Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden; Greece and Latvia as observers.

On the margin of the Energy Council of 29th October 2026, the Nuclear Alliance convened to discuss the upcoming post-2030 energy framework. The meeting was attended by ministers and high-level representatives from 17 Member States, as well as by the European Commission. The meeting was chaired by the Belgian Federal Minister for Energy Mathieu Bihet.

Ministers and high-level representatives provided brief updates on key nuclear developments in their respective Member States and held an open discussion on the European energy framework beyond 2030.

The Nuclear Alliance welcomes the upcoming post-2030 European energy framework, which aims to align European energy policy with Europe’s strategic priorities, including energy security, affordability, competitiveness and decarbonisation.  

The Alliance stresses that the energy transition is key to strengthening Europe’s strategic autonomy and resilience, achieving structurally lower energy prices, and ensuring a reliable supply of clean, abundant energy to support the economy of the future. Some Alliance members indicated that they are working on new proposals for the next multiannual financial framework for an explicit inclusion of nuclear energy to be discussed in the appropriate fora.  

The Alliance members reiterated to the Commission the key messages previously conveyed in June, including that the post-2030 framework must be based on an overarching flexible energy framework with a clean energy target that supports the achievement of cost-effective decarbonisation pathways. They held initial discussions on the priority elements to be included in the post-2030 energy framework to operationalize the clean energy target, including potential approaches to defining clean energy. The members of the alliance underlined that the primary legislation should explicitly recognize that nuclear energy is clean energy.

Furthermore, the Alliance members welcomed the Commission’s follow-up to the Beating Cancer Plan and its recognition of nuclear medicine as a vital component of modern healthcare_¹, while highlighting that Europe’s leading role in the supply of medical radioisotopes cannot be taken for granted.  

Finally they also welcomed the Commission’s cooperation with the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency on “Modelling the European Electricity and Energy System with Renewable and Nuclear Energy Under a Carbon Constraint”, as an important step towards better reflecting the role of both nuclear energy and renewables in the EU’s energy system. 

_{¹ June 2026 : AOB by 12 Member States to follow- up on the council conclusions on the security of supply of radioisotopes for medical use; 
September 2026 : communication from the Commission on a European Radioisotopes Valley Initiative (ERVI) to secure a long-term supply chain of medical radioisotopes in the EU.}