US EditionEurope Reconsiders Nuclear Energy Policies
- Several European countries reconsider nuclear energy policies in 2025 amid energy crises caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- This shift follows concerns over energy independence, market volatility, and renewables’ intermittency limiting stable supply.
- Small modular reactors gain attention as safer, faster-to-build nuclear options complementing solar and wind power.
- A German official called this a "sea-change policy shift," while CNBC noted countries hedge bets seeking energy independence.
- This reconsideration implies a more balanced European energy strategy relying on nuclear alongside renewables for stability.
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The theme of the energy has been at the center of the encounter "Is the Future still green?," organized from the daily Il Tempo. Among the participants the Minister of the Environment Pichetto Fratin and the Minister of Infrastructures and the Salvini Transports, interviewed from the director of Il Tempo Tommaso Cerno
Some EU countries have also abandoned previous plans to phase out the nuclear industry.
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Europe Reconsiders Nuclear Energy Policies
Europe is embracing nuclear energy with a new vigor. Even the most historically staunch nuclear opponents are softening their restrictions on the carbon-free form of energy production as the continent continues to pivot away from oil and gas imports and toward energy independence in the long shadow of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine and the European energy crisis that followed. In March, the government of Italy made a significant step toward overt…
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