Urenco increases support to FORATOM

Kees Jan Steenhoek, Urenco Director of Government Affairs EU, has been appointed as Chair of FORATOM’s overarching policy framework steering group and Vice-Chair of its Sustainability Policies Working Group.

FORATOM is the trade association for the nuclear energy industry in Europe and acts as the voice of the European nuclear industry in discussions with EU institutions and other key stakeholders.

Urenco commented in support of a recent FORATOM paper about the need for EU education and training policy to do more to ensure that there is a sufficient number of people with the right skills in the nuclear field.

Key priorities for FORATOM are the Green Deal and Financial Taxonomy, which are discussed in the Sustainability Policies Working Group and deal with the energy transition and the EU’s goal to be carbon neutral by 2050.

Other important working groups reporting into the steering group are the SMR working group (of which U-Battery colleague Chris White is a member), the Hydrogen working group which is looking at the role nuclear can play in producing hydrogen, and the Brexit working group which has engaged closely on the negotiations between the UK and the EU.

FORATOM also convenes the #NEL (Nuclear Europe Leaders group) of which CEO Boris Schucht and Urenco Nederlands Managing Director Ad Louter (in his capacity of chairman of Nuclear Netherlands) are members.

Kees Jan said: “FORATOM is well-positioned to follow important policy debates in Europe, and by having the ear of key decision makers, it’s a good platform to try to inform those discussions. I’m very much looking forward to working with colleagues at FORATOM on these issues.”

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