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Policymakers who ignore nuclear energy are not serious about meeting climate goals, delegates said at an Atlantic Council webinar last week. The first in the Raising Ambitions series, the event highlighted the attributes of this clean source of electricity and heat ahead of the Leaders’ Climate Summit, which the US Administration is hosting on 22-23 April.

Date: Tuesday, 13 April 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-power-can-help-raise-climate-ambitions

The recently published joint publication by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), “Projected Costs of Generating Electricity – 2020” is the ninth edition of this report, which is produced every five years. 

Date: Monday, 14 December 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newselectricity-generation-costs-examined-in-new-ieanea-report-8407206

The case for nuclear as a proven source of clean, reliable and sustainable electricity supply should be clear to all, but the business case for nuclear is also becoming better understood, World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León told delegates at the New Nuclear Capital 2020 virtual conference yesterday. The following is an abridged version of her presentation.

Date: Saturday, 12 December 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Speech-The-business-case-for-nuclear-energy

The nuclear industry has merely scratched the surface of the flexible benefits of nuclear power, according to panellists in a conference held this week ahead of the 11th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM11). The CEM11 side-event, Flexibility in Clean Energy Systems: The Enabling Roles of Nuclear Energy, included high-level speakers from the International Energy Agency (IEA), the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as well as government officials from Canada, the UK and the USA. Hosted by Saudi Arabia, CEM11 will take place on 22 September.

Date: Friday, 18 September 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclears-flexibility-is-the-magic-to-create-a-clea

The dismantling and decommissioning (D&D) business has a promising part to play in the future of the nuclear power industry as it now demonstrates to the public that a nuclear asset can be permanently withdrawn from service in a safe, sustainable, timely and cost-effective manner, writes Philippe Knoche, CEO of Orano.

Date: Tuesday, 01 October 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Viewpoint-The-positive-role-of-D-D

The latest edition of the Red Book, Uranium 2014: Resources, Production and Demand, from the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/NEA), which covers the market up to the end of 2012, has been published. It concludes that the existing uranium resource base exceeds projected requirements for the forseeable future.

Date: Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsred-book-says-uranium-demand-will-return-4367683