In the heated debate about including nuclear energy in the EU taxonomy — the list of "green" investments — EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton spoke out at the weekend. According to him, the new generation of nuclear power plants in the EU will require investments of 500 billion euros by 2050.

"For existing nuclear power plants alone, investments of 50 billion euros will be needed by 2030," said Breton — a qualified electrical engineer, former French Minister of the Economy, and senior executive at companies such as France Télécom, Atos, and Honeywell-Bull — in an interview with the newspaper Journal du dimanche. "And for the new generation, 500 billion will be needed."

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Petition: Europe's 'science-based' Sustainable Finance Taxonomy is politicised to include nuclear power. The Science-based case for excluding Nuclear Fission Technologies from the EU Taxonomy

There is also an invitation for individuals to sign a relevant petition "The Argument against Nuclear Power as Sustainable for Finance" by members of the EU Taxonomy subgroup DNSH.

This group was specifically established as an advisory body for the Taxonomy Regulation. It has clearly spoken out AGAINST the inclusion of nuclear energy as a sustainable energy source.

The petition contains the arguments that led to the DNSH's position and can be signed here!