Nuclear energy is working on a political climate that leads to Europe

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It is a political change and energy in Belgium. On May 15, the country decided to cancel its law on the gradual abandonment of Nuclear energy. The text adopted by deputies illuminates, when thinking about The possibility of reactivating The atomic industry in the future, with the possibility of building a new centralization.

In 2003, Belgium decided to gradually eliminate it Seven nuclear reactors Between 2015 and 2025. The current government decided to give Reflect In this commitment to deal with the current challenges.

“We know that it is a low -carbon energy source, which means that we can achieve our European climatic goals, but it is also an abundant source of energy. We have three goals shared by our European partners. Supply safetyAnd The controlled price And one Low carbon energy. Matthew Beheit, the Belgian Energy Minister, is placed and nuclear energy is placed with the three standards.

Belgium’s choice is not isolated within the European Union. It is part of a Political dynamics The member states travel. “I think this is because of the current situation, with the massive geopolitical uncertainty and the reluctance of gas that is still very strong. So, of course, everything we can do more independent of gas, we have to do that. Nuclear energy is a means,” says Adele Damal, a geographic energy professor at the University of Brussels (ULB).

the Ue She has Nuclear reactors in 12 countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovenia, Slovenia and Sweden). barely a fourth Subordinate electricity The product in the European Union comes from nuclear energy.

Member States re -takes out their position

However, this motivation in favor of the atom also spreads to countries that do not trust, or no longer trust in this technology. Germany The axis of the potential re -transformation is the European scale. In 2011, the country promised to gradually eliminate nuclear energy, enhancing its vocal condition of the anti -nuclear weapons movement within the European Union.

This was achieved in April 2023 with closing The last three centrality. During the election campaign at the beginning of the year, the new advisor, Friedrich MirzAnd I promised to study the possibility of reactivating this sector. But the leader later admitted that returning to nuclear energy seemed unpredictable, especially given that the issue divides the coalition government he is directing. However, Ferdrich Mirz’s electoral promise carries a sign A deep ideological rupture In German political panorama.

Italy As it arises Nuclear energy re -submitting. At the end of the eighties, Rome decided to end nuclear energy. But the government of Prime Minister Georgia Meloni was set in 2030 as targeted dates to return to nuclear energy. The coalition government argues that this resource will contribute to ensuring energy security in the country and reaching the goals of environmental carbon removal.

For similar reasons, Poland He began a wide nuclear program. Warsaw decided to build her first centralization in 2022, and the first reactor between the operation is expected to be from 2033. Denmark It should be added to the list of member states that do not want to turn their appearance on the atom. On the same day, Belgium, Copenhagen adopted legislation in the same direction. Sweden He also wants to enhance his nuclear industry. in spaceThe government is pressed so that Reconsidering the gradual abandonment of nuclear energy After the giant that destroyed the country at the end of April.

Long -term option

Adel Al -Gammal, the Secretary General of the European Energy Research (ERA), suggests. Two strategies To return to nuclear energy, which is not exclusive but completely different in its development.

“the Firstly It consists of expanding the current facilities to the maximum. Here I would like to say that if it can be done in the well -being of the safety conditions that are well implemented, this should be done as much as possible. It is clear, as they say, “explains.

“instead ofRe -launching a new nuclear industry or rebuilding new more complex reactors, because, primarily, the very high budgets “,” it continues. Then there is the time needed to build a central. They need about ten years. ”Given the urgency Strategic autonomy and Climatethat it Important problem“Advér Advue Adel El Gammal. Moreover,” the rise of renewable energies is much faster. “

Building the atomic energy industry means planning Long -term. This means providing the cost of different energy resources over a decade. However, as Adel Jamal indicates, Renewable energies It is based on the logic of reducing costs and increasing technology, “while in mature technologies, such as nuclear, costs depend a lot on raw materials, that is, cement, steel … on raw materials that tend to increase.”

But for the teacher, nuclear and renewal are not negotiable, as they are not contradictory strategies; On the contrary, they can be Supplementary. To try to contribute certainty to this industry, Mathieu Bihet proposes to create multiple joint projects and investments, which “will reduce costs, but will prove investments to give confidence to companies.”