Financing & Economics of Nuclear Power
Nuclear New Build : Key Investment Issues & Implications for Strategic UK Energy Policy
June 23rd, hosted & sponsored by Lehman Brothers.
This event was the second in the 'Half Life or Still Life' series the Forum has been convening with the key UK energy stakeholder groups from industry, Government, academe, NGOs, the City, Parliament & the diplomatic sector to provide continuity in debate and improve cross-sectoral understanding of nuclear policy. It is anticipated that this Series will conclude later in the year woth workshops on issues associated with nuclear regulation, licensing, planning, consents & skills.
This second conference was attended by 140 high level delegates & addressed the following key themes:
- Nuclear Vendor analyses & costings AREVA, Westinghouse, AECL
- New build infrastructure issues & construction AMEC Industrial
- Sharing of risk / reward in financing structures Deloitte
- Assessing nuclear decommissioning liability Fitch Ratings
- Issues of State Aid and Subsidy Greenpeace
- New liability regimes: insurance mkt impacts Nuclear Risk Insurers
- Nuclear utility perspectives on operations today Bruce Power
- Wider context of forward energy prices WoodMackenzie
- UK/EU utilities & new build financing AEON, RWE, EDF, Centrica
With additional contributions from WEF, OXERA, PricewaterhouseCoopers, AON & KPMG This conference was specifically designed to bring together the policy-oriented organizations with the City sectors. All related information is in the public domain - see Events Archive on the right.