PARIS — Donald Trump is temporary; nuclear energy is forever … or at least for 30 years.
That’s why Patrick Fragman, CEO of Westinghouse, the major American nuclear power company, believes Europe and the United States are still ideal partners to build a European Union atomic network — even as the new U.S. president sends people racing to their own corners.
Europe, he told POLITICO in an interview, must “realize that cooperation can make sense.”
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It’s a tough sell. For Europe’s atomic energy supporters — including France, most vocally — nuclear power is inextricably linked to ending reliance on foreign energy sources. And that reasoning has gained momentum as much of the EU tries to ditch Russian fossil fuels.
