SMR
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
22 countries commit at COP28 to tripling nuclear capacity by 2050
04 December 2023 - At COP28, heads of state and other top officials from 22 countries signed the Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy by 2050
France’s EDF sells Europe’s first green bonds for nuclear energy
01 December 2023 - French state-owned power utility EDF raised EUR 1 billion for nuclear energy through a green bond issue, the first of its kind in Europe
European Parliament seeks subsidies for nuclear energy within industry decarbonization package
22 November 2023 - EU lawmakers proposed a joint list of industry decarbonization technologies to be supported instead of sidelining nuclear energy
Member states urge EU to create alliance for small modular reactors
06 November 2023 - Twelve European Union member countries asked the European Commission to create an industrial alliance for small modular nuclear reactors
Romania’s planned SMR to be part of nuclear-solar power complex
04 August 2023 - The nuclear-solar complex in Doicești in Romania is planned to include Europe’s first small modular nuclear reactor
Slovenia adopts new spatial strategy to pave way for nuclear reactors, SMRs
05 July 2023 - Slovenia has adopted a new spatial planning strategy until 2050, which allows for building small modular reactors and expanding the Krško nuclear power plant