[SystemSafety] nuclear energy - disparate policies?

[René Senden]

There have been interesting contributions to this thread, many thanks to
all.
A lot has been said with respect to economic considerations.. Regarding
alternative 
energy sources I noticed that hydrogen was not mentioned..
Less has been said about the associated risks, acceptability of risk etc,
not only with
respect to accidents but also w.r.t. the matter of nuclear waste



-----Original Message-----
From: René Senden [mailto:rene.senden at gmail.com] 
Sent: maandag 21 oktober 2013 19:36
To: systemsafety at techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
Subject: nuclear energy - disparate policies?

Dear all,

Today I learned from BBC World News that the UK will be developing another
nuclear facility for the purpose of generating energy.
It was also said that UK’s PM indicated that (and I paraphrase).. “it will
be one of hopefully many to come”.
Although this hardly needs to be said on this list, please correct me
if/where (deemed) necessary. I pretty much typed this posting within
2 minutes after hearing the news


There have been quite different, at times even opposite, political
(re)considerations w.r.t. nuclear energy in the aftermath of the tragic
accident in Japan, which happened not so long ago. A very pronounced
difference in policy is, of course, Germany vs.. well.. most other
countries
 

Is it strictly a matter of (inter)national politics or do the different
national policies also reflect different opinions of the corresponding
(relevant) experts and  scientists serving those countries (whose expert
judgement I assume to influence the policies set out by the politicians they
advise) ?

I am very interested in your thoughts on this. 

Rene