Option n°26 : NUCLEAR REVIVAL, NUCLEAR SAFETY: challenges for the European Union

  • Print
Option26
Option n°26 - published in April 2009.

The nuclear revival is a fact, in Europe and the rest of the world. We are delighted at this. Today, all eyes are on the United Kingdom where the Government intends to do more than merely replace twenty-three aging power plants. The challenge facing them is considerable – Mr. Hutton, Britain’s Minister for Trade and Industry, estimates that the work will generate 100,000 jobs. It is to be hoped that the soon-to-end Franco-British summit meeting will have strengthened understanding between the two countries. This would augur well for the French Presidency of the European Union which hopes to launch debate on a common energy policy within the European Council. Since the United Kingdom took the decision to relaunch the construction of nuclear reactors, France is no longer alone; it has a new ally in the nuclear debate. The British decision is also seen as encouraging by all the companies that wish to develop nuclear technology. This development is not only manifest in the United Kingdom; in Germany and a number of countries in Central and Eastern Europe, there is an obvious, if latent, desire to enter this sector.

Nuclear revival, nuclear safety:
challenges for the European Union

This issue n°26 of "L’Option" gathers the Proceedings of two symposiums :
- the March 2008 conference on "The Revival of Nuclear Energy, a challenge for the European Union"
- and the November 2008 Conference on "Nuclear safety: a worldwide Public Good".

CONTENTS

- Foreword by Claude Fischer
- Introduction by Philippe Herzog

PART A: The revival of nuclear energy: a challenge for Europe

- Partnerships
- Speakers list
- Synthesis for decision-makers byAndré Ferron and Michel Cruciani
- 1 Address and 3 sessions
Opening Address by Dominique Ristori
First round table: Conditions to relaunch the nuclear industry in Europe: role of companies, banks and public institutions
Second round table: The need for a European energy mix and the necessity to improve the European common Market Model
Last round table: The conditions for a European foreign energy policy
- Speech of Anne Lauvergeon
- The positions of institutions actors
Hearing of Pierre-Franck Chevet
Speech by Santiago San Antonio
Hearing of Urska Dolinsek
- Speeches of Mikhail Yakovlev and Kirill Komarov
- Conclusions by Jean-Pierre Jouyet

PART B: Nuclear safety: a worldwide Public Good

- Conference Partnerships
- Speakers list
- 1 Address and 2 sessions
Opening Address by André-Claude Lacoste
First round table: Under what conditions can the nuclear industry be “implanted” in emerging countries?
Second round table: Defining an international framework?
- Debates with Peter Faross and Guillaume Gillet
- Conclusions by Philippe Herzog

Annexes :
- List of the former issues of “L’Option”
- List of “Interface” issues dealing with Energy, published by Confrontations Europe - Hearing of Urska Dolinsek
- Books of Confrontations Europe published in English
- Organizers : the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), the Center for European Energy Strategy (C.E.R.E.S.), Les Entretiens européens and Confrontations Europe

pdf-dist
Option n°26 Eng

- See our other books published in English or in French.

- See the others "L'Option" published in English

---

Confrontations Europe - 227 boulevard Saint-Germain - F-75007 PARIS - Tél : +33 (0)1 43 17 32 83 - Fax : +33 (0)1 45 56 18 86
Bureau de Bruxelles : 19-21 rue du Luxembourg - B - 1000 Bruxelles - Tél : +32 (0)2 213 62 70 - Fax : +32 (0)2 213 62 79
Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  / Webmaster : This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.