EU ministers have endorsed support for nuclear power for the first time in a mandate for the upcoming UN climate summit, signaling its growing role as an energy source.

Discussions were delayed by disagreements between France and Germany, but EU countries have agreed to accelerate the development of “low-emission technologies”, including nuclear power, as agreed at the previous COP28 summit.

The call for nuclear power to be recognised reflects a shift in attitudes in Europe, where sentiment towards nuclear power has been largely negative since the Fukushima disaster in 2011.

A group of European countries, together with France, are set to publish a document on Tuesday calling on Brussels to recognise the key role of nuclear power and include it in new EU energy regulation proposals.

At a meeting on Monday, the Netherlands and France signed an agreement to enhance cooperation on nuclear energy and called for institutional support for nuclear power.

As regards the Fukushima disaster in Japan, Italy and Lithuania immediately rejected nuclear energy for electricity generation, while........

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