Economic and Social Considerations for the Future of Nuclear Energy in Society

New ECOSENS deliverables available

Nov 24, 2023 | news

Three new ECOSENS deliverables  representing the complete package of documents necessary for the assessment of the sustainability of nuclear energy to be carried out in the project are now available on the project webpage.
They are reporting on:

  • the methodology proposed by WP2 participants for the assessment of the nuclear energy sustainability and discussed during 1st  ECOSENS Workshop (1)
  • the set of indicators to be used jn the effective application of this methodology (D2.2)
  • scenarios proposed for nuclear power development in the European Union at the horizon of 2050 developed based on the ECOSENS investigation of energy demand, existing policies for decarbonization, and impact of societal and technological changes on the future energy market (D2.3)

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