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Back in the days I was bidding as EPR team for the replacement of Ringhals 2 against Westing’s AP1000. In October 2014, the already 5-years long call for bid of joint technical work was ended by the Greens as a coalition’ gift. Closure is too early, a waste
Back in the days I was bidding as EPR team for the replacement of Ringhals 2 against Westing’s AP1000. In October 2014, the already 5-years long call for bid of joint technical work was ended by the Greens as a coalition’ gift. Closure is too early, a waste
Now Sweden is slowly recovering from this decision that was 100% politics 0% people’s and environment’s benefits, and some voices and increasing popular demand calls for a reassessment of the “away from nuclear” policy. Ringhals site is great and I hope it sees new NPPs.
Back in the days, an industry guy had jokingly asked, to me and to my “opponent” (super guy if you ask me :)), who was best: AP1000 or EPR? We looked at each other, thought about it for a few, reviewing all the past and current bids in our heads and came up with the same answer:
“we wish we knew. The bids never reach their conclusions, they stop before we get to know who won, for political reasons. Always. Nuclear is not about how good, safe, performing the products are, and they are, it’s all about the political games some other folks play around it”.
To be fair and complete:
After 3 years of working with Sweden on the bid, I was very impressed of how environmentally conscious and science based Swedish people were and how efficient the power mix was. The political decision came as a shock violent enough to make me leave AREVA.
After 3 years of working with Sweden on the bid, I was very impressed of how environmentally conscious and science based Swedish people were and how efficient the power mix was. The political decision came as a shock violent enough to make me leave AREVA.
My job selling the EPR to technical and performance assessment teams amounted to little at the end.
A couple of month later, I was starting to work for inclusion of business in the climate discussions and expectations, ahead of COP21.
A couple of month later, I was starting to work for inclusion of business in the climate discussions and expectations, ahead of COP21.
Three years and two babies later, I had given all the chances I could to alternative sources of energy and had realized, in complete dismay, how vast the whole fraud was.
3 lessons from my time at the COPs:
1. Climate change is much worst than what we think and can imagine it is
2. Nuclear power is key against climate change, a game changer
3. Climate actions and talk are mostly spent killing the solution instead of addressing the problem
1. Climate change is much worst than what we think and can imagine it is
2. Nuclear power is key against climate change, a game changer
3. Climate actions and talk are mostly spent killing the solution instead of addressing the problem
I had left the nuclear industry to better address climate change and realized that to do so I better had to go back to where I was coming from.
Of course AREVA since then had collapsed, as had Westinghouse, in the aftermath of Fukushima. So it didn’t happen exactly like that.
Of course AREVA since then had collapsed, as had Westinghouse, in the aftermath of Fukushima. So it didn’t happen exactly like that.
In 2018, I was using my unemployment money and savings to create the NGO @voicesofnuclear @voixdunucleaire that I still very proudly preside and that is home of great great people I would have had the privilege to come to know.
The Voices objective is to promote facts about nuclear energy and address benefits of nuclear energy uses as well, so that it is recognized in its contribution to people’s lives and to the fight for climate. It is an underfunded NGO of mostly happy volunteers and whistle blowers
So when I say “#Ringhals 2 is very personal to me” - now you know what I mean😊
