Unfortunately due to the current pandemic situation we are forced to postpone the 2020 edition of NNWI Forum to next year, 2021.
Highlights from last year's Forum
6 November 2019
On a perfect late autumn day last year the view across the Thames towards the Tower of London from the top floor of Norton Rose Fulbright's office was spectacular. Inside, at the New Nuclear Watch Institute Forum 2019, the audience had industry experts to debate with and a screen full of pictures, charts and tables to look at.
The Forum brought together speakers and panellists from five EU member states as well as from further afield. The topic, "Nuclear Energy as part of Europe's energy mix", excited lively discussion throughout the day.
One strong theme was the concern that the nuclear industry must make its voice heard beyond the energy community. Our vision of the crucial role which nuclear can play in providing clean, safe and cheap electricity to tackle the increasingly urgent challenge of climate change needs to be communicated persuasively to both governments and members of the public alike.
Another striking aspect was the confidence expressed by the wide range of nuclear professionals taking part both in the industry's ability to rise to this challenge and in the progress it is making on many fronts.
One of the Forum's most encouraging messages was how the academic world, the NGOs, the trade unions and the top management of the leading nuclear energy companies are united in their optimism about the industry's future.
Media coverage
We have to take cost risks on low-carbon projects
The urgency of the climate crisis means that the world cannot wait for a decade or more to find out whether immature technologies - such as carbon, capture and storage - will work, the former chair of parliament’s energy and climate change committee has warned.
Costs and financing key to Europe's nuclear future
Nuclear has a place in Europe's energy mix, but rising costs - even if only perceived - need to be addressed to ensure future growth, speakers agreed at the New Nuclear Watch Institute's (NNWI's) first annual forum, held in London.
Europe must not ignore nuclear in fight against climate change
NNWI boss Tim Yeo says there is a 'big opportunity' for Europe to become an industry leader in tackling climate change. Europe’s policymakers and nuclear industry are missing a “unique opportunity” to tackle the climate emergency.
Hosted by:
Speakers
Dr Ben Britton
Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer
Imperial College London
Yves Desbazeille
Director General
FORATOM
Jeremy Gordon
Director
Fluent in Energy
Dr Mark Hartley
Technical Director for
Hinkley Point C
EDF
Alan Raymant
Chief Executive of
Bradwell B
CGN UK
Nick Butler
Energy Commentator
Financial Times
Sue Ferns
Senior Deputy General
Secretary
Prospect
Christopher Granville
Managing Director
TS Lombard
Vadim Malkin
Managing Partner
TMC LLP
Fiona Reilly
Managing Director
FiRe Energy Limited
Humphrey Cadoux-Hudson
Nuclear Development Managing Director
EDF
Peter Fraser
Head of the Gas, Coal
and Power Markets Division
International Energy Agency
Peter Hall
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright
Rauli Partanen
Chief Executive Officer
Think Atom
Costis Stambolis
Executive Director
IENE
Dr Jonathan Cobb
Senior Communication Manager
World Nuclear Association
Kirsty Gogan
Executive Director
Energy for Humanity
Charles Hart
Analyst and Researcher
NNWI
Adrian Pepper
Chief Executive
Pepper Media
