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Europe / Energy Commissioner Candidate Warns Of Dependence On ‘Foreign Nuclear Supply Chains’

By David Dalton
6 November 2024

Dan Jorgensen, who has been anti-nuclear, said small modular reactors could be operating in the early 2030s

Energy Commissioner Candidate Warns Of Dependence On ‘Foreign Nuclear Supply Chains’
Jorgensen warned MEPs of Europe’s dependence on foreign nuclear industry and fuel-related supply chains. Courtesy European Commission Audiovisual Service.
Nuclear energy will be needed for Europe’s climate transition and will be part of the European Commission’s clean energy plans, but the bloc must move away from its dependence foreign supply chains that “may also be linked with Russia”, members of European Parliament have been told.

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