Working Group on "Opportunities of Nuclear Energy"
Wednesday, 19 December 2007 13:07 | 
Mandate of the Working Group :
- To establish a Nuclear Energy Roadmap to improve the nuclear legal framework, including greater harmonization of licensing procedures.
- To analyse more in detail, in comparison with other energy sources, the competitiveness of nuclear energy in a European low carbon economy and a global energy security context. To examine ways to translate some competitive advantages of nuclear energy in the final price of domestic and business consumers.
- To explore innovative models regarding regional approaches and financing possibilities in the field of nuclear energy.
- To examine the ways and means to maintain the industrial capacity while improving the industrial environment.
Chairman : Jean-Pol Poncelet , Advisor to the CEO, Senior Vice President, New Energies Policy, Areva
The WG Decided to establish four subgroups :
- competitiveness (Chairperson: Didier Beutier, AREVA)
- financing (Chairperson: Kaija Kainurinne, TVO)
- smart grids (Chairperson: Per Hallberg, Vattenfall)
- legal roadmap (Chairpersons: Christian Raetzke, E-ON and Marc Beyens, Electrabel)
