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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
At the 28th Conference of the Parties to the original 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), 22 countries signed a declaration supporting tripling nuclear energy capacity by 2050. The document was signed by the heads of state, or senior officials, from Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ghana, Hungary, Japan, South Korea, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and the USA. China and Russia did not sign, although they have the world’s fastest growing and most ambitious nuclear power programmes.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscop28-22-countries-target-tripling-global-nuclear-energy-capacity-by-2050-11347824
The Nuclear Alliance, a French initiative comprising 16 European countries seeking to further develop nuclear power, has issued a statement calling on the European Commission (EC) to recognise nuclear energy in the EU's energy strategy and relevant policies. The statement came after a meeting in Paris with European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 19 May 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsalliance-urges-eu-recognition-of-nuclear-energy-10862117
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
Japan, the UK, Canada, the US and France have agreed to co-operate to reduce dependence on Russia as a supplier of nuclear materials and technology. Their statement was issued at the Nuclear Energy Forum being held in Japan’s Sapporo alongside the meeting of Group of Seven (G7) ministers on climate, energy and environment. It was published on the UK government website.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 20 April 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfive-g7-nations-aim-to-cut-dependence-on-russian-nuclear-technology-10770200
The Slovak Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ÚJD) has received a request from Jadrová Energetická Spolocnost Slovenska (JESS) for a siting permit for a new NPP. It will be located near the existing Bohunice NPP in Jaslovské Bohunice. ÚJD has one year to make a decision on the application. JESS is a joint venture between Slovak radioactive waste management company JAVYS (51%) and Czech utility CEZ (49%). It was formed in December 2009 specifically to build and operate a new NPP at Bohunice.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 24 February 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssiting-permit-requested-for-new-slovak-np-near-bohunice-10619846
The Czech government has said it will seek to meet the European Union's 2050 deadline for operation of a deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel - but said it would continue to put the case for the deadline to be revised.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 14 January 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Czechs-bring-forward-geological-repository-target
Czech prime minister Petr Fiala told the European Nuclear Energy Forum (Enef) in Prague: “I am convinced that investment in more nuclear energy is one of the most natural responses to the current situation.
“It is in our interest to develop nuclear power as soon as possible.”
He said the Czech Republic is “ready to become a leader” in nuclear energy for the region, because of its existing reactors, industrial capabilities, workforce expertise, and plans to build both conventional and modular nuclear power.
Because of its geography, the Czech Republic is not well suited for the expansion of wind and solar, Fiala said, adding that an energy mix combining renewables and nuclear is “the only scenario” for the country’s energy transition.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Tuesday, 15 November 2022
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/czech-republic-and-slovakia-committed-to-nuclear-in-face-of-geopolitical-challenges-11-1-2022
Two Soviet-era reactors at the Bohunice V1 nuclear power plant in the Slovak Republic have been fully dismantled and the components decontaminated for safe storage or recycling, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has said.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Saturday, 30 July 2022
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsslovakias-bohunice-reactors-fully-dismantled-9887465