The presentation will focus on a current progress and future plans of European nuclear physics. Content and importance of recent NuPECC Long Range Plan [1] and of the major European nuclear physics infrastructures will be presented with an emphasis on a scientific program at Radioactive Ion-Beam facilities. Interplay between nuclear, particle and astroparticle physics will be shortly discussed with several illustrative examples. Role of fundamental research in nuclear physics played in applications related to energy production will be emphasized.
[1] http://www.nupecc.org/lrp2016/Documents/lrp2017.pdf