What does Volt think? / Leading the Charge for a Sustainable Future

A European, safe and innovative strategy on nuclear energy

  • Allow existing reactors to continue operating in their current form until the agreed-upon end of their lifecycle. Ensure that runtime extensions are permitted only if:

    • all safety regulations valid at the time of the decision are met;

    • long-term operations are performed at the full cost of the operator;

    • the latest level of technological advancements at the time of the evaluation is achieved;

    • the reactor is needed to ensure climate neutrality.

  • Allow the building and operation of already approved reactors under the respective agreed-upon contractual obligations.

  • Allow new reactors only if they are inherently safe (no active safety systems are required to bring the operation into a safe state of shutdown) and robust against outside influences.

  • Promote research and support the adoption of advanced nuclear fission and fusion concepts, such as thorium cycles, molten salt, liquid-metal, Gen4, fast breeder, or small modular reactors.

Our political themes

Volt has defined 5+1 fundamental Challenges that need to be tackled in each European country and in Europe as a whole.

Why 5 + 1 Challenges?

The 5 Challenges are basically the same for every country, but their implementation can be adapted on the national level to take into account local realities.

The +1 Challenge – our proposal to reform and strengthen the EU – is identical across all our national programmes.