Some 13 European Union countries
including Italy on Tuesday signed a joint declaration urging
more research and innovation in the sector of mini nuclear power
reactors as part of a new alliance.
The 13 EU countries, including Italy, are calling for "a
favourable industrial and financial framework for nuclear
projects", promoting "research and innovation in particular for
small modular reactors and advanced modular reactors".
The joint note was issued by Paris, the head of the nuclear
alliance, at the end of a meeting with the European Commission.
The document was signed by Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, France,
Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia and
Slovenia. Italy, along with Belgium and the Netherlands, signed
as an observer country.
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