Nuclear energy and Europe’s energy crossroads

The briefing outlines the outcomes of an Executive Dialogue on nuclear energy's role in Central and Eastern Europe's strategic sovereignty, proposing four priority areas for collaboration: financing innovation, regulatory alignment, supply-chain resilience, and workforce development.

• The European Union is encouraged to treat nuclear energy as a strategic technology and establish a cohesive, Union-wide framework for its deployment to support economic stability and energy security.
• To accelerate nuclear project delivery, the document suggests using an 'orderbook model' to pool demand for economies of scale and calls for faster, more predictable EU approval of state aid for large projects.
• Regulatory cooperation between the EU, UK, US, and other partners is identified as a means to streamline licensing and approval timelines and enable the cross-border deployment of advanced reactors.
• The document advocates for rebuilding the nuclear supply chain to reduce reliance on unreliable suppliers, suggesting that Central and Eastern European countries could serve as regional hubs for components and value chains.
• The briefing recommends that uranium be officially recognised as a critical mineral and that investment be increased in nuclear education and vocational training to support a new generation of professionals.

APA

Qvist, M., & Ahn, A. (2025). Nuclear energy and Europe’s energy crossroads. Clean Air Task Force. https://www.catf.us/2025/10/nuclear-energy-and-europes-energy-crossroads/

Chicago

Qvist, Malwina, and Alan Ahn. Nuclear energy and Europe’s energy crossroads. Clean Air Task Force, 2025. https://www.catf.us/2025/10/nuclear-energy-and-europes-energy-crossroads/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{qvist2025nuclear, author = {Qvist, Malwina and Ahn, Alan}, title = {{Nuclear energy and Europe’s energy crossroads}}, institution = {Clean Air Task Force}, year = {2025}, month = oct, url = {https://www.catf.us/2025/10/nuclear-energy-and-europes-energy-crossroads/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }