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Europe / Commissioner Says ‘No Question’ Of Need For Nuclear After Tensions Over Renewables Targets

By David Dalton
17 December 2024

Jorgensen has ‘shown some openness’ on role played by reactors, says France minister

Commissioner Says ‘No Question’ Of Need For Nuclear After Tensions Over Renewables Targets
Sweden’s energy minister Ebba Busch (left) and France’s minister of ecological transition, energy, climate and risk prevention, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, at the pro-nuclear meeting on 16 December. Courtesy Nuclear Alliance/European Commission.
The new EU energy commissioner Dan Jorgensen has told pro-nuclear ministers that nuclear energy is needed for decarbonisation and there is “no question around the need to have a nuclear on board”.

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