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NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. Strengthens its Nuclear Technical Team: Appoints Dr. Ian Farnan, Chair of Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre, as its Lead for Nuclear Radiation and Materials

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Monday, November 14, 2022

Chair of Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre and Professor of Earth & Nuclear Materials, Dr. Farnan is an expertin the effect of nuclear radiation on materials from nuclear fuels and claddings to waste forms.

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  • Chair of Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre and Professor of Earth & Nuclear Materials, Dr. Farnan is an expertin the effect of nuclear radiation on materials from nuclear fuels and claddings to waste forms.
  • He currently serves as Discipline Lead for Materials Science with the UK NDAs Nuclear Waste Services Research Services Organisation.
  • It is a pleasure to welcome Dr. Farnan to the NANO Nuclear team, said James Walker, NANO Nuclear Energys CEO and Director.
  • Currently in technical development is ZEUS, NANO Nuclear Energys first generation portable, on-demand capable advanced nuclear micro reactor.

NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. Strengthens its Nuclear Technical Team: Appoints Dr. Ian Farnan, Chair of Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre, as its Lead for Nuclear Radiation and Materials

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Monday, November 14, 2022

Chair of Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre and Professor of Earth & Nuclear Materials, Dr. Farnan is an expertin the effect of nuclear radiation on materials from nuclear fuels and claddings to waste forms.

Key Points: 
  • Chair of Cambridge Nuclear Energy Centre and Professor of Earth & Nuclear Materials, Dr. Farnan is an expertin the effect of nuclear radiation on materials from nuclear fuels and claddings to waste forms.
  • He currently serves as Discipline Lead for Materials Science with the UK NDAs Nuclear Waste Services Research Services Organisation.
  • It is a pleasure to welcome Dr. Farnan to the NANO Nuclear team, said James Walker, NANO Nuclear Energys CEO and Director.
  • Currently in technical development is ZEUS, NANO Nuclear Energys first generation portable, on-demand capable advanced nuclear micro reactor.

REPORT on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 3/2021 of the European Union for the financial year 2021 - entering the surplus of the financial year 2020 - A9-0218/2021

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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

on the Council position on Draft amending budget No3/2021 of the European Union for the financial year 2021 - entering the surplus of the financial year 2020

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  • on the Council position on Draft amending budget No3/2021 of the European Union for the financial year 2021 - entering the surplus of the financial year 2020

    (09904/2021 C90232/2021 2021/0102(BUD))

    The European Parliament,

    having regard to Article 314 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

    having regard to Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,

    having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012[1], and in particular Article 44 thereof,

    having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021, as definitively adopted on 18 December 2020[2],

    having regard to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027[3] (MFF Regulation),

    having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources[4],

    having regard to Council Decision 2020/2053/EU, Euratom of 14 December 2020 on the system of own resources of the European Union[5],

    having regard to Draft amending budget No3/2021, which the Commission adopted on 15 April 2021 (COM(2021)0270),

    having regard to the position on Draft amending budget No3/2021 which the Council adopted on 21 June 2021 and forwarded to Parliament on the same day (09904/2021 C90232/2021),

    having regard to Rule 94 and 96 of its Rules of Procedure,

    having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A9-0218/2021),

    A.whereas Draft amending budget No 3/2021 aims to enter in the 2021 budget the surplus from the 2020 financial year, amounting to EUR1768617610;

    B.whereas the main components of that surplus are a positive outturn on revenue of EUR1647,3 million and an under-spending in expenditure of EUR121,3 million;

    C.whereas on the revenue side, the surplus is predominantly driven by a higher than expected collection of customs duties;

    D.whereas on the expenditure side, under-implementation in payments by the Commission reaches EUR100,98million for 2020 (of which EUR61,7million under Heading 5 - Administration, attributable to COVID-19 pandemics impact on missions, meetings, traineeships and recruitments), and EUR120,38million the under-implementation by the other institutions;

    1.Takes note of Draft amending budget No 3/2021 as submitted by the Commission, which is devoted solely to the budgeting of the 2020 surplus, for an amount of EUR1768617610, in accordance with Article 18(3) of the Financial Regulation, and of the Councils position thereon;

    2.Reiterates its position that all available means and unused money in the Union budget, including the surplus, should be used to swiftly deploy financial assistance to those most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; calls, in this context, on Member States to devote the expected reductions in their GNI-based contributions stemming from the 2020 surplus entirely to the budgeting of actions related to tackling the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and to the recovery and resilience of the Union, to ensure an optimal allocation of the funds;

    3.Approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No3/2021;

    4.Instructs its President to declare that Amending budget No3/2021 has been definitively adopted and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

    5.Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the other institutions and bodies concerned and the national parliaments.

  • Key To Symbols:

    +:in favour

    -:against

    0:abstention

Highlights - AFCO vote on guidelines for the application of the general regime of conditionality - Committee on Constitutional Affairs

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Friday, June 25, 2021

On 22 June 2021, AFCO will vote on its opinion in form of a letter prepared for the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control report on the creation of guidelines for the application of the general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget.

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  • On 22 June 2021, AFCO will vote on its opinion in form of a letter prepared for the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control report on the creation of guidelines for the application of the general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget.
  • The report makes suggestions with regard to the guidelines for the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget, which the Commission intends to develop.
  • In its opinion AFCO also calls on the Conference on the Future of Europe to reflect on the current EU architecture concerning safeguarding of the art 2 TUE values in view to present ideas which will strengthen the EU's rule of law toolbox.

REPORT on a draft regulation of the European Parliament laying down the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman’s duties (Statute of the European Ombudsman) and repealing Decision 94/262/ECSC, EC, Euratom - A9-[...]

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Friday, May 28, 2021

on a draft regulation of the European Parliament laying down the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsmans duties (Statute of the European Ombudsman) and repealing Decision 94/262/ECSC, EC, Euratom

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  • on a draft regulation of the European Parliament laying down the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsmans duties (Statute of the European Ombudsman) and repealing Decision 94/262/ECSC, EC, Euratom

    (2021/2053(INL) 2019/0900(APP))

    The European Parliament,

    having regard to Article 228(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

    having regard to Article 106a(1) of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,

    having regard to the Commission opinion (COM[(2021)XXX])

    having regard to the consent of the Council ([XXXX/2021])

    having regard to Rules46 and54 of its Rules of Procedure,

    having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A9-0174/2021),

    1.Adopts the regulation annexed hereto;

    2.Instructs its President to sign the regulation in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

    3.Instructs its Secretary-General to arrange for publication of the regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union;

    4.Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

Fusion energy: Council approves ITER financing

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

The Council today adopted a Decision securing the continuation of the European financing of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project during the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) period 2021-2027.

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  • The Council today adopted a Decision securing the continuation of the European financing of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project during the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) period 2021-2027.
  • Next steps

    The Council Decision shall enter into force the day following its publication on the Official Journal.

  • This international fusion energy project is a first-of-a kind long-term project to build and operate a reactor to test the feasibility of fusion as an energy source.
  • Decision 2007/198/Euratom established the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy to provide the contribution of Euratom to the ITER International Fusion Energy Organisation and the Broader Approach Activities with Japan as well as to prepare and coordinate a programme of activities in preparation for the construction of a demonstration fusion reactor and related facilities.

Energy – EESC President Christa Schweng and European Commissioner Kadri Simson say 2021 will be the year of delivery

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Saturday, February 13, 2021

2021 must be the time for action to speed up implementation of measures for energy efficiency and sustainable development in Europe.

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  • 2021 must be the time for action to speed up implementation of measures for energy efficiency and sustainable development in Europe.
  • This is the message that EESC President Christa Schweng and European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson conveyed at the discussion on the presentation of the European Commission's 2021 Work Programme and its priorities in the field of energy, held in Brussels and remotely on 11 February 2021.
  • Now is the time to accelerate clean energy transitions, energy resilience and sustainable development, she said.
  • The risk is that those in energy poverty will end up paying for the energy transition and energy policies.

Continued EU funding commitment to support energy efficiency in urban areas

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Friday, January 29, 2021

Under the new agreement, the initiative will support projects across its sustainable energy (30million) and sustainable transport (5million) portfolios.

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  • Under the new agreement, the initiative will support projects across its sustainable energy (30million) and sustainable transport (5million) portfolios.
  • This will further stimulate investments in energy efficiency, especially in buildings, heat networks, street lighting and clean urban transport.
  • Across its three portfolios, ELENA has established itself as the go-to support facility for both public and private sector energy efficiency projects.
  • European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, said: Energy efficiency first is the guiding principle of the EUs energy policy and a central tenet of the European Green Deal: the cleanest energy is the energy we do not use.

Fusion energy: political agreement in the Council on ITER financing

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Saturday, December 19, 2020

Member states' ambassadors today reached a political agreement on the proposed Council Decision amending Decision 2007/198/Euratom establishing the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the development of fusion energy and conferring advantages upon it.

Key Points: 
  • Member states' ambassadors today reached a political agreement on the proposed Council Decision amending Decision 2007/198/Euratom establishing the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the development of fusion energy and conferring advantages upon it.
  • Next steps

    On the basis of today's political agreement, the agreed text (following legal linguistic scrutiny) will be submitted to the Council for adoption in the first months of 2021.

  • Euratom, which is according to the ITER Agreement the Host Party, has taken the lead in this project.
  • This international fusion energy project is a first-of-a kind, long-term project to build and operate a reactor to test the feasibility of fusion as an energy source.

EURATOM research and training programme: Council reaches political agreement

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Saturday, December 19, 2020

Member states' ambassadors today reached a political agreement on the proposed regulation establishing the research and training programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025 (hereafter "the regulation").

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  • Member states' ambassadors today reached a political agreement on the proposed regulation establishing the research and training programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025 (hereafter "the regulation").
  • The aim of the regulation is to pursue nuclear research and training activities with an emphasis on the continuous improvement of nuclear safety, security and radiation protection, as well as to complement the achievement of Horizon Europes objectives.
  • The new Euratom programme will complement Horizon Europe using the same instruments and rules for participation.
  • Next steps

    On the basis of today's political agreement, the agreed text (following legal linguistic scrutiny) will be submitted to the Council for adoption in the first months of 2021.