment could see the completion of two more reactors at the Cernavoda nuclear plant in Romania, as Rumyana Vakarelska reports.
A European Energy Union
14 March, 2018
The European Commission’s clean energy package increases the focus on low-carbon electricity. Its advocates say nuclear should play an important role, as Rumyana Vakarelska reports.
European skills pass
22 October, 2014
A standardized, pan-European vocational transfer system has been proposed. Its benefits include worker mobility, mutual recognition, harmonization and improvement of education, all of which happen to be pressing issues in the European labour market’s international competitiveness. By Alicia Lacal Molina and Ulrik von Estorff
The CSC is coming
16 July, 2014
Although international nuclear liability has been an incomplete patchwork of conventions and treaties, there is now hope for much greater cohesion, thanks to Japan’s announcement that it is planning to ratify the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage 1997. By Mark Richards
Shortage of qualified EU nuclear personnel
24 April, 2013
A comparison of the supply of nuclear experts by the nuclear education and training infrastructure in EU-27 and the demand by the nuclear energy sector of the EU has been carried out. Although at a country level the data is varied, the overall results showed that the supply of nuclear experts in the EU-27 in general covers at best only 70% of the demand for these experts within the nuclear energy sector. By Veronika Simonovska and Ulrik von Estorff
A divided Europe
23 July, 2010
Most European citizens would maintain or decrease Europe’s share of nuclear energy. But this view is not shared across the EU, nor is it the global perspective. By Caroline Peachey
World survey part 4: Europe, Middle East and Africa
25 June, 2009
In 2008 the number of nuclear reactors starting construction hit double figures, with China and Russia leading the race. There has been much activity in India, too, after last year’s nuclear cooperation deals. Our World Survey covers recent developments in every country with operating commercial reactors.
Eurobarometer’s agenda
22 August, 2008
A recent European survey showed a marked increase in support for nuclear power, with opinions now almost equally divided between those for and against.
Imperfect harmony
19 July, 2006
Several years have elapsed since common nuclear safety standards across the whole of the European Union were first proposed. Would European directives increase safety at nuclear facilities, as the European Commission insists, or is this a case of Brussels wanting to seize more bureaucratic control?
The debate is won
13 December, 2004
The first of Foratom’s biannual European Nuclear Assembly meetings was held on 25-26 November 2004. Its subtitle, ‘Nuclear energy: An essential option for Europe’, gave a clue as to what conclusion the meeting would reach.
Welcome to the union
13 July, 2004
As the European Union expands, so too does the number of Russian-desogned reactors within the EU. How is accession to the EU affecting those countries with a nuclear power industry? By Alan Osborn
Powering the new Europe
22 March, 2004
The liberalisation of electricity and gas supplies in the European Union was finally agreed in 2003 and will come into full effect this year for business customers and in 2007 for households and all others. By Alan Osborn and Mark Rowe
Where do we go from here?
03 November, 2002
The four-yearly European Nuclear Conference took place on 7-9 October in Lille, France. The success of the industry's most ambitious meeting is closely linked to the future of the European Nuclear Society.
Collaboration in a competitive industry
30 October, 2001
The emerging e-marketplace will increase collaboration between utilities. The very survival of the nuclear industry will depend upon it happening, but it will not happen overnight.
Will much change after the climate change conference?
01 February, 1998
The third conference on climate change, known as COP3*, held in Kyoto during December, achieved significant agreement on emission reduction targets, even for the main energy users of Japan, the USA and the EU. However, the question of how to achieve the targets through, for example, emission trading regimes, sanctions and a greater use of nuclear power, is to be left to later conferences.
