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International workshop on environmental and health impacts of lifetime extension of nuclear power plants

05 June 2019
Lisbon Portugal
Documents  ENG
Programme PDF
List of participants PDF
   
Session 1: Environmental and health impacts   
The Espoo Convention and the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment: transboundary impacts of nuclear energy-related activities and the lifetime extension of nuclear power plants, Tea Aulavuo, Secretary to the Convention on EIA in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) and the Protocol on SEA PDF
Environmental impacts of nuclear power plants and case-study, Satu Lyyra, Department Manager, Environmental Consulting, Pöyry Finland Oy PDF
Health impacts of nuclear power plants and case-study, Ben Cave, Ben Cave Associates (UK), IAIA Health Section Co-Chair, President-Elect IAIA PDF
   
Session 2: Public participation and stakeholder engagement  
The Aarhus Convention and the lifetime extension of nuclear power plants, Fiona Marshall, Secretary to the Compliance Committee of the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) PDF
Public Participation and stakeholder engagement in decision-making processes, Maria Partidário, IST, IAIA Past-President, and IAIA representative near the Espoo Convention PDF
Case-Study: The Problems and Challenges for "Voluntary Evacuees" regarding Fukushima TEPCO Radiation Disaster and Its Long-Term Impact, Kunihiko Yoshida, Professor of Law, Hokkaido University/University of Colorado PDF
   
Session 3: Reflecting on the scientific and technical aspects of the lifetime extension of nuclear power plants  
Panel discussion: Do environmental and health issues in the extension of the lifetime of nuclear power plants justify impact assessment, including in transboundary contexts?
Jan Haverkamp, Nuclear Transparency Watch (via skype)
Júlio Jesus, President APAI, Julio Jesus Consultores
João Oliveira Martins, Portuguese Environment Agency (Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente)
Marc Deffrennes, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
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Concluding remarksMiguel Coutinho, IDAD (University of Aveiro, Portugal), and IAIA Past-President PDF
Core concluding outcomes PDF