Nuclear Forum moves on

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Tuesday, 15 May 2007

The Department of Trade and Industry hosted the highly successful second meeting of the Franco-British Nuclear Forum in London at the end of March. The Forum, which first met in Paris in November, was opened by Lord Truscott and François Loos, the UK and French energy ministers, who stressed the importance of the civil nuclear industry to both countries and their increasing links. Energy Minister Lord Truscott, said, “We continue to believe there is a case for new nuclear power stations as one of the low-carbon options of our future energy mix. This is because of nuclear's potentially significant contribution to security of supply and reducing emissions.” He also thanked the NIA for hosting the forum’s website. There followed two panel sessions featuring presentations from Lady Barbara Judge, UKAEA, Tim Stone, DTI, Pierre-Franck Chevet, DGEMP (French equivalent of DTI), Jean-Luc Lachaume, French Nuclear Safety Authority, Dr Ian Hudson, NDA, Jacques Repussard, French National Institute for Safety and Radioprotection, Laurent Stricker, EDF Generation, and Jacques Besnainou, Areva NC. The sessions were chaired by the NIA’s Head of Public Affairs, Simon James. The afternoon session of the Forum was taken up with meetings of its working groups which look at public perception of nuclear, regulatory and operator issues, skills and economics. The working groups meet between formal meetings also and have made some significant progress on understanding consultation processes in each country and enabling the operators and regulators in both countries to work together more closely. The next formal meeting of the Forum will be in the Autumn. Further information can be found on the Forum’s website, hosted by the NIA at http://www.francobritishnuclearforum.org.uk

 

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