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Calls for nuclear-friendly 2030 energy policy

Calls for nuclear-friendly 2030 energy policy

The United Kingdom and the Czech Republic have opposed calls by eight EU member states to introduce a renewable energy target for 2030, claiming the EU’s future climate and energy framework should be technology neutral and allow nuclear energy among other sources. Read this article

E- Track

The European Commission has launched the E-Track project in order to enhance public participation in energy issues.

The ‘Energy – Transparency Centre of Knowledge’ (E-TRACK) is a joint initiative agreed between the Directorate General for Energy (DG ENER) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission for the promotion of public participation in the implementation of energy policies. It results from the recognition of the need to offer a reliable source of information on matters relating to energy policy implementation.

The objective of E-TRACK is to become a central point of reference for monitoring, disseminating and sharing information on good practices of public participation in energy policy implementation across the EU. E-TRACK will conduct several projects on transparency and public participation in multiple energy sources. Each project will relate to a network of actors from civil society, national and subnational authorities, pertinent international organizations, regulatory or supervisory bodies, and industrial and commercial interests.

E-TrackPublic participation in radioactive waste management (RWM) constitutes the first project of the Energy – Transparency Centre of Knowledge (E-TRACK). Given the legally binding requirements for transparency of the Council Directive 2011/70/EURATOM on spent fuel and radioactive waste, the European Commission considers it useful to provide steady and continuous support in the very near future.

Conference « Nuclear Energy and Public Participation » in Ljubljana

Focus-Association for Sustainable Development organised in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, on December 2 2013 a conference on « Nuclear Energy and Public Participation » with participation of experts from URSJV- Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration, IRSN- Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety from France, ANCCLI – French National Association of Local Information Committees and Commissions , Nuclear Transparency Watch (NTW), FDV – Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana & IPPA Research activities regarding the implementation of the Aarhus Convention in the nuclear sector, ARAO-Slovenian Agency for Radioactive Waste Management and Greenpeace. The conference was initiated by Slovene civil initiatives and NGOs that addressed IRSN and ANCCLI with request to support civil society engagement on nuclear issues in Slovenia, supported also by Nuclear Transparency Watch.

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Dr. Andrej Stritar, director of Slovene regulatory body, about the transparency

Focus-Association for Sustainable Development organised in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, on December 2 2013 a conference on »Nuclear Energy and Public Participation.

In his videotaped contribution the director of Slovene regulatory body (Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration) Andrej Stritar presented activities of the Administration to inform the public and his view on expertise regarding seismological assessments of the site carried out in order to assess its adequacy to build new NPP. IRSN as one of the partners in consortium of 4 expert institutions involved in the assessment requested additional site investigations of the nearby geological fault Libna that in IRSN opinion might present a potential threat for safe operation of a nuclear power plant. In spite of consensus of the involved experts that the nature of the treat does not represent immediate risks to operation of NPP Krško the administration decided to publish all relevant documents regarding site assessment for the new NPP in order to avoid any accusations of having biased position on the issue.

Nuclear power plants in Europe

As of January 2013 there is a total of 185 nuclear power plant units with an installed electric net capacity of 162 GWe in operation in Europe (five thereof in the Asian part of the Russian Federation) and 17 units with an electric net capacity 15 GWe were under construction in five countries.

Nuclear power plants in Europe, in operation and under construction (2013) :

Country

in operation

under construction

number

net capacity MWe

number

net capacity MWe
Belgium

7

5,927
–
–
Bulgaria

2

1,906

–

–
Czech Repuplic

6

3,766
–
–
Finland

4

2,736

1

1,600
France

58

63,130

1

1,600
Germany

9

12,068
–
–
Hungary

4

1,889
–
–
Netherlands

1

482
–
–
Romania

2

1,300

–

–
Russian Federation

33

23,643

11

9,297
Slovakian Republic

4

1,816

2

782
Slovenia

1

688
–
–
Spain

8

7,567
–
–
Sweden

10

9,395
–
–
Switzerland

5

3,263
–
–
Ukraine

15

13,107

2

1,900
United Kingdom

15

9,246
–
–
total

185

161,922

17

15,179

 

In terms of electricity generated by nuclear energy in 2011 France holds the top position with a share of 77.7 % followed by Belgium and the Slovakian Republic with 54.0 % and Ukraine with 47.2 %.

Nuclear power plants in operation in Europe
Nuclear power plants in operation in Europe (2013)

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