EU-US high-level forum on small modular reactors - Main contents
| date | October 21, 2019 |
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| city | Brussels, Belgium |
| location | Brussels, Belgium  |
| attending | M. (Miguel) Arias Cañete i et al. |
| organisation | European Commission (EC) i |
Energy, environment and climate,
The European Commission and the US Department of energy will host the first EU-US high-level forum on small modular reactors.
This technology has potential for deployment worldwide in those countries that choose to use nuclear energy. The high-level forum will look into this issue by bringing together business stakeholders and government authorities.
The event will be held at the presence of EU Commissioner for climate action and energy Miguel Arias Cañete and US Secretary of energy Rick Perry.
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