Business as Usual and Nuclear Power
Subtitle: A Joint IEA/NEA Meeting, 14-15 October 1999
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and Nuclear Energy Agency
Contributors: Nuclear Energy Agency
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9789264180888
Subjects: Force and energy; Power (Mechanics); Power resources; Nuclear energy
Description: Energy and nuclear policy makers face many challenges as they evaluate options to ensure an adequate supply of electricity while pursuing environmental, economic and energy security goals. Many analysts suggest that nuclear’s share of global energy supply could decrease in coming decades. If energy markets and national energy policies continue along "business as usual" lines, what are the issues that arise? What are the consequences for the long-term availability of nuclear technology and expertise? This book identifies the issues in a series of papers presented at a recent meeting jointly organised by the International Energy Agency and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. Senior energy policy makers and industry executives from OECD Member countries contributed these analyses. They offer a realistic assessment of nuclear’s potential contribution, and the major challenges awaiting nuclear energy and energy supply in general. For those seeking a review of the current issues facing nuclear power within the broad context of energy policy, this is an essential report.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Executive Summary; title: SESSION 1. BUSINESS-AS-USUAL SCENARIOS FOR OECD NUCLEAR POWER USE; title: -Nuclear power in the world energy outlook by Fatih Birol (IEA); title: Nuclear power in the electricity market by Peter Wilmer (NEA); title: Nuclear power and environmental policy by Jonathan Pershing (IEA); title: SESSION 2. ENERGY POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF BUSINESS AS USUAL: COUNTRY VIEWS; title: -The German policy on the phasing-out of nuclear power and its implications by Walter Sandtner (Germany); title: Policies and events affecting nuclear power use and investment in the United States by Kevin Kelly (United States of America); title: Phasing out nuclear power – The Swedish experience by Yvonne Fredriksson (Sweden); title: Nuclear power development in Japan by Masaaki Mishiro (Japan); title: The Austrian experience by Andreas Molin (Austria); title: After dinner speech: French nuclear industry policy and latest governmental decisions by Dominique Maillard (France); title: SESSION 3. NUCLEAR POWER IMPLICATIONS OF BUSINESS AS USUAL: COUNTRY VIEWS; title: Infrastructure needs for nuclear power by Renzo Tavoni (Italy); title: World-wide co-operation in nuclear power: a Canadian perspective by Dan Whelan (Canada); title: Regulatory control, nuclear safety regulation and waste management in Spain by Aníbal Martín (Spain); title: SESSION 4. IMPLICATIONS OF BUSINESS AS USUAL: INDUSTRY VIEWS; title: EDF's nuclear strategy: new markets and skilled players by Hervé Machenaud (France); title: Implications for providers of nuclear power plants, materials and services by Derek May (United Kingdom); title: The changing scope of nuclear power R&D: a US perspective by Robin Jones (USA); title: Annex: Agenda as distributed at the meeting; title: List of participants