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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 invites you to a webinar “Will the first modular reactors be built in the middle of Europe?” on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, from 2 p.m. to approximately 4 p.m. CET. The webinar will be held in Czech and German language, no English interpretation is foreseen. The webinar will take…
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…
Updated study: “Perspectives of Small Modular Reactors in the Czech Republic” – Update 2024 now available in English. The study was first presented in October 2023 by the author Stephen Thomas, Emeritus Professor at the University of Greenwich, UK. He has examined seven SMR technologies under development, from which the Czech energy company CEZ is…
The Nuclear Transparency Watch network and the European Commission (DG ENER), [in coordination with ENSREG, ANCCLI and the EEB] were organising an Aarhus Convention and Nuclear (ACN) Round Table on “Implementation of the Nuclear Safety Directive: transparency, public participation, and the role of civil society in independent nuclear regulation” from 21-22 January 2025.Gabriele Mraz provided…
In December 2024, an Environmental Impact Assessment for a first so-called Small Modular Reactor (SMR) at the Temelín site was conducted. Calla submitted a statement in the scoping procedure. For further questions please contact:Edvard SequensCalla – Sdružení pro záchranu prostředíFráni Šrámka 35, 370 01 České Budějovicetelefony: +420 384 971 932, +420 602 282 399e-mail: edvard.sequens@calla.czweb:…
The first environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedures for the so-called Small Modular Reactors (SMR) in the EU started in Poland in the fall of 2023. As of November 2023, three EIA procedures were ongoing. This procedure covers the construction and operation of up to four SMRs with BWRX-300 technology and a total output of up…
The study gives a brief overview of the history of nuclear energy in Estonia – the Soviet era plans, the joint failure of the baltic states and the rise of the current private push for nuclear. It then details how the nuclear meme has entered into governmental planning documents. Following this, some fresh reports specifically…
On July 6, 2022 the European Parliament voted to include gas and nuclear in the EU taxonomy. This leads to the inclusion of the so-called Advanced Reactors as a Green transitional technology. In our webinar we discussed what the EP decisions will mean for nuclear technology and the SMR/Advanced Reactors in particular. After a talk…