EU says small modular reactor deployment can help cut emissions 90% by 2040

Small modular reactors should help the EU to bring greenhouse gas emissions 90% below 1990 levels by 2040, the European Commission said Feb. 9. Details of a “European Industrial Alliance on SMRs” were announced following EC recommendations published Feb. 6 to decarbonize EU energy systems by between 2040 and 2050. “As we are facing a race to generate sufficient decarbonised…Small modular reactors should help the EU to bring greenhouse gas emissions 90% below 1990 levels by 2040, the European Commission said Feb. 9. Details of a “European Industrial Alliance on SMRs” were announced following EC recommendations published Feb. 6 to decarbonize EU energy systems by between 2040 and 2050. “As we are facing a race to generate sufficient decarbonised…  Read More