Thursday, December 5, 2024
Serbia’s parliament has passed an amendment to the energy law that abolishes a 35-year ban on the construction of nuclear power plants.
After the vote, which also supported the energy strategy until 2040, Minister Jedovic Handanovic posted on social media that “history was written today”, calling today “a very important day for energy in the Republic of Serbia”. He said that.
The Serbian Directorate General for Radiation and Nuclear Security states that the ban was adopted in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1989, three years after the Chernobyl accident in the former Soviet Union. I got it right,” he said. At the first Nuclear Summit held in Brussels in March this year, the declaration on nuclear power signed during the summit clearly stated that nuclear power is an important element of the global strategy to reduce greenhouse gases. There is. effect”.
At the event, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said that the country is seeking support from other countries in terms of know-how and finance to achieve its goal of obtaining 1200 MW of capacity from small modular reactors.
And in July, the Minister of Mines and Energy and representatives of five other ministries, 20 universities, scientific institutions and energy companies signed a memorandum of understanding on nuclear development in Serbia. The event was also attended by Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vucevic, who said the memorandum corrected a “mistake” made in the 1980s when nuclear energy was banned.
In October, France’s EDF and French engineering consultancy Aegis won a contract from the Serbian Ministry of Mines and Energy to carry out a preliminary technical study on the possibility of using nuclear power in the country. The country also held talks with Russia’s Rosatom regarding non-nuclear development. Energy applications of nuclear technology. The Serbian president also discussed the option for Serbia to acquire 5-10% of Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant.
Lifting the ban on nuclear energy in Serbia does not necessarily mean that the country will decide to build nuclear power plants, but Serbia’s vote to lift the ban means that an ongoing feasibility study indicates that the country will decide to build nuclear power plants. It is meant to help inform the possibility of construction. So.
Serbia’s energy strategy to 2040, which looks ahead to 2050, includes the possibility of using nuclear power after 2040 as part of tackling climate change, and states that it is important to note that “fundamental development goals and energy development priorities” From a ranking standpoint, nuclear has a significant potential.” Nuclear energy is a clean energy source in terms of greenhouse gas and local pollutant emissions, contributing to decarbonization and improved competitiveness in the energy sector. Diversification of electricity production structure at reasonable prices – in the long run, high capital investment is compensated by low variable production costs. ”
