Eleven Member States - Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia - reaffirmed their willingness to strengthen cooperation in the field of nuclear energy on Tuesday 28 February alongside the informal meeting of EU energy ministers.
“Nuclear energy is one of the many tools for achieving our climate goals, producing baseload electricity and guaranteeing security of supply”, the countries said in a joint statement at a time when discussions are fierce at European level on the inclusion of ‘low-carbon’ hydrogen, potentially produced by nuclear energy, in several European texts (see EUROPE 13112/8).
The pro-nuclear countries intend to strengthen cooperation on supply chains, joint industrial projects, and research and safety.
Asked after the meeting, Polish Minister Anna Moskwa noted that the meeting was attended by countries that already have nuclear power and others, such as Poland, that wish to acquire it. If we want to be serious about moving away from fossil fuels and the climate transition, “there is no other way” than nuclear power, she said. She expects further such meetings alongside the ministerial meetings.
See the statement (in French): https://aeur.eu/f/5jg (Original version in French by Mathieu Bion)