"Opportunities and Risks of Nuclear Power"

What are the opportunities afforded by nuclear power, given the backdrop of global warming and an increasing world population?

What is the current and future status of reactor safety?

These and other topical questions surrounding the future energy supply were addressed by the Speakers at the international scientific symposium "Opportunities and Risks of Nuclear Power" held in late April. Invitations were issued by the ILK to 15 international experts. On the first day, basic questions relating to German, European and world-wide energy supply and nuclear engineering developments were discussed, followed by a series of more specific questions on nuclear power utilization on the second day.

Please find the individual contributions listed below as .pdf-files for downloading.

Symposium Program

Symposium Program (ilk-symposium.pdf, 44Kb)

Day One, Thursday, April 26th, 2001

Fatih Birol, IEA/EAD
Perspectives on World Energy Supply

Abstract (birol_abstract_en.pdf, 32Kb)
Presentation (birol_presentation.pdf, 1299Kb)

Pedro de Sampaio Nunes, EU
Strategies for a Sustainable Development of the Energy Supply

Abstract (nunes_abstract_en.pdf, 13Kb)
Presentation (nunes_presentation.pdf, 1287Kb)

Alfred Voß, University of Stuttgart
Liberalisation and Sustainable Energy Supply: Perspectives of Energy and Renewable Energy Sources

Abstract (voss_abstract_en.pdf, 10Kb)
Text version (voss_en.pdf, 109Kb)

Nils J. Diaz, USNRC
Regulating for the People

Abstract (diaz_abstract_en.pdf, 8Kb)
Text version (diaz_en.pdf, 19Kb)
Presentation (diaz_presentation.pdf, 42Kb)

Walter Hohlefelder, E.ON Energie
The Future of Nuclear Power from the Perspective of German Operators

Abstract (hohlefelder_abstract_en.pdf, 34Kb)

Andrew C. Kadak, MIT
The Future of Nuclear Power in the USA (Generation IV Reactors)

Abstract (kadak_abstract_en.pdf, 23Kb)
Presentation (kadak_presentation.pdf, 272Kb)

Valerij Ratchkov, MinAtom
The Future of Nuclear Power in Russia
(Presentation held by Andrei Bolshakov as substitute representative of MinAtom.)

Abstract (ratchkov_abstract_en.pdf, 12Kb)
Text version (ratchkov_en.pdf, 140Kb)
Presentation (ratchkov_presentation.pdf, 2057Kb)

Zeng Weng Xing, China Guangdon Nuclear Power Corporation Ltd.
The Role of Nuclear Power in China

Abstract (zeng_abstract_en.pdf, 19Kb)
Presentation (zeng_presentation.pdf, 815Kb)

Day Two, Friday, April 27th, 2001

Klaus-Rüdiger Trott, University of London
Physiological Effects of Small Radiation Doses

Abstract (trott_abstract_en.pdf, 5Kb)

Peter Nygårds, SKB
Advances in the Siting of Nuclear Final Repositories

Abstract (nygards_abstract_en.pdf, 10Kb)

Timothy Walker, HSE
Comparative Risks of Nuclear Power Utilization

Abstract (walker_abstract_en.pdf, 5Kb)
Text version (walker_en.pdf, 38Kb)
Presentation (walker_presentation.pdf, 754Kb)

André-Claude Lacoste, DSIN
Safety Practice in Western and Eastern Europe

Abstract (lacoste_abstract_en.pdf, 13Kb)
Presentation (lacoste_presentation.pdf, 142Kb)

Wilhelm Vossenkuhl, University of Munich
Ethical Aspects of Nuclear Power Utilization

Abstract (vossenkuhl_abstract_en.pdf, 5Kb)

Joop van der Pligt, University of Amsterdam
Perception and Acceptability of Risks

Abstract (pligt_abstract_en.pdf, 12Kb)
Presentation (pligt_presentation.pdf, 34Kb)

Jean-Yves Le Déaut, Member of the French Parliament
The Responsibility of Politics in the Perception of Risk

Abstract (ledeaut_abstract_en.pdf, 10Kb)
Text version (ledeaut_en.pdf, 52Kb)