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French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire and Bulgaria's Energy Minister Rumen Radev have signed a declaration of intent to establish bilateral cooperation in the field of nuclear energy, including the areas of nuclear construction programmes, small modular reactors and development of a European supply chain.

Date: Friday, 23 February 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/France-and-Bulgaria-seek-to-strengthen-nuclear-ene

The European Commission (EC) has launched an Industrial Alliance to support the development of small modular reactors (SMRs) in Europe by the early 2030s. The announcement came alongside the EC’s assessment for a 2040 climate target for the European Union (EU).

Date: Friday, 09 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newseuropean-commission-launches-smr-industrial-alliance-11500965

The European Commission has launched an Industrial Alliance dedicated to small modular reactors (SMRs), aiming to facilitate the development of SMRs in Europe by the early 2030s. The announcement came as the commission presented its assessment for a 2040 climate target for the EU.

Date: Thursday, 08 February 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/European-SMR-Industrial-Alliance-launched

Kozloduy NPP subsidiary, Kozloduy NPP-Newbuild (KZNPP-NM - Kozloduy NPP Novi Mostnosti) has announced that five companies have expressed interest in building units 7&8 at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy NPP under an EPC (engineering, procurement & construction) contract. KZNPP-NM invited expressions of interest in January with applications to be submitted by 2 February.

Date: Wednesday, 07 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfive-epc-companies-express-interest-in-kozloduy-expansion-project-11493212

Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) can now begin environmental and siting research for its planned small modular reactor (SMR) project in Stawy Monowskie, in Małopolska, Poland, after the country's General Director for Environmental Protection (GDOŚ) issued the scope of the environmental report for the project.

Date: Tuesday, 06 February 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Environmental-permitting-of-Polish-SMR-plant-progr

The International Energy Agency (IEA) in its latest report, Electricity 2024, dedicates a significant amount of space to nuclear power – a departure from its previous studies which treated it as peripheral. In its press release on the new report, IEA says the increase in electricity generation from renewables and nuclear "appears to be pushing the power sector's emissions into structural decline". Over the next three years, low-emissions generation is set to rise at twice the annual growth rate between 2018 and 2023. Global emissions from electricity generation are expected to decrease by 2.4% in 2024, followed by smaller declines in 2025 and 2026.

Date: Friday, 26 January 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiea-acknowledges-significance-of-nuclear-energy-in-new-report-11463539

The European Council has adopted its position on the proposed Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), which is intended to bolster Europe's manufacturing output in technologies needed for decarbonisation. As with the European Parliament's position, issued last month, nuclear power has been included in the list of "strategic" technologies.

Date: Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-included-in-NZIA-by-European-Council

Belgium, Italy and Romania have formed a consortium with US-based Westinghouse Electric to develop a small modular lead-cooled fast neutron reactor (SMR-LFR). Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in the presence of Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, who was on an official visit to Brussels, and representatives from the Italian and US embassies in Belgium. The organisations taking part in the project, along with Westinghouse, are: Italy’s Ansaldo Nucleare and National Agency for New Technologies, Energy & Sustainable Economic Development ENEA (Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile); Romanian Atomic Energy Technology Company RATEN (Regia Autonoma Tehnologii pentru Energia Nucleara); and Belgian nuclear research centre SCK CEN.

Date: Saturday, 11 November 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnew-consortium-to-develop-and-globally-deploy-lead-cooled-fast-reactors-11286739

European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson says the European Commission (EC) is to establish an Industrial Alliance focusing on small modular reactors (SMRs) in early 2024. In June, the EC set up a European SMR pre-Partnership to identify enabling conditions and constraints for the safe design, construction and operation of SMRs in Europe in the next decade and beyond. It looked at compliance with the EU legislation including the Euratom legislative framework.

Date: Friday, 10 November 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newseuropean-commission-plans-smr-industrial-alliance-11285811