Programme

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Programme

9:30-9:45    Opening remarks

  • Baiba Miltoviča, President of the EESC Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and Information Society
  • Rosalinde Van Der Vlies, Director, European Commission, DG RTD Clean Planet

9:45–10.30    Session 1 – Radioactive waste management: state of play

Moderator: Seif Ben Hadj Hassine, European Commission (DG RTD)

  • Jan Panek, Director for Nuclear Energy, Safety and ITER (introductory remarks - online), followed by Gianfranco Brunetti, acting Head of Unit, European Commission, DG ENER
  • Ulla Engelmann, Director, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Nuclear Safety and Security (video message), followed by Jaroslava Pravdova, Head of Safety of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Unit
  • Stéphan Schumacher, Director of Scientific and Technical Division, EURAD PMO, ANDRA 

10.30-11.00    Coffee break

11.00-13.00    Session 2: The point of view of civil society followed by a debate

Moderator: Seif Ben Hadj Hassine, European Commission (DG RTD)

  • Alena Mastantuono, Rapporteur and Christophe Quarez co-Rapporteur of TEN/842 on ''Radioactive waste management: a civil society perspective''
  • Alexis Geisler-Roblin, Nuclear Transparency Watch
  • Guillaume Blavette, EEB (the European Environmental Bureau)
  • Fabian Sjöberg, Mayor of Östhammar (Sweden), and VP of GMF (Group of European Municipalities with Nuclear Facilities)

Debate

13.00-14.30    Lunch break

14:30–16.30    Session 3 – Presentation of best practices by Member States followed by a debate

Moderator: Seif Ben Hadj Hassine, European Commission (DG RTD)

  • Finland: Johanna Hansen (Posiva Oy) and Vesa Lakaniemi (Mayor of Eurajoki Municipality)
  • Belgium: Christophe Depaus (ONDRAF) and Catherine Fallon (University of Liege)
  • Slovakia: Peter Mihok (Senior Researcher, member of Nuclear Transparency Watch - NTW) and Miroslav Kövér (Slovak National Nuclear Fund)

Debate

16.30-17.00    Session 4: The way ahead followed by a debate

Moderator: Corina Murafa, Co-founder Romanian Energy Poverty Observatory, Lecturer Bucharest University of Economic Studies

  • Valéry Detilleux, Bel-V

Debate

17.00-17.30    Concluding remarks

  • Baiba Miltoviča, President of the EESC Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and Information Society