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LNG tanker in the Bay of Pomerania seen from the Sellin beach in Germany in May 2023

From Moscow to Washington: Brussels’ New Energy Dependency

Javier Villamor January 27, 2026

While the Commission claims it does not want to swap one dependency for another, it is helping entrench a more expensive energy model increasingly controlled from Washington.

The reactor startup procedure for Unit 6 at the Tokyo Electric Power Company Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant's central control room in Kariwa Village, Niigata Prefecture on January 21, 2026

Japan Restarts World’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant

TEC News / AFP January 21, 2026

Tokyo aims to revive nuclear power to cut reliance on fossil fuels—and to meet its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050.

Japan Moves to Restart Largest Nuclear Plant Since Fukushima Disaster

TEC News / AFP December 22, 2025

Local assembly approval clears the way for TEPCO to seek final regulatory permission—with one reactor potentially online by late January, helping Japan to cut its fossil fuel dependence.

EU Approves €14 Billion Aid for Poland’s First Nuclear Power Plant

TEC News December 10, 2025

Three reactors are planned on Poland’s northern Baltic coast, aiming to commence operations in the late 2030s.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the Hungarian delegation during a bilateral lunch with U.S President Donald Trump and U.S. government officials in the Cabinet Room of the White House on November 7, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

Trump-Orbán Meeting: The Real Story

Gábor Szűcs November 11, 2025

Those who cry “Russia” nonstop should note that Hungary seeks strategic ties with the U.S. and that the summit’s outcomes matter for all of East–Central Europe.

Hungairan and U.S. flag flying next to each other (Grok)

U.S.–Hungary Summit: Realism Amid Europe’s Crisis

Javier Villamor November 4, 2025

Orbán bets on energy dialogue with Washington as Europe pays the price of its dogmatism.

The gas-fired power plant in Duisburg, Germany

Germany’s Energy Crisis Deepens as Brussels Blocks Gas Plants

Rebeka Kis October 21, 2025

Proposed gas-fired backup plants face EU restrictions, limiting Germany’s ability to secure reliable electricity during periods of low renewable output.

The Temelín nuclear power plant in the Czech Republic

Ukraine: Czechs Should Stop Buying Russian Nuclear Fuel

Zolta Győri September 12, 2025

The Czech Republic’s energy mix is heavily reliant on Russian nuclear energy, the supply of which could be jeopardized by the new round of sanctions.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Mariano Grossi (R) inspects the Interim Storage Facility site where soil contaminated by the 2011 nuclear accident is being managed and treated, in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture on February 19, 2025.

Japan Rethinks Use of Nuclear Power to Achieve Climate Goals

TEC News / AFP July 22, 2025

After the 2011 tsunami, the nation shut down all of its nuclear reactors.

Ed Miliband speaks at the Future of Energy Security Summit, hosted by the International Energy Agency and UK Government, in London on April 24, 2025.

Britain Is Waking Up from the Net Zero Fever Dream—Will Brussels?

Michael Curzon June 11, 2025

Britain’s latest investment in nuclear has been described as “a tacit admission that wind and solar don’t work.”

Tag: nuclear energy

From Moscow to Washington: Brussels’ New Energy Dependency

Japan Restarts World’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant

Japan Moves to Restart Largest Nuclear Plant Since Fukushima Disaster

EU Approves €14 Billion Aid for Poland’s First Nuclear Power Plant

Trump-Orbán Meeting: The Real Story

U.S.–Hungary Summit: Realism Amid Europe’s Crisis

Germany’s Energy Crisis Deepens as Brussels Blocks Gas Plants

Ukraine: Czechs Should Stop Buying Russian Nuclear Fuel

Japan Rethinks Use of Nuclear Power to Achieve Climate Goals

Britain Is Waking Up from the Net Zero Fever Dream—Will Brussels?

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