On 21 April 2021, the European Commission announced its intention to adopt a complementary Delegated Act of the EU Taxonomy Regulation to include activities not yet covered in the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act. Nuclear energy shall be included in this complementary Delegated Act “subject and consistent with the results of the specific review process
On 1 July 2021 the European Commission (EC) published the Euratom Research and Training Work Programme 2021-2022. The call for proposals details are available on the EC's Funding portal. To present the novelties of the programme and answer questions, the EC is holding a virtual Euratom Information Day on 16 July from 9:30 to 12:30 (CEST).
The European Sustainable Nuclear Industrial Initiative (ESNII), one of SNETP’s three pillars, has published its Vision paper. This document presents ESNII mission, vision, deployment strategy and intended actions. ESNII addresses the need for demonstration of Generation IV Fast Neutron Reactor technologies, together with supporting research infrastructures, fuel facilities and R&D work. ESNII’s main goal is to
The Nuclear Generation II & III Alliance (NUGENIA), one of SNETP's three pillars, has published its Vision paper. This document aims to stress the need for strong international collaboration and financial support from the private and public sectors to ensure safe and efficient production of low carbon energy. NUGENIA is dedicated to the research and
SNETP has signed the petition Save Our Climate - Acknowledge that Net Zero Needs Nuclear at COP26 led by Nuclear for Climate. This petition, signed by over 100 societies and governmental organisations, calls on negotiators and policy makers at COP26 to "take a scientific and technology-neutral approach to energy policy and financing which can promote sustainable collaboration
On 12 May 2021, SNETP representatives participated in a high-level European Nuclear Industry Roundtable organised by the European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel (download agenda). The roundtable focused on future European research and innovation priorities and on attracting talents in the nuclear sector, and was held as a follow up
The National Center for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) and the Polish Ministry of Education and Science have signed a contract for the implementation of another batch of design works for the High Temperature Gas cooled Reactor (HTGR). The event, which took place on 12 May 2021 in Otwock-Świerk, was attended by Michał Kurtyka, Minister of Climate
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has published the proceedings of the fourth in a series of international conferences organised on nuclear power plant life management. The conference, held in Lyon from 23 to 26 October 2017, was hosted by the French Government through Electricité de France and SNETP. The conference focused on ageing management
On 21 April 2021, the European Commission announced its intention to adopt a complementary Delegated Act of the EU Taxonomy Regulation to include activities not yet covered in the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act. Nuclear energy will be included in this complementary Delegated Act "subject and consistent with the results of the specific review process
In March 2021 the Joint Research Centre (JRC) published the technical assessment of nuclear energy with respect to the 'do no significant harm' criteria of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 ('Taxonomy Regulation') which concludes that "there is no science-based evidence that nuclear energy does more harm to human health or to the environment than other electricity production
