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Grid stress test: Germany intends to extend operation of two nuclear plants
06 September 2022 - After performing a stress test, the German government now wants to keep two reactors in reserve this winter instead of closing them
Hungary to build Paks II nuclear power plant with Russia
31 August 2022 - Russian state-owned nuclear power company received the approval for the construction of two blocks at the Paks II nuclear power plant
Germany still on the fence about full nuclear shutdown
22 August 2022 - Economy Minister Robert Habeck says delaying the planned nuclear power plant shutdown would be the wrong move
Serbia’s NECP on public review until September 5
19 August 2022 - Serbia is mulling the option for its NECP to start adding small modular reactors in 2032. The emissions reduction is seen at 34.2% to 44.4% by 2030.
Grossi: Very real risk of nuclear disaster in Ukraine
09 August 2022 - IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi warns of a “very real risk of a nuclear disaster” after the shelling of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzya nuclear plant
Energy storage is among pillars of Bulgaria’s green recovery plan
09 August 2022 - All political parties in Bulgaria are determined to avoid breaching deadlines from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, says Dimitar Zwiatkow from law firm CMS Sofia
EU power, gas prices smashing records amid drought, EdF’s nuclear plant setback
03 August 2022 - Low water levels in major rivers disturb the operation of nuclear power plants and the transportation of coal
Serbia to target emissions cut of 40.3% by 2030 in upcoming NECP
27 July 2022 - Serbia presented the preliminary goals for its integrated national energy and climate plan as it is about to start a public debate
Germany to reconsider nuclear plant shutdown in following weeks
19 July 2022 - Faced with the gas supply crunch, German ministers from the Greens are willing to reconsider the scheduled closure of the last nuclear plants
G7 reverses climate policy with support for LNG, gas, nuclear power
29 June 2022 - The G7 reaffirmed its commitment to climate goals, but it backed the deployment of gas, particularly LNG, and of nuclear power
NASA sets out to develop nuclear power plant on the Moon
28 June 2022 - Success in building such power systems would pave the way for long-term missions on the Moon and Mars, NASA said
Gas and nuclear’s green taxonomy prospects divided European institutions
16 June 2022 - MEPs opposed the European Commission’s plan to include nuclear energy and gas in the list...
Small modular reactors create far more nuclear waste than conventional units – study
01 June 2022 - Small modular reactors would create two to 30 times more nuclear waste per unit of energy than conventional nuclear plants, scientists found
Serbia to seek right of first refusal for wind, solar energy produced on its territory
10 May 2022 - A new energy policy is one of five key items on the country’s reform agenda, said President Aleksandar Vučić
Robert Golob’s movement wins Slovenia elections with green economy pledge
26 April 2022 - Robert Golob and his Freedom Movement based the economic program on decarbonization and digitalization with renewables and nuclear power as energy pillars
Westinghouse partners with Slovenian firms to build nuclear power plants in CEE
11 April 2022 - Several countries in Central and Eastern Europe said they would install nuclear power plants or that they are considering the idea