SMR
Serbia to commission first study on possibility of building nuclear power plants
20 June 2024 - The Ministry of Mining and Energy of Serbia invited consultants to conduct an analysis of nuclear energy technologies including SMRs
Council of EU gives final approval to Net Zero Industry Act to bolster key manufacturing sectors
28 May 2024 - The Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) aims to create a unified and predictable business environment for the clean tech manufacturing sector
EU completing Green Deal Industrial Plan as Net Zero Industry Act awaits go-ahead
01 May 2024 - The European Union's Net Zero Industry Act is about to come into force, completing legislative work within the Green Deal Industrial Plan
Serbian president calls for regulatory changes to enable nuclear power projects
04 April 2024 - Electricity consumption in Serbia will quadruple by 2050, and the only solutyion is to build large and small nuclear power plants, says Vučić
Mervar: Electricity from Krško 2 nuclear project won’t be cheaper than EUR 125 per MWh
27 March 2024 - CEO of Slovenia's TSO ELES Aleksander Mervar said gas power plants need to be built to prevent the need for large electricity imports
Balkan leaders endorse nuclear energy expansion at Brussels global summit
22 March 2024 - Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey participated at the Nuclear Energy Summit 2024 in Brussels
EU remains divided over nuclear energy expansion initiative
07 March 2024 - France leads a group of countries that have a symbolic majority within the EU for the initiative to boost support for nuclear energy
Serbia’s Vučić rekindles small modular reactor initiative
17 February 2024 - President Aleksandar Vučić said he spoke with British officials about investments in renewables and small modular reactors
North Macedonia, Slovenia discuss building small modular reactors with US, UK
08 February 2024 - Slovenia had already shown interest in this innovative technology, while North Macedonia's decision is a new development
Romania’s Ministry of Energy is putting EUR 17.6 billion of EU funds to work
22 January 2024 - Romanian firms can apply renewable electricity projects of 2 GW in total for EUR 815 million in grants from the EU's Modernisation Fund
United Kingdom, Slovakia to bid farewell to coal this year
16 January 2024 - Britain and Slovakia are set to close their last coal power plants this year while Austria gave up on restarting its Mellach facility
France boosts its nuclear energy plan with eight more large reactors
10 January 2024 - The French government is preparing a bill intended to facilitate the replacement of its aging nuclear power plants
Europe will catch up with US in supporting nuclear energy revival
05 January 2024 - Director General of WNA Sama Bilbao y León is urging decision makers to convince investors that nuclear assets are investable
Russian, Chinese SMR designs poised to dominate global fleet
05 January 2024 - The report from London-based New Nuclear Watch Institute identifies and analyzes the top 25 small modular reactor projects
Poland plans 24 small nuclear reactors to cut down on fossil fuels
11 December 2023 - Poland intends to deploy the small modular rectors by 2030, while it also plans to build three nuclear power plants by 2040
Italy to rely on SMRs in its nuclear power revival
07 December 2023 - Italy has earmarked EUR 135 million for nuclear energy research, aiming to focus on SMRs instead of conventional reactors