The Nuclear Sector: the Human, Social and Ethical Dimensions
2nd Anglo-French Seminar on “The Nuclear Sector: the Human, Social and Ethical Dimensions”
October 17 2018
UK Embassy in Paris, 35 rue du FaubourgSt Honoré, Paris 8ème
The French Nuclear Energy Society (SFEN), through its technical section « Humanity and Social Sciences », is organizing a Franco-British seminar for young PhD or postdoctoral researchers and academics on “Nuclear Choice”.
France and the UK both have an important nuclear industry and are engaged in nuclear projects. It seemed interesting to try to understand, from an academic point of view, the policy decision-making processes and the representations at work in the choice of nuclear power, in the political contexts specific to each country. The research angle is not the techno-economic dimension, which is extensively addressed elsewhere, but the political, philosophical and cultural dimensions in this choice.
PROGRAMME
08.30Registration
Introduction
09.00
Pr John Fyfe, Oxford University & Fanny Bazile (CEA – SFEN ST 17)
Context of the programme: Collaboration in the Nuclear Sector in two major nuclear States
09.15 Keynote Speech
Malcolm Grimston – Public Perceptions. It is not (just) about the Science
Kirsty Gogan – Communication, Trust and Credibility
Panel 1: Nuclear Energy Public Perceptions
10.00
Matthew Cotton, Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography and Environment, University of York
Imagining a Future for Nuclear Power – a qualitative backcasting approach
10.15
Shahnaz Hoque, Oxford University
The Nuclear Renaissance
10.30
Jeremy Bouillet, Lecturer in Political Sciences, Sciences Po Paris
The Energy Issue: Consensus, Conflict and Politization
10.45
Jean-Baptiste Thomas
Nuclear Energy: from acceptance to affirmation? The Benefits from Global Initiatives
11.00 Coffee Break ☕
Panel 2: Geographical Issues, Comparative Approaches
11.15
Claire Le Renard, EDF R&D – The diverging trajectories of Fast Breeder Reactor development in France and the UK (1950-1990s) : a tentative comparison
11.40
Teva Meyer, Postdoctoral research fellow at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon
How territorial Representations influence the evolution of nuclear Energy Policies. Perspectives on Sweden and Germany after Fukushima
12.15 – 13.30Lunch Break 🍽
Panel 3: Perception of controversial or conflicting issues: waste management, safety
13.45
Philip Thomas, Professor of Risk Management, University of Bristol
Big nuclear accidents: perceived and actual radiation harm. The finding of the multi-university NREFS project
14.15
Diana Paola Moreno Alarcon, PhD candidate, Mines Paris Tech
Ensuring Safety in Nuclear Continuity – A case study of Risk Management
14.30
Alicia Barotte – Decision process on radioactive waste management. Evolving legislation in France
14.45
Emily Webster – Radioactive Waste Management in UK : Burying the issues ?
15.00 Coffee Break ☕️
15.00 Roundtable Session
15.45
Concluding Statements
16.00
End of the Seminar