Nuclear Energy related content 

Reviewing at a book that captures the principal arguments that shaped the German public's opposition to nuclear power. In June, Germany announced its intention to join the...

High costs will doom nuclear power. Japan's nuclear crisis, and the 25th anniversary of the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl, have incited heated discussions about the...

We should use the nuclear crisis in Japan to build a new European energy policy. Crises continue to batter the European Union. Week after week, member states' leaders fly in...

Like Germany, the EU is split about nuclear energy. Unlike Germany, it is not giving the subject a proper airing. Germany's energy policy sets the context for European Union...

The facts point toward a continuing slow phase-out of civilian nuclear energy in the EU and other large economies. Repeatedly in recent years there have been calls for a...

The protests that greeted the European Union's Agriculture Council in Mérida on 1 June might suggest that María Elena Espinosa Mangana has been beleaguered during...

The global financial crisis means Europe should take a close look at its energy policy. Keeping existing nuclear plants open could be the solution. The economic crisis is a...

Energy commissioner joins the EU presidency in advocating use of nuclear energy. The European commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, has thrown his backing behind greater use of...

It's time the EU de-politicised debate about nuclear energy. It was to be expected that the gas disruptions caused by the dispute between Russia and Ukraine would heighten...

For reasons of safety as well as security of supply, the EU would be wise to co-operate with Russia on nuclear power. Distrust since the Georgian debacle still hangs in the...

Two previous proposals failed; European Commission seeks greater interest in nuclear energy. All nuclear activity in the EU will be subject to common safety rules, if a...

Regulators warn against common EU standards. The European Commission will scale down its ambitions for EU-wide nuclear-safety rules when it publishes a draft directive next...

Boosted by concerns about climate change, support now almost matches opposition. Support for nuclear energy has grown in Europe over the last three years but more people...

France will seek to re-legitimise nuclear power. Across the EU there is a growing view that nuclear power is one of the best ways to respond to the challenges of tackling...

Nuclear energy is set to creep back onto the agenda during the French presidency of the EU. One of the secondary priorities of the upcoming French Presidency is to...

BusinessEurope's president tells Simon Taylor that business is fully behind efforts to tackle climate change. But he insists that policymakers must not shy away from...

Martin Schulz, the chairman of the Socialist group in the European Parliament, was re-appointed to the German Social Democrats' (SPD) decision-making structures at the party...

One of Finland's most unlikely tourist attractions is Olkiluoto, a small island off the west coast, which is home to the first nuclear reactor being built in Europe in more...

Every third lamp in Europe is powered by nuclear energy, yet most politicians still want to close the remaining 400 nuclear plants down. And their voters pretend to take them...

An interesting precedent was set at the last summit of EU leaders (8-9 March). Amid the pages of presidency conclusions about climate change lies a single paragraph about...