Commission tackles waning of nuclear power

In a true sign of the times, the illustrative nuclear programme (PINC) that the European Commission plans to publish during the last quarter of 2015 is expected to focus on three priority aspects: nuclear waste management, the dismantling of end-of-life nuclear plants and the still latent question of public acceptance. This stands in sharp contrast with earlier programmes providing indications on investments needed to guarantee the nuclear industry's development on EU territory. Such programmes were explicitly foreseen in the Euratom…