Nuclear power

There is a renewed interest in nuclear energy around the world. One reason is the large increase in demand for electricity. Forecasts predict the demand will have doubled in comparison to today's level by 2050. Nuclear power technology has improved since its introduction in the 1970s and 1980s.

Fission as well as fusion energy have been dealt with in this project, and are accordingly described in “Statements on Fission Energy” and “Statements on Fusion Energy”. The future potential of nuclear energy, different reactor techniques, waste problems and other risks are in focus.

New report on Germany's phase-out decision

The Committee has produced a report on effects of Germany's decision to phase-out their nuclear power stations before 2022. If the whole of the EU were to follow the German example, the EU’s carbon dioxide emissions would rise by 20% compared with the current level, directly contrary to the EU objective of reducing emissions by 20% by 2020. The issue was discussed at the seminar Europe’s energy future (below)

The report is available for download at Publications to the right.

From Europe's energy future,  2011-11-08
The seminar is available as video on demand at  KVATV.se 
(search on "energy")

A German Perspective, Ferdi Schüth