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Speech: UK is 'on a mission for fission'

Speech: UK is 'on a mission for fission'

Net-zero needs nuclear, UK minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change Greg Hands told the country's industry at the Nuclear Industry Association's Nuclear2021 conference in London last week in a strong message of support. The following is the text of his speech.

Perspectives 06 December 2021

Message: The Nuclear Saves Partnerships - an IAEA initiative for the private sector

Message: The Nuclear Saves Partnerships - an IAEA initiative for the private sector

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi talks about the Nuclear Saves Partnerships through which industry and others can partner with the Agency to expand its efforts to support development projects in low- and middle-income countries.

Perspectives 24 November 2021

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Message: Nuclear industry calls for successful conclusion to COP26

Message: Nuclear must be represented at COP26, says World Nuclear Association

Message: The Nuclear Saves Partnerships - an IAEA initiative for the private sector

Speech: Let's ditch ideology

Speech: Nuclear energy innovation for clean growth

Speech: UK is 'on a mission for fission'

Viewpoint: COP26 pivotal point in perception of nuclear energy

Viewpoint: The climate and economic benefits of nuclear power

Viewpoint: COP26 pivotal point in perception of nuclear energy

Viewpoint: COP26 pivotal point in perception of nuclear energy

While pledges made during the recent COP26 climate change conference show that governments are committed to limiting the rise in global temperature, the nuclear industry is ready to play its part in achieving those objectives, says World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León.

Perspectives 19 November 2021

Message: Nuclear industry calls for successful conclusion to COP26

Message: Nuclear industry calls for successful conclusion to COP26

World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León has called for more action, not more rhetoric, to come out of the ongoing COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland. In a video address, she said the important role nuclear energy plays in combatting climate change still needs more recognition. A transcript of her video message follows.

Perspectives 10 November 2021

Speech: Let's ditch ideology

Speech: Let's ditch ideology

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has said he will bring a simple message to the COP26 climate change conference: Nuclear is and will be part of the solution to our climate crisis. The conference, which begins next week in Glasgow, could be one of our last best opportunities to agree on concrete steps to ensure prosperity for all, and nuclear power needs a place at the table, Grossi said. A transcript of his video message follows.

Perspectives 28 October 2021

Viewpoint: Welcome nuclear newcomer countries to the nuclear family

Viewpoint: Welcome nuclear newcomer countries to the nuclear family

The global nuclear industry and governments must work together to make it easier for those countries wishing to launch nuclear energy programmes in order to decarbonise their energy system, writes Milton Caplan, president of MZConsulting Inc and chair of the World Nuclear Association Economics Working Group.

Perspectives 13 October 2021

Viewpoint: Energy crisis demands quickly-scalable SMRs

Viewpoint: Energy crisis demands quickly-scalable SMRs

Given the EU's legally binding 2050 comprehensive decarbonisation policy with adequate CO2 pricing, the closure of many large nuclear power plants in Belgium and Germany, and an EU-wide coal power phase out by 2030-2050 and the inability of intermittent renewable energy to supply the scale and quality of energy needed for continent-scale decarbonisation, there is a strong business case to deploy small modular reactors in the EU by 2040, writes Kalev Kallemets, co-founder and CEO of Fermi Energia.

Perspectives 07 October 2021

Conference: Czech politicians show support for nuclear energy

Conference: Czech politicians show support for nuclear energy

Representatives of the main political parties running in the forthcoming Czech parliamentary elections agreed the country needs nuclear energy in its future energy mix, Tomáš Kovalovský, chairman of the Czech Nuclear Association, and Tomáš Měřínský, chairman of Sekurkon, write in an overview of the Nuclear Power - New Nuclear Builds conference, held on 23 September in Prague.

Perspectives 30 September 2021

Viewpoint: Demonstration AND test reactors: both are necessary for innovation

Viewpoint: Demonstration AND test reactors: both are necessary for innovation

Both demonstration and test reactors are necessary to support the development and commercial deployment of the new reactor technologies that will expand access to reliable, clean energy, writes Kathryn Huff, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the US Department of Energy. This article was first published by the Office of Nuclear Energy on 30 July.

Perspectives 03 September 2021

Q&A: Orano Conversion & Enrichment CEO Jacques Peythieu

Q&A: Orano Conversion & Enrichment CEO Jacques Peythieu

Jacques Peythieu, Chief Executive Officer of Orano Conversion & Enrichment, discusses the company's recovery from the impacts of the pandemic and industrial action, 2020 results, production ramp up at its Philippe Coste plant in France, and possible transformation of the conversion market due to the recently announced restart of Honeywell's conversion plant at Metropolis in the USA. He also assesses the prospects of enrichment market and the expected requirements for HALEU, as well as potential hurdles to supply capabilities or transportation of this material. A multinational nuclear fuel cycle company headquartered in Hauts-de-Seine, France, Orano has an order book worth EUR26 billion (USD31 billion).

Perspectives 31 August 2021