Spain’s nuclear energy industry has said it wants to establish an “open and honest dialogue” with the government on the future of the sector.

The Madrid-based nuclear group Foro Nuclear said there has been “different information” about the sector's position regarding the future of nuclear energy, but the industry is “fully willing and open to collaborate with the government on the decisions that could be taken on the future of nuclear energy in Spain”.

Foro Nuclear said: “We believe that nuclear energy must be treated from an economic and fiscal point of view in a similar way to other technologies in order to be viable.