Bulgaria has joined the opinion of 20 trade unions of energy workers from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia in support of nuclear energy, the Ministry of Energy announced.
In a joint article, the participants of the initiative call on the European Commission to include nuclear energy in the policies of the Green Deal and the REPowerEU plan.
According to them, the inclusion of nuclear power in the EU taxonomy is vital to tackle climate change and increase energy independence.
This will provide an opportunity for sustainable financing of nuclear energy projects in the future.
Participants in the initiative note that, alongside renewable energy sources, nuclear energy has the potential to form the basis of Europe's carbon-free energy system.
As a next step, the EC should update the Nuclear Illustrative Program (PINC) in line with Article 40 of the Euratom Treaty, which provides an overview of the objectives and investments needed throughout the entire life cycle of nuclear energy, the announcement said.
The letter was signed by Alexander Nikolov, Minister of Energy in Bulgaria;
Davor Filipovic, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Croatia;
Josef Sikela, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic;
Mika Lintilja, Minister of Economy of Finland;
Agnes Panier-Runacher, Minister of Energy Transition of France;
Aslo Palkovic, Minister of Technology and Innovation of Hungary;
Anna Moskva, Minister of Climate and Environment of Poland;
Virgil Popescu, Minister of Energy of Romania;
Richard Sulik, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Slovakia and Bojan Kumer, Minister of Infrastructure of Slovenia.
The EP called for reducing dependence on Russia in the field of nuclear energy