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World leaders gathered in Brussels at the first ever Nuclear Energy Summit co-chaired by the Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi. The Summit was the highest-level meeting to date exclusively focused on the topic of nuclear energy. It followed inclusion of nuclear energy in the Global Stocktake agreed at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai in December 2023 and the launch of the IAEA’s Atoms4NetZero initiative.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 27 March 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuclear-energy-summit-attracts-world-leaders-11632691
Leaders and representatives from 32 countries at the Nuclear Energy Summit backed measures in areas such as financing, technological innovation, regulatory cooperation and workforce training to enable the expansion of nuclear capacity to tackle climate change and boost energy security.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 22 March 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Leaders-back-nuclear-at-summit
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has released its Energy Sector Strategy 2024-28. EBRD says it “prioritises the urgent need to accelerate the decarbonisation of energy through scaling up renewables, enhancing grids and storage, promoting zero-carbon fuels and phasing out unabated fossil fuels.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsebrds-energy-sector-strategy-ignores-nuclear-11387315
Budapest seeking to diversify energy supplies, says Tass report
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 25 November 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/parliament-supports-plans-to-use-non-russian-fuel-for-paks-nuclear-station-11-5-2023
The Hungarian Parliament has reportedly supported an amendment to the country's nuclear energy policy that would allow alternative sources to be used for fuel for the Paks nuclear power plant, which has until now relied on Russian-supplied fuel.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 25 November 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Hungary-to-consider-alternative-sources-for-nuclea
Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade, Péter Szijjártó, has signed key agreements with Romanian Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja that will allow Hungary to continue to rely on Romania’s cooperation in guaranteeing energy security. Szijjártó said on Facebook that he and Burduja had agreed to increase the capacity of the interconnectors between their countries’ gas networks so that Hungary could access as much of the gas extracted from the Black Sea gas fields as possible. Hungary and Romania will also begin preparations to link their electricity grids.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newshungary-and-romania-sign-key-energy-deals-11297474
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said after talks in Romania that the country will continue to allow the transport of Russian nuclear fuel to Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 11 November 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Hungary-says-Romania-to-continue-to-allow-nuclear
Nuclear could provide up to 150 GWe of generating capacity by 2050 in the European Union, according to a statement issued by 16 European countries following a meeting in Paris with European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson. The so-called Nuclear Alliance called on the European Commission to recognise nuclear energy in the EU's energy strategy and relevant policies.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 18 May 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Alliance-calls-for-greater-European-support-for-nu
Paris meeting of 16 EU nations calls for increased cooperation
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 17 May 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/nuclear-alliance-is-evidence-of-ever-growing-support-for-new-reactors-5-2-2023
The International Atomic Energy Agenry (IAEA) has announced the release of the 2022 edition of Country Nuclear Power Profiles (CNPP), marking more than two decades since the initial launch of the Agency’s comprehensive guide on the status and development of national nuclear power programmes worldwide.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 22 October 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-releases-annual-report-on-country-nuclear-power-profiles-10106867