Invited by the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), the Director of the European Commission’s DG ENER, Ditte Juul Jørgensen, set out the Commission’s position on the future of nuclear energy, while proponents of atomic energy regretted that the action plan for affordable energy prices (see EUROPE B13600A2) did not place sufficient emphasis on the principle of technological neutrality.
According to Ms Jørgensen, the plan makes clear reference to the...