Recent EU institutional developments in the nuclear field: outlook positive

1. Recent EU institutional developments in the nuclear field: outlook positive Richard Ivens, Senior Manager, Institutional Affairs FORATOM richard.ivens@foratom.org www.foratom.org 28 May, 2008 Varna, Bulgaria

2. PresentationOutline • About FORATOM • European Nuclear Energy Forum (ENEF) • European Nuclear Installations Safety Standards (ENISS) • High Level Group on Safety & Radioactive Waste (HLG) • Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform (SNETP) • Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SETP) • EP report on Conventional Energies • Forthcoming EU developments

3. FORATOM European Nuclear Forum • Acts as the voice of the nuclear energy sector (17 national fora, 800 companies) in EU policy debates and initiatives • Works to enhance relations between the industry and the European Institutions (eg MEP Forum Bulatom/Romatom dinner-debate, Strasbourg, 20 Feb ’08) • Delivers information on nuclear energy to the European Institutions, the media and the public • Provides regular information to its members on developments emerging from the European Institutions • Acts as an adviser to international organisations and institutions

4. 17 National nuclear associations from across Europe

5. FORATOM - Task Forces*=Bulatom membership • Security of Energy Supply* • Environmental Issues* • New Member States* • Instrument for Nuclear Safety Co-operation* • R&D* • Transport* • Safety & Radioprotection* • Radioactive Waste Management* • Decommissioning Financing* • Legal* • Management Systems* • Nuclear Information*

6. European Nuclear Energy Forumhigh-level stakeholder dialogue • 1st meeting in Bratislava, 26/27 Nov ’07 • 2nd meeting in Prague, 22/23 May ’08 • Website and three Working Groups established: • ‘Opportunities’ – Mr. Jean-Pol Poncelet AREVA • ‘Risks’ – Mr. Walter Hohlefelder E.ON • ‘Transparency’ – Mr. Janos Toth ECOSOC • Sub-groups established on: Competitiveness, Financing, (Licensing), Safety Harmonisation, Waste, Education & Training, Better Information, Building Trust and Confidence, Best Practices • Next meeting in Bratislava, 3/4 Nov ’08

7. ENEF ‘Opportunities' • Report on nuclear competitiveness finalised; further work needed on capital costs and impact of CO2 prices • Financing models: presentations by TVO, EdF and ENEL • Nuclear legal roadmap including licensing: presentation by E.ON

8. ENEF ‘Risks’ • Paper on safety harmonisation well advanced • Waste SG: Pushing for political decisions on geological disposal, identifying success factors and developing practical roadmaps • Education & Training SG: Proposal to launch EC study on human resource requirements over next 10-25 years; European Nuclear Training Academy

9. ENEF ‘Transparency’ • Focus on how to improve flow of information to the public • Examination of how transparent the industry really is, in order to build public confidence • Benchmarking of best practices in local communications

10. Facts and Figures from ENEF Prague • Bigger attendance and more substantial programme than Bratislava! • 300 participants • 3 Prime Ministers: CzR, SK, LT • Several EU Government ministers • 7 MEPs • EC President Barroso • Commissioner Piebalgs • Nuclear industry CEOs including CEZ, Areva, British Energy, Enel SE, Urenco, Nuclearelectrica, Posiva … • NGOs; associations and civil society: Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, GMF, EESC, BUSINESSEUROPE, IFIEC, INLA, SNETP …

11. Key Political Messages from Prague Barroso: By 2020, 60% of our electricity could come from carbon-free sources (nuclear and renewables); nuclear energy can help protect our economies against price volatility; Nuclear energy also helps to enhance EU's security of energy supply Topolanek: Courage and responsibility needed to say that EU needs nuclear energy for its security; Education and training as well as research into new reactors must be boosted; ENEF needs to answer questions asked by Bratislava and Prague and deliver clear conclusions and recommendations Fico: ENEF as opportunity to demonstrate MS positions on nuclear energy; ENEF needs to move from discussion towards providing answers and conclusions; Bohunice closure – reckless decision by the EC HLG Chair Stritar: Some MS willing to support directives on waste and safety if no additional layer of regulation created at EC level and if the role of national regulators is not compromised

12. European Nuclear Installations Safety Standardsindustry group within FORATOM • Working with regulators (WENRA) to establish Safety Reference Levels for reactor operations, waste & spent fuel storage and decommissioning • Working with IAEA on basic safety standards • Will move on to establish SRLs for new NPPs • In favour of EU legislation on ‘safety fundamentals’

13. High Level Group on Safety & Radioactive WasteHeads of National Regulatory Bodies • Meetings on 12 Oct ’07, 11 Jan and 21 Apr ’08 • Member States remain divided on issue of binding EU safety standards – UK, Sweden and Germany against • Main reasons for opposition are: additional layer of control/reporting without added value; lack of EC legal responsibility towards national citizens; additional leverage to antinuclear states • Next meeting 30 May ’08 looking for consensus • Final report due autumn ’09

14. Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platformwww.snetp.eu • Launched on 21 Sep ’07 along with Vision Report • Now more than 50 member organisations • Will co-ordinate national and EU research programmes • Strategic Research Agenda nearing 1st draft • Working Groups established on Deployment Strategy and Education, Training & Knowledge Management • 1st General Assembly planned for 25 Nov ‘08

15. Strategic Energy Technology Plan • EC Communication of 22 Nov ’07 • Endorsed by Energy Council of 28 Feb ‘08 • Recognition that nuclear is an important component of the technological drive for competitive and secure low-carbon EU energy supply, alongside fossil fuel/CCS and renewables • For next 10 years to meet 2020 goals: “maintain competitiveness in fission technologies, together with long-term waste management solutions” • For next 10 years to meet 2050 goals: “complete preparations for demonstration of a new generation (Gen IV) of fission reactors for increased sustainability” • European Industrial Initiative foreseen on sustainable nuclear fission (SNETP will input)

16. European Parliament’s Report on Conventional Energy – Reul Report • Adopted on 24 Oct ’07 with 509 votes in favour, 153 against and 30 abstentions • “nuclear energy is indispensable if basic energy needs are to be met in Europe in the medium term” • “nuclear energy is currently the largest low-carbon energy source in Europe” • “abandoning nuclear power will make it impossible to achieve the objectives set regarding reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and the combating of climate change”

17. Forthcoming EU developments • French Presidency Jul-Dec ’08, followed by Czech Republic and Sweden • New Eurobarometer Survey on Radioactive Waste Mgt • 6th EC Report on Radioactive Waste Management • Strategic Energy Review • Illustrative Nuclear Programme (PINC) update • Revision of Euratom Basic Safety Standards • Possible recast of nuclear transport legislation • Possible directive on 3rd party nuclear liability • Possible directives on safety and waste management • European Elections, June 2009 Bulgaria is an important ally in the nuclear debate!