Recital 6

(6)Nuclear energy-related activities are low-carbon activities, they do not constitute energy from renewable sources as defined in Article 2, second subparagraph, point (1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council ⁴ , and as referred to in Article 10(1), point (a) of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 and do not fall under the other categories of economic activities listed in points (b) to (i) of that provision. Such nuclear energy related economic activities should be qualified under Article 10(2) of Regulation (EU) 2020/852, in the absence of technologically and economically feasible low-carbon alternative at a sufficient scale to cover the energy demand in a continuous and reliable manner. In addition, in the Final Report of the Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance from March 2020 ⁵ , it was stated that ‘nuclear energy generation has near to zero green-house gas emissions in the energy generation phase’ and ‘evidence on the potential substantial contribution of nuclear energy to climate change mitigation objectives was extensive and clear’. Moreover, a number of Member States’ plans include nuclear energy along with renewable energy in the energy sources to be used to meet climate targets, including the 2050 decarbonisation objective set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council ⁶ . Finally, by providing a stable baseload of energy supply, nuclear energy facilitates the deployment of intermittent renewable sources and does not hamper their development, as required by Article 10(2), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2020/852. Nuclear energy related activities should therefore be considered as complying with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EU) 2020/852.