Press Release: Commissioner Piebalgs welcomes the creation of the “European Nuclear Energy Leadership Academy”

Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs welcomed the establishment of the European Nuclear Energy Leadership Academy (ENELA) by 6 nuclear energy companies which signed on 28 January 2010 the founding treaty covering the essential strategic, legal and financial aspects of the academy and held the first shareholders meeting. The academy, which will be based near Munich (Germany), aims to attract university graduates to the nuclear energy sector and train future leaders in this field.