04 February 2021
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Nuclear energy must be part of the European taxonomy in order to meet the objective of the Green Deal, thirteen trade unions representing energy and nuclear workers have told Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, in a joint letter. Exclusion of nuclear power will not only have a negative impact on the European nuclear industry but also on electricity-intensive industries, they said.
The unions that wrote a joint letter to EC President Ursula von der Leyen
The unions - representing workers in Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Hungary and Romania - hope their letter will draw attention to the key role of nuclear power generation in enabling Europe to achieve its objective of carbon neutrality, as well as in contributing to Europe s energy security and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. They note nuclear power currently provides almost half of the low-carbon electricity production in the European Union.
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