Final ECOSENS Conference “Futures for nuclear energy? Social, economic and environmental considerations” – Call for Abstracts

The Horizon Europe ECOSENS-project.eu developed and demonstrated a methodology for the lifecycle sustainability assessment of key energy technologies driving Europe’s Green Transition. The 2024 participative assessment revealed a lack of consensus on 8 indicators...

Within the WP2 of ECOSENS project the update of the delivered by Constantin M. et al., (2024): Investigation on the sustainability of the entire life cycle of nuclear power has been published.  It evaluates the lifecycle sustainability of nuclear power alongside key...

Dear Readers, The launch of the European Industrial Alliance on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in May 2024 brought them to the forefront of European industry, developers, implementers, scientists, regulators, and general public, with the aim of accelerating their...

Within ECOSENS project a new study have been developed in WP3 which addresses the key weaknesses of the most relevant recent assessments of total costs of nuclear (and non-nuclear) energy, providing/enlarging a suite of indicators relevant for a variety of...

As part of ECOSENS WP2—focused on assessing the sustainability of the entire lifecycle of nuclear power—various participants have applied the ECOSENS methodology, which is based on the three pillars of sustainability: economic development, social development, and...