U.S. Launch of the 2015 World Nuclear Industry Status Report

Tuesday, October 13th, 12-1:30pm
(A light lunch will be served from noon onwards)
National Resources Defense Council 
(1152 15th Street NW, Suite 300)

Opening remarks: 
Bastian Hermisson, Executive Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation North America

Keynote Speaker:
Mycle Schneider, Lead Author of The World Nuclear Industry Status Report

Moderator: 
Matthew McKinzie, Director, Nuclear Program, NRDC

The Heinrich Böll Foundation, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) are delighted to invite you to a luncheon discussion with Mycle Schneider, the lead author of the new World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2015. The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2015 provides a comprehensive overview of nuclear power plant data, including information on operation, production and construction. The report assesses the status of new build programs in current nuclear countries as well as in potential newcomer countries. This year’s edition of the report provides an analysis of nuclear plant construction starts over time, describes delays in Generation III+ reactor projects (including the EPR, AP1000, AES 2006), looks at the history and development status of advanced reactors, and gives an update of ongoing issues from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. 

Mycle Schneider, convening lead author of the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report, is a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM), based at Princeton University, and is a laureate of the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "Alternative Nobel Prize." Mycle is the Coordinator of the Seoul International Energy Advisory Council (SIEAC) and has served as advisor on nuclear energy issues to the French Environment Minister, the Belgian Minister for Energy and Sustainable Development, the German Environment Ministry, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Please RSVP by Thursday, October 8th, 2015.