"Benefits and Costs of Nuclear Energy in Europe"

S3 conference room of the Charlemagne Building.

Brussels, 5th and 6th October 2005.

Organised by:

Supported by:

 

  OPENING SESSION :

Chairman: Mr Roland Palmqvist, Mayor of Kävlinge and president of SKO (Sweden), president of GMF.

 

Welcome

by the Chairman.

"ENERGY SUPPLY: COSTS AND BENEFITS OF THE NUCLEAR ENERGY.

THE GREEN BOOK IN THEORY AND PRACTICE"

Mr François Lamoureux

Director-General of DG TREN

PPT Presentation "NUCLEAR ENERGY IN THE FUTURE OF EUROPE"

Speech in Word "NUCLEAR ENERGY IN THE FUTURE OF EUROPE"

Mr Aleix Vidal-Quadras

Vice President of the European Parliament.

MEP of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Christian democrats group.

Speech in word "COSTS AND BENEFITS OF THE NUCLEAR ENERGY FROM THE LOCAL POINT OF VIEW"

ppt slides accompaining speech "COSTS AND BENEFITS OF THE NUCLEAR ENERGY FROM THE LOCAL POINT OF VIEW"

Mr Roland Palmqvist

Mayor of Kävlinge and President of KSO (Sweden).

President of GMF

ENERGY POLICY AND ENVIRONMENT:

Chairman: Mr Roland Palmqvist, Mayor of Kävlinge and president of SKO (Sweden), president of GMF.

 

"RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE"

Ms Ute Blohm-Hieber

Head of unit "Nuclear Safety and Waste Management" of the DG TREN

"ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY"

Mr Stan Gordelier

Head of the NEA Nuclear Development Division

Ppt presentation "SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN EU"

Speech in Word "SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN EU"

Mr Eduardo González

President of Foratom

"NUCLEAR ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE"

  Mr Bruno Comby

Writer and Head of the EFN.

He has cooperated with Mr James Lovelok.

Speech in Word written in German "EXIT FROM THE EXIT: GERMAN LOCAL VIEW OF NUCLEAR POLICY "

Ppt slides to accompain his talk "EXIT FROM THE EXIT: GERMAN LOCAL VIEW"

  Mr Wolfgang Mayer

Mayor of Gundremmingen (Germany)

TERRITORIAL BENEFITS AND COSTS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY

  Chairman : Mr Franck Bogovic, Mayor of Krsko (Slovenia) and Vice-President of GMF.

 

in Word "ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN EUROPE"

  Mr Christian Waeterloos

Director of Nuclear Safety Directorate, DG TREN and Director of EURATOM supply agency.

"ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACTS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY"

  Mr Claude Cambus

Member of ECOSOC (Economic and Social Committe of EU)

"SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AT LOCAL LEVEL DURING NPP OPERATION"

  Mr József Molnár

Mayor of Gerjen Municipality (Hungary) and member of TEIT (Association of municipalities around Paks NPP).

"SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AT LOCAL LEVEL DURING BOTH OPERATION AND DECOMMISSIONING PERIODS OF THE NPP"

  Mr Josep Castellnou

Mayor of Vandellòs-Hospitalet de l'Infant and President of AMAC (Spain)

"MITIGATION OF SOCIAL IMPACTS ON THE TERRITORY OF NPP DECOMMISSIONING: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE"

Mr Michele Laraia

Decommissioning Unit Leader - Waste Technology Section in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) -NEWF

"SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF NPP DECOMMISSIONING AT LOCAL LEVEL"

(Ppt Presentation available)

  Mr Vytautas Rackauskas

Mayor of Visaginas (Lithuania)

Replaced by Mr Patrik Fauchon, mayor of Flamanville (France)

who talk about the local impact of the construction of a new generation nuclear power plant in Flamanville. (Presentation not available)

"LOCAL IMPACTS OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES AND LOCAL ACCEPTANCE"

Mr Michel Meeus

Mayor of Dessel Municipality (Belgium)

  represented by

Katleen Darveux (Stora)

TERRITORIAL BENEFITS AND COSTS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY

Chairman : Mr Patrick Fauchon Mayor of Flamanville (France) and Member of GMF

Word in french "EUROPEAN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR DECOMMISSIONING AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY CLOSURE: AN EXPRESSION OF SOLIDARITY"

Word in english "EUROPEAN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR DECOMMISSIONING AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY CLOSURE: AN EXPRESSION OF SOLIDARITY"

Ppt slides acompaining speech "EUROPEAN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR DECOMMISSIONING AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY CLOSURE: AN EXPRESSION OF SOLIDARITY"

Mr Fernando De Esteban

Deputy Director-General of DG TREN

"BUILDING ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES"

(Presentation not available in electronic format)

Mr Mathias Lietz

President-Mayor of Ostovorpommern (Germany)

"RUMANIAN SITUATION"

Ms Mariana Mircea

Councillor of Cernavoda (Rumania)

Ms Mariana Mircea, replaced Mr Peter Ryska (Mayor of Jaslovské Bohunice, Slovakia).

"PROTECTION OF ENERGY ASSETS: THE CASE OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES"

  Mr José Antonio Hoyos

Unit "Security of Energy installations and infrastructures" of the DG TREN

Replacing Ms Dolores Carrillo.

SOCIAL PERCEPTION AND PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE

Chairman moderator: Ms Mariana Mircea, Councilor of Cernavoda (Rumania). Member of GMF.

"PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS ON ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT - WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FUTURE ROLE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY"

Mr Derek Taylor

Adviser of the DG TREN

 PANEL DEBATE

• Mr Terence Wynn (United Kingdom) MEP of the Labour Party.

• Mr Philip Moding (Secretary General of KSO, Sweden)

• Mr Derek Taylor (Adviser of the DG TREN)

• Ms Mariana Mircea (Councillor of Cernavoda, Rumania)

It was a dynamic and interactive panel with interesting interventions of the audience.

CONCLUSIONS AND END OF THE CONFERENCE

Mr Mariano Vila d'Abadal

Secretary General of GMF

Mr Mariano Vila d'abadal talk about the the municipalities of GMF, underlining their involvement in the nuclear sector as the concerned actors from the european nuclear territories.

He said that the municipalities are not a missed part any more and remarked that its mayors showed, during the seminar, their whishes to keep with the nuclear installations since the benefits are really important for its territories: They are defending the current existence as well as the future of the nuclear power plants, always under the pillars of safety, transparency, radioactive waste management and sustainable development.

He remarked the words of most of the speakers considering GMF as a valid and important concerned actor that should be taken into consideration as interlocutor for the European Institutions when decision making. It was very well received by the local authorities who were attending the Seminar.

A part of that, he plesantly thanked the active participation of the speakers.

Mr Christian Waeterloos

Director of Nuclear Safety Directorate of DG TREN, and Director of EURATOM supply agency.

Mr Waeterloos compared the talks of the GMF members of the Seminar held in Brussels in 2000 with the talks done during that Seminar. Nowadays, GMF is saying that their experiences cohabiting with nuclear are good. They are playing an important rol in the nuclear sector becasue they are giving their opinion , which arrives at the Euroepan level.

He underlined that European Commission is considering the GMF as an important interlocutor to strengh its relationship with the local authorities and, extensively, with the civilian, as a way to achieve a better governance for the nuclear issues.

CORE program

Ppt Presentation in the frame of the GMF General Assembly

(Cooperation for the reconstruction of areas affected by the Chernobyl catastrophe) presented during the GMF General Assembly by Zoya Trafimchik (Coordinator of CORE program)

www.core-chernobyl.org

The Science Shop for the local stakeholders

Ppt presentation in the frame of the GMF General Assembly

Presented by Mr Jordi Bruno (Director General of Enviros Spain) and Ms Meritxell Martell (Senior Consultant of Enviros Spain) in the GMF General Assembly.

The Science Shop at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) has been created within the framework of a 4-year European Integrated Project, namely Fundamental Processes of Radionuclide Migration (FUNMIG). The main objective of this Science Shop is to offer civil society organisations a tool for sharing knowledge and expertise on nuclear issues whilst advancing the dialogue between science and society through networking and participatory workshops.

www.funmig.com