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Franco British Nuclear Forum
Franco British Nuclear Forum
The Franco-British Nuclear Forum was announced following the Prime Minister's meeting with President Chirac in June. The announcement
said that: "We have agreed to explore and further develop the opportunities of working together in the civil nuclear field. To that end
we have agreed to establish a regular Franco-British Nuclear Forum, involving representatives from government, industry and
technical experts. The Forum will provide a vehicle to discuss Franco-British nuclear cooperation, including research, skills,
decommissioning and waste management".
The aims of the Forum are: to develop further existing relationships between French and British policy makers, regulators,
industry and scientists; to develop collaboration on existing and new areas of mutual interest; and to draw more value from
work being done in France and the UK both separately and collaboratively.
The first meeting will be in Paris on 29 November followed by a meeting in the UK in the spring. The number and frequency
of subsequent meetings is still to be agreed.
The meeting on 29 November will be co-chaired by Francois Loos, French Industry Minister with responsibility for Energy and
Malcolm Wicks. It will start at 11:45 with a ministerial launch, and move to working groups after a lunch hosted by M Loos. There
are 3 working groups:
- Workshop No 1 on Political Environment, looking at the regulation of safety and security, legal framework and other issues
that provide for public acceptance of nuclear activity;
- Workshop 2 on Skills including benchmarking existing skills and engagement with the supply chain;
- Workshop 3 on the Economic Environment, including the question of the comparative competitiveness of the nuclear energy and
the long term costs of nuclear power.
The British and French attendees at these workshops will agree a programme of work that they might complete together in the
six months before the next meeting in London in the spring.
Membership is made up from industry, policy makers, regulators and scientists.
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