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As the first-ever International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency conference on climate change and the role of nuclear energy draws to a close, Agneta Rising, Director-General of the ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Nuclear Association, highlights the importance of this event in an interview with WNN.

The speed and scale needed to stop climate change requires laser-like focus on evidence-based, and sometimes tough, decision-making. Recently we witnessed a welcome example of such evidence-based decision-making in Europe's energy and climate change policies, write Kirsty Gogan, Rauli Partanen and Eric Ingersoll.

The dismantling and decommissioning business has a promising part to play in the future of the nuclear power industry as it now demonstrates to the public that a nuclear asset can be permanently withdrawn from service in a safe, sustainable, timely and cost-effective manner, writes Philippe Knoche, CEO of Orano.

As world leaders meet at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York this week, and the ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Meteorological Organisation and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change publish new reports, Agneta Rising, director general of ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Nuclear Association, stresses that nuclear power is the "unsung hero" in global efforts to reduce carbon emissions.

The European Union puts it bluntly: We must reduce the level of CO2 emissions and we need to start doing it right now. While some EU Member States are more advanced in achieving their climate and energy goals, others are lagging behind, writes Yves Desbazeille, director general of Foratom.

At a memorial service held at the Vienna headquarters of the International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency yesterday, dignitaries, diplomats and colleagues paid tribute to the late Yukiya Amano, its director general since 2009, who passed away last month. The following is the text of an IAEA statement about the service.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development may consider the commercial financing of nuclear safety and decommissioning projects as it looks beyond its traditional remit of legacy projects supported by donor funds, Balthasar Lindauer, director of the EBRD’s Nuclear Safety Department, said in an interview with ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Nuclear News at the bank's London headquarters on 22 July.

The Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan is considering changes that would make the clearance of radioactive material about ten times stricter than international standards, creating unnecessary confusion and cost, writes Dr Charlotta Sanders, senior project manager at ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Nuclear Association.

On 21 July, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon. During the brief few hours he and Buzz Aldrin spent on the surface they deployed a suite of scientific experiments, some of which would depend on radioisotope heaters to protect them from the harsh lunar night. Dr Jonathan Cobb, senior communication manager at ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Nuclear Association, describes nuclear technology's role in the historic event.

There are two misleading narratives about nuclear energy: one, that it is the sole answer to tomorrow’s energy and climate challenges; the other, that it could - and perhaps even should - disappear entirely. The truth is of course somewhere between the two - but what's certain is that nuclear, like every sector of the energy industry, must earn its place in the energy mix of the future, writes Rob Whittleston, VP of Insight at the UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory.

¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Nuclear Association was invited to present this week at the opening of the International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency’s International Conference on the Management of Spent Fuel from Nuclear Power Reactors, Learning from the Past, Enabling the Future. Mikhail Baryshnikov (TENEX) and Cecile Evans (Orano), chair and deputy chair of the Sustainable Used Fuel Management Working Group, share the industry’s message.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has led international efforts to transform the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Here, Balthasar Lindauer, director of the London-headquartered bank's Nuclear Safety Department, gives an insight into the change in safety culture at the plant.