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Bulgaria's Energy Minister Rumen Radev, during a visit to Paris has signed a declaration of intent with French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire to establish bilateral cooperation in the field of nuclear energy. The French Economy Ministry said as members of the European Nuclear Alliance, France and Bulgaria emphasise the essential role of nuclear energy to achieve the objective of climate neutrality of the European Union by 2050 and to strengthen energy security and sovereignty. The two countries will continue their co-operation both within the Alliance and bilaterally.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 28 February 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbulgaria-and-france-to-strengthen-nuclear-energy-cooperation-11551666
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.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 23 February 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/France-and-Bulgaria-seek-to-strengthen-nuclear-ene
The International Energy Agency's (IEA's) 2024 Ministerial Meeting and 50th Anniversary event, held in Paris on 13-14 February, has agreed to recognise nuclear as one technology for achieving energy security and decarbonisation.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 15 February 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IEA-Ministerial-Meeting-recognises-role-of-nuclear
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).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 09 February 2024
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newseuropean-commission-launches-smr-industrial-alliance-11500965
Brussels recognises ‘potential role’ for small reactors in decarbonisation efforts
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Thursday, 08 February 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/commission-launches-industrial-alliance-for-smrs-calls-for-more-emission-cuts-by-2040-2-3-2024
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.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 08 February 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/European-SMR-Industrial-Alliance-launched
Following the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, Polina Lion, the chief sustainability officer for Russia's nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, outlines the company's ESG strategy.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 20 December 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Q-A-Polina-Lion-on-Rosatom-s-ESG-policies
Landmark statement says reactors can help tackle the ‘existential challenge of a rapidly warming planet’
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 02 December 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/world-needs-sustained-and-significant-investment-in-nuclear-energy-says-iaea-12-5-2023
Bloc reaching moment for strategic decisions, says energy commissioner
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 08 November 2023
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/commission-announces-industrial-alliance-for-smrs-and-targets-grid-connection-within-a-decade-11-2-2023
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has released its annual outlook for nuclear power in the coming decades, increasing its global growth projections for a third year. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi announced the new projections, contained in the 137-page annual report “Energy, Electricity and Nuclear Power Estimates for the Period up to 2050”, during the opening of the IAEA’s 2nd International Conference on Climate Change and the Role of Nuclear Power 2023: Atoms4NetZero in Vienna.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 12 October 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-annual-projections-for-nuclear-increase-11209931