April 26 marks the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. We take a look at what the various media depictions of the event get right, what they get wrong, and why it is important for locals to tell their own story. On April 26, 1986, a reactor...
Tag - Nuclear Energy
Environmental groups have welcomed Hungary’s move to exit coal by 2025, but have reservations over its plans for a gas-fired power plant. Hungary announced this...
Romania’s less-than-discerning press corps last week reported with barely-disguised joy that the United States had announced plans to finance – to the tune of seven...
Poland’s Climate Minister Michał Kurtyka has revealed plans to construct six nuclear power units by 2040 as the country ups its efforts to transition towards a...
In light of its history, Belarus being the unfortunate recipient of almost 70 per cent of the radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, the...
Tensions are flaring between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia over the latter’s controversial plan to store nuclear waste at Čerkezovac, a former military...
No matter how many emission targets we put on ourselves, the quantity of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere keeps growing. According to the European Project for Ice Coring...
The Czech Republic approved the construction of the Dukovany II nuclear power plant, and has set a target date for completion of 2036. According to the Czech...
A team of 19 Canadian-based nuclear equipment and service providers visited Romania in October for meetings and site visits to build partnerships supporting the...
Canada’s Nordion Inc., a Sotera Health company, and Romania’s Nuclearelectrica (SNN) have signed an agreement to evaluate the potential commercial production...
Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear energy corporation, has formally submitted a bid to take part in the construction of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Bulgaria...
Latvia’s electricity transmission system operator, AST, is looking at the possibility of purchasing electricity from the soon-to-be completed Belarusian nuclear power...
