The Politics of Nuclear Energy in the European Union. Framing the Discourse: Actors, Positions and Dynamics
Journal: Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln)
Year: 2021

The submission presents a body of work analyzing the impact of changes to the political environment in which the European Union (EU)’s nuclear energy policy operated during a period of dramatic change for the EU from the late 1990s to the late 2010s. In the late 1990s/early 2000s the process of enlargement taking the EU from 15 to 28 Member States by 2013 began, and brought with it significant energy policy challenges for all the states involved. As the 2000s advanced, hegemonization of climate