The NO NEED FOR NUCLEAR; THE RENWABLES ARE HERE Conference took place at Conway Hall, Holborn, on June 17th 2017.
There were 16 speakers who covered a wide range of aspects of the nukiller power.
These talks are now available to view online.
They are as follows: –
Dr Ian Fairlie, Dr Carl Clowes, Caroline Lucas, and Kate Hudson.
Session One. What is wrong with nuclear power?
1. Dr Ian Fairlie: Radiation and radioactivity dangers.
2. Dr David Toke: Nuclear and renewables costs compared.
3. Prof Tim Mousseau: Continuing effects at Chernobyl and Fukushima.
4. Prof Andrew Blowers: The legacy of nuclear power.
Followed by questions/answers.
Session Two: The Politics of Nuclear Power.
5. Prof Steve Thomas: Why Hinkley Point C is unlikely to ever start.
6. Kelvin Hopkins MP: Can Labour change its policy on new nuclear build?
7. Dr Molly Scott Cato MEP: How would the Green Party do it differently?
8. Chris Baugh, PCS: Jobs: the Trade Union perspective.
Followed by questions/answers.
Session Three: UK Energy Demand, Energy Supply.
9. Andrew Warren: Energy Demand; do we really need new nuclear?
10. Dr Tom Burke: Recent changes in UK Energy Policy.
11. Antony Froggatt: Effects of proposed Brexit and Euratom exit on nuclear policies.
12. Dr Doug Parr: UK Energy and Industrial Strategies; Is nuclear an answer to climate change?
Followed by questions/answers.
Session Four: The Renewables.
13. Prof David Elliot: Renewable energy options.
14. Prof Godfrey Boyle: Future renewable scenarios for the world, Europe and the UK.
15. Alasdair Cameron: Winning the renewables argument
16. Amelia Womack: Where we’ve done well.
Followed by questions/answers.
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