Ukraine has a large number of nuclear reactors, including the reactors of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which was hit by a Russian bombing raid. These reactors are designed to withstand, to some extent, certain attacks. Large number of nuclear reactors Ukraine has fifteen relatively recent nuclear reactors in operation. It is the seventh largest […]
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EDF shuts down three nuclear reactors to check for corrosion problems
The French electricity company Electricité de France will shut down three additional nuclear reactors to verify the presence of possible corrosion problems, a development that is bad news in a tense situation of electricity supply this winter. As French President Emmanuel Macron prepares to make announcements about the much-anticipated nuclear power industry, the Chinon 3, […]
EU proposes rules to label certain investments in gas and nuclear energy as ‘green’
LAST UPDATE: 14.17 Investment in some gas and nuclear power plants will be labeled “green” under rules proposed by the commission on Wednesday, a plan that has divided countries and investors and which some officials will try to block. “Under strict conditions, natural gas and nuclear power can act as bridges to a greener energy […]
Bloomberg: In the midst of an energy crisis, Europe is losing nuclear energy
As the Fukushima disaster in Japan unfolded in 2011, then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a dramatic decision that excited her country’s anti-nuclear movement: all reactors would be shut down. What could not have been predicted, according to Bloomberg, was that Europe would be plunged into one of the worst energy crises in its history. A […]
Commission-T. Breton: € 500 billion needed to invest in nuclear energy in Europe
A “colossal” investment in nuclear energy will take the next 30 years to meet the European Union’s emission reduction targets and growing electricity demand, said Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, according to Bloomberg. Existing nuclear power plants need investment of 50 billion euros by 2030, while the next generation will require 500 billion by now […]
Energy: Germany ‘agrees it disagrees’ with France
Germany “agrees that it disagrees” with France regarding the European Commission’s proposal to put a green label on nuclear energy, the German Deputy Minister for European Affairs told the French Agency today. “I think we have such a close and deep relationship, we know each other so well, we know what the French position is […]
‘Ecological’ nuclear energy is divisive
Everyone is right in this story. And the French who are celebrating and the Germans who are protesting and the Commission that is looking for compromises and “transitional” solutions. If the criterion for “ecological” forms of energy is the (non) release of carbon dioxide, then nuclear energy is indeed environmentally friendly, as its production causes […]
Germany closes forever (?) Three of its last six nuclear power plants
Germany will cut the socket tomorrow, Friday, to three of the last six nuclear power plants on its territory, and plans to complete the operation of the last ones by the end of 2022, throwing all its weight on renewable energy sources. The German government has decided to speed up the country’s “exit” from nuclear […]
Germany’s response to the energy crisis could be catastrophic
The European gas crisis has been in the spotlight for months. But that has not stopped Germany from withdrawing half of its nuclear power by the end of the year and pushing for faster phasing out of coal by 2030. And for Germany’s energy security, that could be a disaster. According to oilprice.com, German base […]
Macron: The country will resume construction of nuclear reactors
France will resume construction of nuclear reactors to ensure its energy independence and meet its climate targets, Emanuel Macron announced tonight. “To guarantee the energy independence of France, to guarantee the supply of our country with electricity and to achieve our goals, especially carbon neutrality in 2050, we will start, for the first time in […]
