Publication details
Assessment of Risks in the Front End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
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| Description | Presentation at the interactive discussion of the Brussels Energy Club addressed the topic of "Coping with the challenge of security of supply in European nuclear energy: mitigating risk and searching for balanced strategies" and took place on Thursday 12 November 2015. Over the past decade, energy policy circles in Brussels have focused heavily on the security of natural gas supplies from external suppliers while until recently supply security of other fuels comprising the European energy mix have received less attention. Nuclear energy remains a vital part of Europe's energy supplies and the nuclear power industry now needs to concentrate on implementing strategies for mitigating security of supply risks. This particularly applies to the trade in nuclear fuel. Each risk mitigation strategy has costs and benefits. Some utilities choose to have different suppliers at certain stages of the fuel cycle, while others opt for a single supplier for all four stages of the cycle. The nuclear fuels trade remains a very specific component of the wider-European energy trade where associated security of supply related questions remain as topical as ever. |