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An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission has said that Lithuania's process for selecting a site for its proposed deep geological repository for radioactive waste is in line international safety standards.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 02 August 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-approves-Lithuania-s-plans-to-choose-deep-geo
The final cask of used fuel has been transferred from the reactor buildings at Lithuania's shut down Ignalina nuclear power plant (INPP) to an on-site interim storage facility.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 23 April 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Defuelling-of-Ignalina-units-completed
Her comments came following a summit of the bloc’s 27 member states after which French president Emmanuel Macron also spoke on the nuclear issue, saying, “never before has such clear and broad support been expressed for the need to use nuclear energy to achieve our climate goals”.
Mr Macron recently announced that by 2030 France, which generates a bigger share of its electricity from nuclear than any other country, must be a leader in carbon-free power production with one small modular reactor in operation and nuclear plants used to produce clean hydrogen through electrolysis.
Ms von der Leyen said that while the EU must drastically reduce its CO2 emissions to combat climate change, “it is obvious that we need more renewable and clean energy”.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/commission-president-von-der-leyen-says-eu-needs-nuclear-power-10-2-2021
The challenges the nuclear industry faces are largely external and must be overcome if it is to help tackle the existential threat of climate change, panellists in the Nuclear Energy and its Future session of the Reuters Next conference on 11 January said. These challenges include: the notion nuclear is an out-dated technology; the cost of finance; market design; political changes; perceived competition with renewable energy; and the public's misconceptions about radioactive waste.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 15 January 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/The-real-challenges-to-nuclear-are-external,-says
Innovation has always been at the heart of the nuclear power industry and its future depends on this commitment to technological advancement in both large and small reactor designs. This was the message of the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) General Ministerial Conference held in Washington DC last week.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 19 November 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Conference-Advancing-the-rebirth-of-nuclear-power
Germany has passed a new law that mandates starting a new search for a repository site for high-level waste "from scratch."
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 10 July 2013
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsgermany-passes-new-law-on-repository-selection