5 FEBRUARY 2019 18:30 – 21:00REPRESENTATION OF THE STATE OF BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG TO THE EU, RUE BELLIARD 60-62, 1040 BRUSSELS

NUCLEAR POWER: ASSET OR BARRIER FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION?

NUCLEAR POWER: ASSET OR BARRIER FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION?

Hosted by: The Greens/EFA and Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union

Date: 5 February 2019

Time: 18:30 – 21:00

Venue: Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the EU, Rue Belliard 60-62, 1040 Brussels

Agenda

18:30

Registration

19:00 WelcomeBodo Lehmann (Head of the Representation of the State of Baden-Württemberg to the EU)Rebecca Harms (Member of the European Parliament) Eva van de Rakt (Head of Office Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung European Union)

KeynoteMycle Schneider (Independent Energy Consultant): Presentation of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report

CommentsYves Marignac (Director, WISE-Paris): The Future of The French Nuclear Exception

Aviel Verbruggen (Professor for Energy and Environmental Economics, University of Antwerp): The Lessons of Nuclear Winter in Belgium

Keynote Christian von Hirschhausen (Professor of Economic and Infrastructure Policy, Berlin University of Technology; Research Director, DIW Berlin (German Institute for Economic Research)): The Risks and Challenges of Nuclear Waste Management and Disposal

Klaus Töpfer (Co-Chair of the Committee to Accompany the Search for a High Level Radioactive Waste Management Site, Germany; Former Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany; Former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme):Finding a Permanent Nuclear Disposal Site in Germany - About a New Start after 40 Years – tbc

21:00Reception

The event will be held in English.