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NUCLEAR ENERGY IN EUROPE
FROM ACCEPTANCE TO OWNERSHIP

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INTRODUCTION

NUCLEAR ENERGY IN EUROPE: FROM ACCEPTANCE TO OWNERSHIP
Today, Nuclear energy appears as a prerequisite in order to take up the challenge of sustainable development. Everyone talks about nuclear renaissance in the world and nuclear revival in Europe. The debate is no longer a taboo and must include the citizens. Indeed, the question is not whether the nuclear option, which pertains to national competence, needs to be accepted or not. It is now a question of appropriation. We need to appropriate the European energy choice as a public good that comes under the general interest. The European Commission adopted a safety framework and wishes a common framework for nuclear waste management. We will need more. We will need cooperation and solidarities on the grand Single Market in order to allow those who wish to develop nuclear power, to do so with the greatest level of safety and security as well as of competitiveness and independence. With the economic crisis, is there not a risk for human and social investments for the development of skills, massive long-term investments necessary to the lifespan expansion of power-plants or new build and to research and innovation? Could it not put the nuclear renaissance at risk along with safety and security? Shaping a market that would foster the diffusion of secure and competitive technologies that would allow for the development of sustainable nuclear is therefore a challenge for both the citizens and Member-States, whatever their national choice. They need to “appropriate” the full extent of economic, social and cultural issues posed to the future of the nuclear industry and power. Democracy is at stake here. By organizing the Entretiens Economiques Européens in Budapest, Confrontations Europe and its partners intend to play their part to enlighten the debate.

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ATOMENERGIA EURÓPÁBAN : AZ ELFOGADÁSTÓL A TÁMOGATÁSIG
Az atomenergia – úgy tűnik ma - a fenntartható fejlődésre irányuló kihívás elfogadásak egyik feltétele. A világban újjászületésről beszélünk, Európában megújulásról. Mindez többé már nem tabu téma, hanem az állampolgárok bevonásával kell megvitatni. Nem arról van szó, hogy el kellene fogadnunk az atomenergia melleti döntést, mely minden állam saját ügye, sokkal inkább alkalmaznunk kell azt az európai megközelítést, miszerint az energia a nép vagyonát képezi és ebből kifolyólag közös ügy. Az Európai Unió Bizottsága elfogadta a biztonsági keretet és most javaslatot tesz a hulladékok kezelésére is egy hasonló közös keretben. Ennél azonban sokkal többre lenne szükség : együttműködésre és szolidaritásra a nagy belső Piacon belül, amelynek köszönhetően azok, akik az atomenergiát kívánják fejleszteni, azt a maximáis biztonsági és védelmi feltételek mellett tudják majd véghezvinni, illetve, hogy mindezt a versenyképesség és függetlenség jegyében tehessék. A gazdasági válságban azok az emberi és szociális befektetések, amelyek a hozzáértés, a kompetencia kifeljlesztésre irányulnak, vagy azok a tömeges és hosszútávú beruházások, melyek az erőművek működésének meghosszabbítását vagy az újabb építkezéseket, a kutatást és az innovációt célozzák vajon nem kerülnek-e majd veszélybe, ha megkérdőjeleződik a megújulás, a biztonság és a védelem kérdése?
Kétségtelenül kihívást jelent az állampolgárok és az államok számára, (függetlenül az ország választásától) akiknek el kell fogadniuk az atomipar és atomenergia jövöjéből fakadó gazdasági, szociális és kultúrális kérdések összességét egy olyan piac kialakítása, amely előnyben részesíti a biztonságos és versenyképes technológiát és amely lehetőséget ad a fenntartható atomenergia kifejlesztésére. Ez demokrácia kérdése is. A Budapesten megszervezett Európai Gazdasági Beszélgetések során Confrontations Europe és partnerei a vitás kérdések megvilágításában vállalnak szerepet.

ISSUES

Today, Nuclear energy appears as a prerequisite in order to take up the challenge of sustainable development. Everyone talks about nuclear renaissance in the world and nuclear revival in Europe. The debate is no longer a taboo and must include the citizens. Indeed, the question is not whether the nuclear option, which pertains to national competence, needs to be accepted or not. It is now a question of appropriation. We need to appropriate the European energy choice as a public good that comes under the general interest. The European Commission adopted a safety framework and wishes a common framework for nuclear waste management. We will need more. We will need cooperation and solidarities on the grand Single Market in order to allow those who wish to develop nuclear power, to do so with the greatest level of safety and security as well as of competitiveness and independence. With the economic crisis, is there not a risk for human and social investments for the development of skills, massive long-term investments necessary to the lifespan expansion of power-plants or new build and to research and innovation? Could it not put the nuclear renaissance at risk along with safety and security? Shaping a market that would foster the diffusion of secure and competitive technologies that would allow for the development of sustainable nuclear is therefore a challenge for both the citizens and Member-States, whatever their national choice. They need to “appropriate” the full extent of economic, social and cultural issues posed to the future of the nuclear industry and power. Democracy is at stake here.
By organizing the Entretiens Economiques Européens in Budapest, Confrontations Europe and its partners intend to play their part to enlighten the debate.

Find here the questions and issues submitted to the speakers during the Entretiens Economiques Européens de Budapest

Programme

Thursday September 16th

9.30 am : Keynote address by Tamás Fellegi, Hungarian National Development Minister
Hungary’s nuclear future and the expectations from a European policy

Tamas FELLEGI

10.00 am : Hearing-debate: The Eurobarometer, and the European Union’s political drive to develop nuclear energy
with Dominique Ristori, Deputy Director General, DG Energy at the European Commission

Dominique RISTORI

11.00 am : 1ST ROUND TABLE: Dialogue and cooperation in territories to build a “nuclear culture”: Europe’s best practices

Attila ASZODI

Slides A. Aszodi

Chaired by Prof. Attila Aszodi, Director of the Institute of Nuclear technologies, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
With:
- Csaba Dohoczki, Vice-President of GMF and Member of TEIT, on the public debate in Paks’ area
- Luc Frankignoulle, General Secretary of the Belgian Nuclear Forum, on increasing citizens’ awareness of the risks and advantages of nuclear power
- Saïda Laârouchi Engström, Head of EIA and Public Information, SKB, Sweden, on the time for democratic debate with citizens
- László Lőrincz, Trade union Leader of the Paks Nuclear Power Station, on the power station’s management for the social dialogue
- Didier Louvat, Director of INSTTI, on European training on Nuclear Safety
- Sophie Roynette, EDF Nuclear Engineering Communications

Csaba DOHOCZKI	Luc FRANKIGNOULLE	Saida LAAROUCHI ENGSTROM
Slides C. Dohoczki		Slides S. Laarouchi Engstrom
Laszlo LORINCZ	Didier LOUVAT	Sophie ROYNETTE
Slides L. Lorincz

12.30 pm : Lunch

2.00 pm : DEBATE: The revival of nuclear energy despite the crisis

Chaired by Dr Rolf Linkohr, former MEP,
With Philippe Lagayette, former Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan France, and Dominique Mockly, Senior Executive Vice-President of International and Marketing, AREVA

Rolf LINKOHR	Philippe LAGAYETTE	Dominique MOCKLY
	Slides P. Lagayette	Slides D. Mockly

3.00 pm : 2ND ROUND TABLE: Sharing nuclear safety

Janos TOTH

Chaired by Janos Toth, President of TEN section, EESC
With:
- Abdelmajib Çaoui, Secretary General of Morocco’s CNESTEN, (Nuclear Technologies, Sciences and Energy National Center), on safety as a public asset that should be shared
- Marie-Pierre Comets, ASN Commissioner, on the European fora for sharing nuclear practices
- Bernd Döhnert, Chief Advisor, International Business Development, Nuclear Power Plants, Westinghouse Electric Company, on the safety challenge in the nuclear competition
- Peter Faross, Director at the DG Energy, European Commission, on the European Safety directive
- Jean-Marc Miraucourt, Senior Vice-President, Operations engineering at EDF, on lifespan extension of power plants, and the conditions for their decommissioning
- Jozsef Ronaky, Managing Director, OAH, Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority, on the Hungarian implementation of safety measures

Abdelmajid CAOUI	Marie-Pierre COMETS	Bernd DOHNERT
		Slides B. Dohnert
Peter FAROSS	Jean-Marc MIRAUCOURT	Jozsef RONAKY

5.00 pm : 3RD ROUND TABLE: Towards a Waste directive. The importance of cooperation with Central and Eastern European Countries.

Claude FISCHER

Chaired by Claude Fischer, President of Confrontations Europe
With:
- Gábor Buday, Director of Science and Technology of PURAM, on the Hungarian perspective on waste management
- François-Michel Gonnot, French MP, President of Andra, on the pooling of research and knowledge
- Edit Herczog, MEP, Hungary, on the regional disposal issue in the European Union
- Isabelle Leboucher, International & Marketing Department VP Marketing Fuel Recycling, AREVA on “shared” reprocessing in La Hague
- Erkki Palonen, Design Manager, Plant Design, Posiva Oy, on the Finnish experience
- Frantizek Pazdera, Deputy Director of Power Generation for R&D, ČEZ, Vice-chairman of the European Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform, on waste as a resource for the future

Gabor BUDAY	François-Michel GONNOT	Edit HERCZOG
Isabelle LEBOUCHER	Erkki PALONEN	Frantizek PAZDERA
	Slides E. Palonen

Presentation of Cover by Cécile Massart, sculptor

Cécile MASSART

7.00 pm : Cocktail party Speech by his Excellency René Roudaut, Ambassador of the French Republic to Hungary

René ROUDAUT

Friday 17 September

9.00 am : DEBATE: Cooperation between the EU and Russia
Chaired by Gérard Cognet, CEA Delegate for Central Europe, Embassy of France in Hungary
Emmanuel Gout, StratinvestRU

Gérard COGNET

Emmanuel GOUT

10.00 am : Hearing: Nuclear energy and climate change
Stephen Tindale, Associate Fellow, Centre for European Reform, and co-founder of Climate Answers, former Director of Greenpeace UK and chairman of Greenpeace Europe Unit

Stephen TINDALE

11.00 am : 4TH ROUND TABLE: The social and economic conditions for sustainable nuclear energy in Europe, and Europe as a world leader

Chaired by Ulrich Gräber, Vice-President of the German Atomic Forum
With:
- Giancarlo Aquilanti, Head of Nuclear Operations, Enel, on the revival of nuclear energy in Italy and the cooperations on the European market
- Christophe Behar, Director of DEN at CEA, on RD/Innovation and Generation IV
- Marcin Ciepliński, President of PGE - Nuclear Energetyczna SA, on investment in a power plant in Poland to diversify their sources
- Luc H. Geraets, Vice President, Strategy, Business Development and R&D, GDF SUEZ Nuclear Activities, on for a competitive and regulated nuclear market
- Edgardo Iozia, Vice-President of TEN section, EESC, on the financing of nuclear power
- János Süli, Chief Executive Officer of MVM Paks NPP, on the group’s investment strategy
- Jean-Louis Viala, Director Nuclear Sector, Structured Export Finance, Natixis, on the design of the market for the nuclear technologies

Ulrich GRABER	Giancarlo AQUILANTI	Christophe BEHAR	Marcin CIEPLINSKI
	Slides G. Aquilanti		Slides M. Cieplinski
Luc GERAETS	Edgardo IOZIA	Janos SULI	Jean-Louis VIALA
Slides L. Geraets	Slides E. Iozia	Slides J. Suli	Slides JL Viala

12.30 pm : Closing keynote address:
Philippe Herzog, former MEP, Special Adviser to Michel Barnier, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services

Philippe HERZOG

Claude FISCHER

Speakers’ resume

CV speakers EEE Budapest

Minutes of the conference

Minutes EEE Budapest 2010

Partnerships

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