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Joint Project Webinar: Upcoming Turning Points in Nuclear Waste Management
ZOOM Webinar on 8 June: Upcoming Turning Points in Nuclear Waste Management Currently, the European Commission invites opinions in preparation of the revision of the Nuclear Waste Directive 2011/70/Euratom which is key not only for nuclear waste management, but also EU taxonomy rules. The consultation is open until 19 June 2026. Presentations: A recording will…
France conducts EIA for lifetime extension of 900 MW reactor fleet
In France, six old reactors have already been submitted to an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA): Chinon-B, Gravelines 2 and 4 and Bugey-3, Tricastin-3&4. Both the Espoo Convention and the EIA Directive of the EU require the assessment of alternatives of a project. But no alternatives were assessed. This procedure neither presented energy production alternatives nor…
Sweden plans new NPP at Ringhals
Vattenfall intends to build a new NPP with two big or three to five smaller reactors (SMR), with a total output of 2,800 MWe, in Varberg at the Ringhals nuclear site. An Environmental Impact Assessment started with the scoping phase. The Joint Project submitted a statement that was signed by six European NGOs. In April…