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Major #nuclear victory today at the EU Parliament!
A clear majority today voted in favor of recognizing nuclear power as a net-zero technology within the Net-Zero Industry Act.
What is this all about? I’ll explain.🧵👇
A clear majority today voted in favor of recognizing nuclear power as a net-zero technology within the Net-Zero Industry Act.
What is this all about? I’ll explain.🧵👇
The EU Commission has put forward a legislation to enhance permitting processes and manufacturing capabilities of various net-zero technologies within the European Union.
commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-p…
commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-p…
The Commission did include nuclear power as a net-zero technology, but only in the form of “advanced nuclear technology” (interpreted as Gen IV) and SMRs. Thus, conventional large-scale nuclear power was not considered a net-zero technology by the Commission, in this file.
Moreover, the Commission added a list of “Strategic net-zero technologies” that get the full advantages of the legislation. But that list did not include the nuclear technologies, so - in practice - the benefits for nuclear power would be very limited.
The Parliament, on the other hand, has proposed to include nuclear technologies, using a broader writing: “nuclear fission and fusion energy technologies, including nuclear fuel cycle technologies”.
Moreover, they proposed to remove the strategic list completely.
Moreover, they proposed to remove the strategic list completely.
This puts nuclear at equal footing as compared to other technologies, such as renewable energy. ✌️
Today, the NZIA was up for decision in the plenum in Strasbourg, but the green party group requested a roll-call vote on the inclusion of nuclear technologies.
The parliament voted 456 in favor of including nuclear power and 153 against. So, with a large margin the Parliament voted in favor of recognizing nuclear power as a net-zero technology!
The process is not finalized yet. Now there will be trilogue negotiations between the Commission, the Parliament and the Council.
Today it is clear that the Parliament has a more positive attitude towards nuclear power than the council, which was a bit of a surprise to most of us.
This indicates a political will from the Parliament that may guide the upcoming Commission on nuclear matters. 👏
This indicates a political will from the Parliament that may guide the upcoming Commission on nuclear matters. 👏
Best greetings from your #nuclear cicero in Strasbourg (for today).
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