27 January 2021 Share The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has launched an initiative together with Poland's Ministry of Climate and Environment and the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) to collaborate on issues of common interest related to innovative nuclear financing. The initiative began with a technical workshop on 14-15 January, which brought together experts from the public, private and academic sectors to discuss a number of fundamental issues pertaining to the financing of nuclear new build. NEA Director-General William Magwood at the webinar on financing "Countries such as Poland, the UK, the US, Canada; countries that have been building nuclear plants all along, such as China, Russia; and many others around the world including countries that have not built nuclear in the past, countries that are located in the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia - they have made the decision that nuclear is part of the future," said NEA Director-General William Magwood. "I think the question today for many countries is whether nuclear is accessible to them in the near term because of the difficulties of financing."