Launch of the World Nuclear Waste Report (WNWR) - Focus Europe

The first edition of the World Nuclear Waste Report (WNWR) – Focus Europe assesses how much waste countries have generated, how much is stored and disposed of. It provides an overview about the estimated costs for management, storage and disposal of nuclear waste and how governments try to secure funding for these costs. Finally, the report presents a short history of how countries worldwide have been struggling up until today to advance in the search for repositories. The report offers a selection of country studies, including the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

A dozen of renowned international scientists has compiled the report. Authors will present key findings at the event in English. The final panel will discuss in German lessons of decade-long attempts of countries to find a final repository.

Program

09:30  Arrival & Coffee

10:00  Welcome

• Ellen Ueberschär, President, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung   

10:10  Nuclear waste - a challenge for more than one generation

• Rebecca Harms, former Member of European Parliament (Alliance 90/The Greens)

10:30  The World Nuclear Waste Report – an introduction

• Arne Jungjohann, Editor and Coordinator of the World Nuclear Waste Report

10.45  Categories and conventions

• Florian Emrich, Head of President’s Office, Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BfE)
• Arne Jungjohann, Editor and Coordinator of the World Nuclear Waste Report
• Moderation: Mycle Schneider, International Consultant, Convening Lead Author of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report

11:40  Europe’s piles of nuclear waste

• Mycle Schneider, International Consultant, Convening Lead Author of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report
• Ben Wealer, Research Associate at Berlin Institute of Technology, guest researcher the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)
• Moderation: Eva van de Rakt, Head of Office, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union, Brussels

12:30  Lunch Break

13:30  Closing the gap? Rising costs and the challenge of financing

• Yves Marignac, Director, World Information Service on Energy Paris
• Sylvia Kotting-Uhl, Member of Parliament (Alliance 90/The Greens), Chair of Committee for Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety
• Moderation: Craig Morris, Renewable Energy Agency

14:20  Die Suche nach einem Endlager für hochradioaktive Abfälle: Kein Ende in Sicht?

• Miranda Schreurs, Chair of National Civil Society Board (Nationales Begleitgremium), Technical University of Munich, School of Governance
• Marcos Buser, former member of the Federal Commission for Nuclear Safety in Switzerland
• Jorina Suckow, member of the National Civil Society Board (Nationales Begleitgremium)
• Moderation: Rebecca Harms, former Member of European Parliament (Alliance 90/The Greens)

15:30  End of event

Information

Martin Keim, Head of European Energy Transition Programme, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union | E-Mail Martin.Keim@eu.boell.org,

Julia Bartmann, Project Officer European Union / North America Division, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung | E-Mail bartmann@boell.de