In the coming weeks, Berlin will know whether – with the help of its neighbors – Germany will have enough electricity for the coming winter. The outcome of the second “stress test” of the electricity companies will largely determine whether the country’s three remaining nuclear plants will close, as planned, at the end of the […]
Tag: Nuclear energy
Ukraine-Zaporiziya: Intense concern of the IAEA about the risk of nuclear disaster
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is expressing deep concern over yesterday’s bombing of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, saying the action highlights the risk of a nuclear disaster. “I am extremely concerned about yesterday’s bombing of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which highlights the very real risk of a […]
The situation at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is out of control, says the head of the IAEA
The UN’s top nuclear official warned that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine “is completely out of control” and made an urgent appeal to Russia and Ukraine to immediately allow experts to visit the sprawling complex to stabilize the situation to avoid a nuclear accident, as reported by the Associated Press. Rafael Grossi, director […]
France: Almost half of the reactors are out of operation
In times of energy crisis, a significant number of French nuclear reactors have been shut down. Is France on the brink of a power outage? At a time when the public debate is intensifying in Germany about a possible extension of the operation of the nuclear reactors with the aim of ensuring energy sufficiency in […]
Energy crisis in Europe: Paris may be the first city to suffer a blackout this winter
By Javier Blas On the subject of the European energy crisis, all attention is on Germany and gas from Russia. However, France and its fleet of nuclear reactors are at least as important. Indeed, the first European city to be at risk of blackout due to falling temperatures at the end of the year may […]
Historic turning point in Europe: The first ‘green’ bonds to finance nuclear energy are coming
The European green bond market is preparing to finance nuclear power projects for the first time, according to Bloomberg. French energy giant Electricite de France has revised its green financing framework to include nuclear power, following the European Parliament’s decision to grant certain nuclear projects the “sustainability” seal. And other companies are reaching out to […]
Austria: Appeal against the decision to classify investments in natural gas and nuclear energy as ‘green’
Austria will take legal action against the European Union’s decision to classify gas and nuclear power as “green” and sustainable transition energy sources, the Austrian climate protection minister announced. “Especially with the war going on in Ukraine, we cannot have a greenwashing program of investments in nuclear energy and fossil gas,” Minister Leonore Gevesler said […]
European Parliament agrees to join gas and nuclear energy in the ‘EU taxonomy’
The European Parliament rejected the proposal not to include nuclear energy and natural gas in the list of environmentally sustainable economic activities. The European Parliament did not ultimately oppose the European Commission’s proposal for a delegated act on taxonomy. The proposal provides for the inclusion of certain activities in the nuclear energy and natural gas […]
Bulgaria: Kozloduy nuclear reactor reactivated
Bulgaria’s only nuclear power plant, which generates about a third of the country’s electricity, reconnected one of its two 1,000-megawatt reactors, which had been shut down this morning, to the grid on Wednesday night. , after a fault in the generator, was announced today by the station. Yesterday, Wednesday, at 21:08 (local time and Greek […]
Nuclear power is the future – and Bill Gates knows it
By Anjani Trivedi As energy security becomes a source of growing stress, it is clear that large-scale, reliable use of renewable energy sources remains a distant reality for many countries. This allowed a more controversial – but almost perfect – alternative to return: nuclear energy. The problem is that no one wants a reactor in […]
