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The current approaches to assessing financial adequacy for decommissioning and radioactive waste management - which are based on the linear discounting of estimated future costs - should be complemented with a broader "circular" approach, a new OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) report proposes. This approach, it says, reflects that changes of different kinds will play out between today's decisions and future funding needs.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 19 June 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/NEA-proposes-new-approach-for-assessing-back-end-f
Polish Climate Minister Michał Kurtyka yesterday unveiled his plan to construct six new nuclear power units by 2040 as the country transitions to a clean energy economy. This plan includes reducing the share of coal in electricity production to between 37% and 56% in 2030, and to between 11% and 28% in 2040, depending on CO2 prices. Coal last year accounted for 74% of Polish electricity generation.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Poland-plans-USD40-bn-investment-in-new-nuclear-pl