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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…
Another Paris Fall-out: The EU SMR Strategy
And, voilà, the nuclear fairy tale continues. The European Commission presented its strategy for the Small Modular Reactors as a Communication, i.e. the Commission’s opinion with zero legal content. “Our goal is simple: we want this new technology to be ready for use in Europe by the early 2030s,” said von der Leyen. For those…