NGO DECLARATION ON THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
ECA Staff | 03/22/2024 Yesterday, at the Nuclear Energy Summit Nuclear Threat Initiative, along with Clean Air Task Force and EFI Foundation released their NGO Declaration on the Future of Nuclear Energy. This initiative has been co-signed by the following: - AEON Collective
- Argentina Global
- Canadian Association of
Nuclear Host Communities
- Carbon-Free Europe
- Economic Policy and Competitiveness Research
- Energy Communities Alliance
- Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture
- Good Energy Collective
- International Bank for
Nuclear Infrastructure
- Institute of Energy Economics
- Japan-IEEJ
- North American Young Generation in Nuclear, Inc. (Continental)
- Nuclear Innovation Alliance
- Pacific Forum
- Terra Praxis
- Third Way
- Zenon Research
To read the full NGO
Declaration on the Future of Nuclear Energy click here.
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WA
ECA is excited to be hosting its third New Nuclear Forum, the only meeting designed to bring together DOE, federal, state, local and tribal governments and policymakers with developers, utilities,
regulators, industry, and academia to identify opportunities, challenges and to build the partnerships necessary to support nuclear development. Communities across the country are considering nuclear projects for many reasons - from diversifying regional economies, creating clean energy jobs or meeting carbon reduction goals, to increasing energy security and rebuilding the U.S. supply chain. Some communities have a familiarity with nuclear energy projects, while others are just beginning to evaluate potential interest. The ECA
Forum is designed to enable shared learning so that local, State and Tribal governments evaluating nuclear projects can be meaningfully engaged - and prepared - to match the strengths and needs of their communities with new nuclear opportunities.
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SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE DRIVE A RETURN TO NUCLEAR ENERGY AS OVER 30 NATIONS SIGN SUMMIT PLEDGE
AP News | 03/21/2024 In the shadow of a massive monument glorifying nuclear power, over 30 nations from around the world pledged to use the controversial energy source to help achieve a climate-neutral globe while providing countries with an added sense of strategic security. The idea of a Nuclear Energy Summit would have been unthinkable a dozen years ago after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan, but the tide has turned in recent years. A warming planet has made it necessary to phase out fossil fuels, while the war in Ukraine has laid bare Europe’s dependence on Russian energy. “We have to do everything possible to facilitate the contribution of nuclear energy,” said Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. “It is clear: Nuclear is there. It has an important role to play,” he
said. In a solemn pledge, 34 nations, including the United States, China, France, Britain and Saudi Arabia, committed “to work
to fully unlock the potential of nuclear energy by taking measures such as enabling conditions to support and competitively finance the lifetime extension of existing nuclear reactors, the construction of new nuclear power plants and the early deployment of advanced reactors.”
“We commit
to support all countries, especially emerging nuclear ones, in their capacities and efforts to add nuclear energy to their energy mixes,” the statement said.
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