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War: EU declared all nuclear power plants as 100% green and sustainable
  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    According to the draft, sent on Friday to EU national governments for review, nuclear energy could be classified as sustainable as long as new plants that are granted construction permits by 2045 meet a set of criteria to avoid significant harm to the environment and water resources, Bloomberg reported.

    “The Commission considers there is a role for natural gas and nuclear as a means to facilitate the transition towards a predominantly renewable-based future,” the EU executive arm said in a statement on Saturday.

    but not all guys are happy

    “Including nuclear power and gas in the EU taxonomy is like labeling a caged egg as organic,” said Michael Bloss, a German member of the Green group in the European Parliament. “Instead of channeling money into investments in the solar and wind industries, old and extremely expensive business models can now be continued under false guise.”

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  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    EU countries will be allowed to operate existing nuclear power plants as long as they provide the disposal of toxic waste without harming the environment. And new stations will be considered clean energy sources if their construction is approved by 2045.

    Gas power plants are more complicated. New ones will only fall under the green category if their emissions never exceed 100 grams of carbon dioxide per kilowatt-hour. This is quite low, but the EU also allowed the construction of more standard stations with emissions of 270 grams per kWh only until 2030 and if replace the capacities of decommissioned coal-fired power plants, and do not introduce new ones.

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