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ZOOM Webinar on 8 June: Upcoming Turning Points in Nuclear Waste Management Currently, the European Commission invites opinions in preparation of the revision of the Nuclear Waste Directive 2011/70/Euratom which is key not only for nuclear waste management, but also EU taxonomy rules. The consultation is open until 19 June 2026. Presentations: A recording will…
In France, six old reactors have already been submitted to an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA): Chinon-B, Gravelines 2 and 4 and Bugey-3, Tricastin-3&4. Both the Espoo Convention and the EIA Directive of the EU require the assessment of alternatives of a project. But no alternatives were assessed. This procedure neither presented energy production alternatives nor…
Vattenfall intends to build a new NPP with two big or three to five smaller reactors (SMR), with a total output of 2,800 MWe, in Varberg at the Ringhals nuclear site. An Environmental Impact Assessment started with the scoping phase. The Joint Project submitted a statement that was signed by six European NGOs. In April…
And, voilà, the nuclear fairy tale continues. The European Commission presented its strategy for the Small Modular Reactors as a Communication, i.e. the Commission’s opinion with zero legal content. “Our goal is simple: we want this new technology to be ready for use in Europe by the early 2030s,” said von der Leyen. For those…
Calla – Association for Environmental Protection held a webinar “Will the first modular reactors be built in the middle of Europe?” on Wednesday, March 25, 2026,. The webinar was held in Czech and German language. Watch the recordings: The webinar was primarily intended for non-governmental organizations, but also for active individuals from places where the…
The Energiaklub Climate Policy Institute has requested the Registry Court of the Szekszárd Regional Court to conduct a legality supervision procedure concerning the nearly HUF 80 billion capital increase of Paks II Nuclear Power Plant Private Limited Company, registered in December 2025. In Energiaklub’s view, the capital increase may violate EU law as it may…
The occasion for the guests coming together at the construction pits of the Paks 5&6 nuclear reactors was the official construction start. At second glance this is not so much a reason for celebrations, because 2025 was the year Paks 5 was supposed to celebrate start of operations, not construction start. Also present: IAEA General…
The European Commission (EC) plans to adopt in the first quarter of 2026 a strategy to frame its policies relevant for the development and deployment of the so-called Small Modular Reactors (SMR) in Europe, envisaged in the form of a Commission Communication. A consultation was open until 4 Dec 2025. The EC gives the following…
Dukovany NPP tender’s fallout on the World Nuclear Market: South Korea entering European Market was stopped. Westinghouse to win it all? Is EDF still out there? By Patricia Lorenz and Edvard Sequens We are in the midst of what the Friends of the Atom call Nuclear Comeback. Let’s take a look at what is really…
On 10.08.2023, the French regulator ASN’s decision on the lifetime extension of Tricastin-1, which had been taken already on 29.06.2023, was announced – and this without a transboundary EIA. This is in violation of the Espoo “Guidance on the applicability of the Convention to the lifetime extension of nuclear power plants”. In November 2025, the…