The Deon Policy Institute argues nuclear energy production is necessary in Greece for energy, economic and climate security.
To address the challenges of energy security and greenhouse gas emissions, the Greek government decided to take a step that would have caused strong reactions a few years ago: to open the debate on the possibility of nuclear power generation in Greece. Twelve EU countries have operational nuclear reactors: Belgium, Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Spain, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Spain, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden. In 2024, nuclear power plants accounted for 23.3 per cent of the total electricity produced in the EU, according to Eurostat data, registering an increase of 4.8 per cent compared to 2023.-Nuclear power and energy security. Nuclear physicist and president of the Deon Policy Institute, George Laskaris, who has carried out a special study on Greece's potential to develop small nuclear reactors, explained to Euronews why nuclear power is essential in Greece and stressed that there must be public support for it. "Nuclear power is necessary for three main reasons: security, security, security. Nuclear energy is necessary for energy security, for economic security and for climate security," he said. "When we say climate security, what do we mean? We mean that obviously the climate is changing. All we can do is to help the Earth not to change the climate so fast. Nuclear power offers a green form of energy and it offers within a very small space a nuclear power plant. The traditional nuclear power plant is one square kilometre – within a very small space it offers huge amounts of energy," he adds.
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