The French Recovery Plan Includes Funds For Framatome Nuclear Projects Framatome nuclear projects were selected to receive funding as part of the “France Relance” recovery plan, several French ministers announced last week. The Framatome projects selected are focused on investing in new activities and modernizing the nuclear energy industry. Funding from the France Relance plan…
EU Commission Plans To Include Nuclear In The European Taxonomy The European Commission announced on 21 April its decision to include nuclear energy in a complementary Delegated Act of the EU Taxonomy Regulation. The Delegated Act, which will be consistent with the conclusions of a Joint Research Centre report on nuclear power, will confirm the…
Horizon 238, Open Letter To Belgian Government To Stop Nuclear Phaseout Horizon 238 is a Brussels-based group of young engineers supporting nuclear energy for a carbon-free world and for a clean and sustainable future. The group recently released an open letter to the Belgian government, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, and the Minister of Energy Tinne Van…
Nuclear Energy And The European Energy Policy At The Crossroad… Marc Deffrennes The title of this short article can be understood in two ways: is it nuclear energy which is at the crossroad, or the European Energy Policy? In fact, both. The time has indeed come for a paradigm shift. The time has come to…
A New Age Of Innovation In The Nuclear Sector Guerric de Crombrugghe Winter 1848, a carpenter by the name of James Wilson Marshall finds gold in a river near Sacramento. This discovery marked the beginning of the California Gold Rush, which would have a profound impact on the United States. It brought around 300,000 people,…
SMR’s Trilemma Towards The Future Luc Van Den Durpel Nuclear energy is a key component of any world energy system future seeking to uncouple our societal and economic development from any further unsustainable impact on our environment. The past two decades have brought various approaches to the energy transition towards more sustainability, though, the challenges…