Part 1. Energy transition based on comparison of energy policy scenarios.
Part 2. Nuclear energy: qualitative issues of concern - safety risks, security risks, radioactive waste - risks in the German energy transition.
This two day workshop will address the backgrounds of the German decision to move away from nuclear energy towards an economy based on efficient use of renewable energy sources and the consequences for the global energy debate.
The first part will look into how in Germany the energy debate is influenced by wide stakeholder participation and in depth policy analysis on the basis of scenario models. We will also look what this process means on a global level and for a country like Ukraine.
The second part of the workshop will address the qualitative discussion about risk that led to the final decision of the German government for the energy transition. We will look into the issues of rest-risk on the basis of the Fukushima catastrophe and nuclear security debates. We will look into the issue of radioactive waste. We will conclude with an assessment of the report of the German Ethics Commission on the Energy Transition, which created after the Fukushima catastrophe the basis for the German decision. This Commission consisted of 17 members from the entire spectrum of science, as well as a few representatives from society, with opinions reaching from pro- to anti-nuclear. Its report is nevertheless a consensus product.
The workshop will be based short introductions and video documentaries with interactive and participative working sessions. It will be interactive workshops.
The participants are suggested to see the materials below:
http://www.energyblueprint.info/
and especially to the report:
http://www.energyblueprint.info/fileadmin/media/documents/2010/0910_gpi_E_R__
full_report_10_lr.pdf
as well as:
http://www.bmu.de/english/transformation_of_the_energy_system/doc/48311.php
Tutor
Jan Haverkamp (Greenpeace expert consultant on nuclear energy and energy policy in Central and Eastern Europe).