The results of the Joint Research Centre’s (JRC) assessment of nuclear energy under the European Union’s taxonomy are “pretty conclusive and very thorough” we must be taken into account when additional expert groups review the JRC’s work, the Brussels-based nuclear industry association Foratom said.
In a blog on Foratom’s website, communication and EU stakeholders director Jessica Johnson said the European commission has designated two additional expert groups to review the work of the JRC and produce opinions before the summer break.
She said Foratom has been calling on the commission to include nuclear under the first delegated act if the JRC’s work was completed in time. “With the delegated act postponed at least until the second half of April, we think this is now a viable option and we call on the commission to give this serious consideration,” Ms Johnson said. “It will remove the uncertainty surrounding the future of nuclear under the taxonomy and will mean that all technologies are treated at the same time, preferably on an equal footing.”
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