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    Accounting for the full cost of electricity

    On 13 April 2018, the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) launched The Full Costs of Electricity Provision. William D. Magwood, IV, Director-General of the NEA, Matthew Crozat, Senior Director of Policy Deve...

    System cost Press release WPNE Nuclear economics Electricity generation Climate change Electricity markets Security of supply Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
    Published date: 16 April 2018
    Publications and Reports
    Achieving Net Zero Carbon Emissions in Switzerland in 2050: Low Carbon Scenarios and their System Costs

    With an electricity system defined by high shares of hydropower, large capacity for interconnection with its neighbours and low carbon intensity, Switzerland is well positioned to attain its objectiv...

    English System cost Nuclear economics Nuclear energy and climate change Switzerland Climate change Nuclear economics Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
    Published date: 27 October 2022
    Event
    Achieving Net Zero Carbon Emissions in Switzerland in 2050: Low Carbon Scenarios and their System Costs (report launch)
    27 October 2022
    15:30-17:00 CEST, Online

    Image source: KKG

    As one of the NEA member countries with the lowest carbon emissions, Switzerland is well positioned to achieve its objective of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The main features ...

    System cost Future energy market needs Nuclear economics Switzerland Climate change Electricity markets Spotlight …
    Published date: 11 October 2022
    Activity
    Ad Hoc Expert Group on Climate Change and Nuclear Energy Build Rates

    This expert group was established in 2009 to assess the potential role of nuclear energy in reducing CO2 emissions, particularly in the 2030 to 2050 timescale, and the challenges to be overcome if th...

    Sustainable development Nuclear economics NDC Nuclear technology Climate change …
    Published date: 24 February 2020
    Activity
    Ad hoc Expert Group on Climate Change: Assessment of the Vulnerability of Nuclear Power Plants and Cost of Adaptation (NUCA)

    The Ad hoc Expert Group on Climate Change: Assessment of the Vulnerability of Nuclear Power Plants and Cost of Adaptation (NUCA) is responsible for assesing the vulnerability of nuclear power plants,...

    Sustainable development Generation III reactors Nuclear economics Generation II reactors Nuclear technology Climate change NUCA …
    Published date: 16 June 2020
    Publications and Reports
    Advanced Technology Answers to the Climate Challenge: The Vital Importance of Nuclear Science and Technology Education
    English Nuclear energy and climate change Education Nuclear Education, Skills and Technology (NEST) Framework Policy Brief Global Forum Climate change Education and capacity building …
    Published date: 12 December 2022
    Other
    Brochure: Small Modular Reactors

    A wave of near-term innovation in nuclear energy promises to revolutionise nuclear safety and economics and open up new applications in hard-to-abate sectors. Small modular reactor (SMR) designs unde...

    SMR Small modular reactors Decarbonisation Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear technology Climate change Innovation COP26 …
    Published date: 27 October 2021
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    Climate Change Targets: The Role of Nuclear Energy

    The world’s effort to decarbonise is one of the defining challenges for this generation and the window for action is rapidly narrowing. Nuclear energy is playing an important role today and can do mo...

    System cost Decarbonisation Nuclear economics Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear technology Climate change COP26 …
    Published date: 27 October 2021
    Other
    Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation in the Nuclear Power Sector
    Sustainable development Nuclear technology Climate change
    Published date: 8 July 2020
    Publications and Reports
    Climate Change: Assessment of the Vulnerability of Nuclear Power Plants and Approaches for their Adaptation

    Climate change will create specific risks and challenges for nuclear power plants and the electricity system as a whole. Extreme weather events caused by climate change – such as floods, storms, heat...

    English Nuclear installations Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear technology Nuclear innovation Climate change COP26 …
    Published date: 4 November 2021
    Event
    COP-21 Side Event: Why Climate Needs Nuclear Energy?
    10 - 11 December 2015
    Paris, France

    The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) organized side events at COP21 to offer an opportunity to learn more about the contribution of nuclear energy to...

    Future energy market needs Sustainable development Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Electricity generation Climate change …
    Published date: 22 June 2020
    Publications and Reports
    Extended Summary of The Full Costs of Electricity Provision

    Electricity provision touches upon every facet of life in OECD and non-OECD countries alike, and choosing how this electricity is generated whether from fossil fuels, nuclear energy or renewables aff...

    English Sustainable development Nuclear economics Nuclear energy and climate change Climate change …
    Published date: 29 October 2018
    Publications and Reports
    Financing New Nuclear Power Plants: Minimising the Cost of Capital by Optimising Risk Management

    Realising the contribution of nuclear energy to achieving net zero carbon emission in 2050 will require raising significant amounts of capital at competitive rates. On the basis of work under the aeg...

    English New build Decarbonisation Nuclear economics Nuclear energy and climate change Climate change Financing Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 12 December 2022
    News
    International co‑operation on the future of nuclear energy

    NEA Director General William D. Magwood, IV delivering his opening remarks at the International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century. St Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Abu Dhabi...

    Press release Future energy market needs Sustainable development Decarbonisation Low-carbon generation Climate change Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
    Published date: 31 October 2017
    News
    International Ministerial Conference in Washington D.C. highlights the essential role of nuclear energy to achieve net zero

    A delegation led by NEA Director-General William D. Magwood, IV attended the conference on 26-28 October 2022.

    DG statement News brief United States IAEA Decarbonisation Climate change Director-General …
    Published date: 16 November 2022
    News
    International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century

    NEA Director General William D. Magwood, IV delivering his opening remarks at the International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century. St Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Abu Dhabi...

    DG statement Future energy market needs Sustainable development Decarbonisation Low-carbon generation Climate change Director-General Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
    Published date: 31 October 2017
    Event
    International Workshop on the Full Costs of Electricity Provision
    20 January 2016
    Paris, France

    Welcome remark, William Magwood D.G. (NEA) & Jaejoo Ha, Head of Nuclear Development Division (NEA)

    Session 1. Introduction

     

    The full costs of electricity provision, Marc Deffrennes and J...

    Energy markets WPNE Sustainable development Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Climate change …
    Published date: 24 June 2020
    Publications and Reports
    L’énergie nucléaire et le Protocole de Kyoto

    La mise en oeuvre du Protocole de Kyoto et l'application de ses mécanismes de flexibilité sont au premier plan des débats de politique énergétique dans la plupart des pays de l'OCDE. Le rôle que l'én...

    French Sustainable development Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear technology Climate change Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 26 July 2002
    Publications and Reports
    Long-Term Operation of Nuclear Power Plants and Decarbonisation Strategies

    The existing nuclear fleet remains the largest low-carbon source of electricity generation in OECD countries. In 2021 the average nuclear power plant had already been operating for 31 years and some ...

    English Policy Environmental protection Decarbonisation Nuclear energy and climate change Regulation Climate change LTO Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 29 July 2021
    Publications and Reports
    Meeting Climate Change Targets: The Role of Nuclear Energy

    All credible models show that nuclear energy has an important role to play in global climate change mitigation efforts (e.g. IEA, 2021; BNEF, 2021; IIASA, 2021). Despite clear analyses from many sour...

    English Generation IV reactors Hydrogen Nuclear technology Climate change SMR Long-term operation Small modular reactors Generation II and III reactors Generation III reactors Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear innovation Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
    Published date: 12 May 2022
    Event
    Meeting Climate Change Targets: The Role of Nuclear Energy - report launch
    3 May 2022
    Webinar

    In Meeting Climate Change Targets: The Role of Nuclear Energy, the NEA explores the role of nuclear technologies and their applications toward achieving the globally recognised goal of Net Zero. Gov...

    Nuclear technology Climate change Sustainable development and nuclear energy
    Published date: 19 April 2022
    Event
    Mobilising Climate and Development Finance to Meet the Paris Agreement: Perspectives on Nuclear Energy
    9 November 2021
    16:00-17:00 CET, Online

    This event is part of the OECD COP26 Virtual Pavilion. It is available on replay.

    Climate change Technology COP26 Financing Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 21 October 2021
    Topic
    NEA and COP26

    The NEA participated in COP 26 in Glasgow, United Kingdom, to shed light on nuclear energy’s role in addressing climate change.

    Climate change Technology COP26 Nuclear economics
    Published date: 30 October 2021
    News
    NEA at COP26

    The NEA participated in the COP 26 United Nations Climate Change Conference from 31 October to 12 November 2021 for dialogues on the role that nuclear energy could play in achieving the decarbonisati...

    SMR News brief System cost Climate change COP26 …
    Published date: 31 October 2021
    News
    NEA at COP27: Advanced nuclear technologies offer a pathway to net zero

    The COP27 NEA delegation were at the forefront of several discussions on the pathways that nuclear energy can offer to reduce carbon emissions.

    News brief SMR IAEA Future energy market needs Decarbonisation Hydrogen COP27 Climate change …
    Published date: 30 November 2022
    Publications and Reports
    NEA News 30.2-31.1

    NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...

    English Nuclear energy data United Arab Emirates Nuclear law Decommissioning Cost estimation Electrical systems Stakeholder Climate change Databases Radiological protection Nuclear energy and climate change Cost control Data Bank …
    Published date: 16 September 2013
    Publications and Reports
    NEA News 33.2

    NEA News is the professional journal of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nucl...

    English Nuclear law Environmental protection Regulation Stakeholder RWMC Climate change Databases Stakeholder relations Radioactive waste Nuclear energy and climate change Uranium mining …
    Published date: 22 February 2016
    Publications and Reports
    NEA News 39.1-39.2

    NEA News is the professional journal of the NEA. It features articles on the latest nuclear energy issues concerning the economic and technical aspects of nuclear energy, nuclear safety and regulatio...

    English Decommissioning Fukushima Decarbonisation Nuclear safety Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Radioactive waste management Capacity building and gender Climate change Radioactive waste COP26 Nuclear energy and climate change Human and organisational factors …
    Published date: 31 August 2022
    News
    NEA WebChat with H.E. Michał Kurtyka, Poland's Minister of Climate

    The NEA held a WebChat H.E. Michał Kurtyka, Poland's Minister of Climate and 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24) President.

    News brief Poland WebChat Climate change Director-General Sustainable development and nuclear energy …
    Published date: 15 June 2020
    Event
    NEA-IFNEC Financing Initiative: Warsaw Conference on Nuclear Financing
    8 December 2022
    9:30-17:30 CET | Radisson Blu Sobieski Hotel, plac Artura Zawiszy 1, 02-025 Warsaw, Poland, and Online

    Attaining net zero carbon emissions by 2050 will require financing and developing significant capacity of new nuclear power generation in the coming years and decades. To facilitate this process, the...

    New build Decarbonisation Nuclear economics Nuclear technology Climate change Financing Nuclear economics Spotlight …
    Published date: 12 December 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Energy and Addressing Climate Change

    The need to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in an effort to tackle climate change has become a major driver of energy policy. Indeed, many believe that an "energy revolution" is needed to decarbon...

    English Sustainable development Nuclear energy and climate change Climate change
    Published date: 15 November 2010
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Energy and Addressing Climate Change (brochure)
    English Sustainable development Nuclear energy and climate change Climate change
    Published date: 10 December 2009
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Energy and Addressing Climate Change (brochure) - Japanese version
    Sustainable development Nuclear energy and climate change Climate change Japanese
    Published date: 7 September 2010
    Topic
    Nuclear energy and climate change

    As a low-carbon electricity source, nuclear energy has a role to play in global climate change mitigation efforts.

    SMR Decarbonisation Hydrogen Nuclear energy and climate change Climate change Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 4 November 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Energy and the Kyoto Protocol

    The implementation of the Kyoto Protocol and the application of its "flexible mechanisms" are at the forefront of energy policy debates in most OECD countries. The potential role of nuclear energy in...

    English Sustainable development Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear technology Climate change Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 26 July 2002
    Other
    Nuclear Energy and the Kyoto Protocol(in Japanese)
    Sustainable development Climate change Japanese
    Published date: 7 August 2020
    News
    Nuclear energy at the G20

    During a virtual meeting held under the presidency of Saudi Arabia on 27-28 September 2020, the Group of Twenty (G20) Energy Ministers acknowledged the role of nuclear energy in providing clean energ...

    News brief Policy Low-carbon generation Climate change Resilience Security of supply COVID-19 …
    Published date: 7 October 2020
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Energy in a Sustainable Development Perspective

    The concept of sustainable development, which emerged from the report of the 1987 World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland report), is of increasing interest to policy makers a...

    English Sustainable development Nuclear economics Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear technology Climate change …
    Published date: 7 December 2000
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Energy in the Circular Carbon Economy (CCE)

    This report highlights the potential role of nuclear in contributing to the circular carbon economy as a low-carbon source of electricity, but also as a source of heat and system integration services...

    English Nuclear energy and climate change Climate change Technology Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 23 September 2021
    Subtopic
    Nuclear energy in the hydrogen economy

    As governments around the world are committing to reaching net zero emissions by 2050, many countries are looking at the role hydrogen can play in mitigating climate change. This page provides more i...

    Cogeneration Nuclear science Nuclear economics Hydrogen Nuclear technology Climate change Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 16 September 2022
    Publications and Reports
    Nuclear Energy: Combating Climate Change

    The global response to address climate change is a key policy challenge of the 21st century. Many governments around the world have agreed that action should be taken to achieve large cuts in greenho...

    English Sustainable development Nuclear economics NDC Nuclear energy and climate change Climate change …
    Published date: 5 November 2015
    Other
    Nuclear Energy: Combating Climate Change - presentation
    Sustainable development Nuclear technology Climate change
    Published date: 8 July 2020
    News
    Nuclear financing conference finds new approaches needed

    Organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Climate and Environment of Poland, the conference gathered stakeholders in Warsaw on 8 December.

    New build News brief Decarbonisation Climate change Financing Nuclear economics …
    Published date: 12 December 2022
    News
    Nuclear-Hydrogen in focus at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum

    Nuclear-hydrogen drives discussions at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh.

    DG statement News brief United States Environmental protection Decarbonisation Nuclear Innovation 2050 (NI2050) Hydrogen Climate change Innovation …
    Published date: 24 October 2022
    Other
    Overview: Energy for Humanity
    Sustainable development Climate change
    Published date: 8 July 2020
    Other
    Renewable and Nuclear Energy-Based Mitigation of Climate Change: Substitution for Fossil Fuel Usage
    Nuclear technology Climate change
    Published date: 2 July 2020
    Publications and Reports
    Risks and Benefits of Nuclear Energy
    English Energy markets Sustainable development Nuclear economics Nuclear energy and climate change Climate change Risk …
    Published date: 20 June 2007
    Publications and Reports
    Risques et avantages de l'énergie nucléaire
    French Energy markets Sustainable development Nuclear economics Nuclear energy and climate change Climate change Risk …
    Published date: 20 June 2007
    Publications and Reports
    Small Modular Reactors: Challenges and Opportunities

    Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are gaining recognition among policymakers and industry players as a promising nuclear technology. SMRs can be defined as nuclear reactors with a power output between 10...

    English SMR Small modular reactors Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear technology Climate change …
    Published date: 13 April 2021
    Event
    SMR readiness and the launch of the NEA SMR Dashboard
    13 March 2023
    15:00-16:30 CET, Online

    Nuclear innovation in small modular reactors (SMRs) has the potential to address multiple energy policy priorities around the world, from decarbonising electricity and deep decarbonisation of hard-to...

    SMR Small modular reactors Nuclear energy and climate change Nuclear technology Nuclear innovation Climate change …
    Published date: 27 February 2023
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