A Brussels-based alliance of NGOs has written to the European Commission, Parliament and Council calling for a more favourable evaluation of nuclear energy as part of plans to reach net zero by 2050.
The weCARE alliance said it was “deeply concerned” not to see any clear, positive statements in the most recent EU documents related to the role nuclear energy should play in plans to fight climate change.
It said it is “a nonsense” that nuclear is excluded from a number of financing instruments. It noted that the EU’s InvestEU programme excludes funding for the decommissioning, operation, adaptation or construction of nuclear power stations. InvestEU is designed to encourage public and private investment by providing guarantees from the EU budget.
The weCARE alliance said it was “deeply concerned” not to see any clear, positive statements in the most recent EU documents related to the role nuclear energy should play in plans to fight climate change.
It said it is “a nonsense” that nuclear is excluded from a number of financing instruments. It noted that the EU’s InvestEU programme excludes funding for the decommissioning, operation, adaptation or construction of nuclear power stations. InvestEU is designed to encourage public and private investment by providing guarantees from the EU budget.
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