At the Nuclear Energy Summit in Paris on Tuesday 10 March, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, explicitly regretted the “choice” to reduce the share of nuclear power in Europe’s energy mix.
“While in 1990 one-third of Europe’s electricity came from nuclear, today it is only close to 15%,” she highlighted. Adding that: “I believe that it was a strategic mistake for Europe to turn its back on a reliable, affordable source of low-emissions power.”
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