Ukraine became one of 20 countries participating in the Roadmaps to New Nuclear conference organized by the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in Paris, which adopted a communiqué on the need to develop nuclear energy in line with global energy challenges.

The Ukrainian delegation to the conference was headed by Minister of Energy German Galushchenko.

"The future of nuclear energy is being decided in Ukraine today. Consolidation of international efforts and termination of russian nuclear blackmail will not only guarantee nuclear safety, but will also become the basis for the future development of the industry. Innovative technologies open up incredible opportunities for nuclear energy and decarbonization, we must not lose this opportunity and continue the nuclear renaissance," the Minister of Energy emphasized.

The Communiqué reads that "nuclear energy already plays a significant role in meeting climate goals and can play an even larger role in achieving global net zero emissions by 2050. This ambitious objective can be realized through continued operation of existing nuclear power plants under the highest safety standards and large-scale deployment of new nuclear power plants".

The conference participants emphasize that "securing the needed increase in global nuclear energy will require strategic international collaboration among like-minded governments, as well as public-private partnerships and industry leadership”.

The conference brought together delegations from a number of countries, including: the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Bulgaria, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Poland, Romania, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, Ghana, and Ukraine.

 Joint Communiqué