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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.

Webinar “Many ways for taxpayers to finance new NPP”

This Joint Project Webinar took place on September 13, 2024, 2-4 PM CEST. The current hype around nuclear power plant is loud, however, silent when it comes to the issue of finance. The major barrier to new nuclear power investment is the difficulty of finding finance: It is still far too risky with huge cost…

Joint Project Webinar on actual status of deep geological repository preparation and impact on EU taxonomy

Nuclear waste management or rather the lack of it has been the nuclear industry’s Achilles’ heel. Now more than ever industry claims having found the solution, the first Deep Geological Repositories (DGR) might start operating in the next years. The EU Taxonomy which is supposed to bring in fresh funds for nuclear construction, brought the…