The Maison française d'Oxford will host this workshop, beginning at 1.30 pm on Thursday 5 May and ending on Friday 6 May at 3 pm. The workshop has been made possible by the support of the Comité d'histoire of the Fondation EDF in collaboration with the Maison française and the history of science, medicine, and technology group in the Faculty of History, University of Oxford.
Thursday 5 May :
13:00-15:30 : Welcome & Introduction
SESSION 1 - Chair: Léonard Laborie
Atomic displays. UK exhibitions on nuclear physics, 1937-83 Alan Morton (formerly, Science Museum, London)
Exporting atomic power. British nuclear establishment's dealings with Italy and the sale of the NPPC power station, 1956-1972 Mauro Elli (University of Milan)
Poster session on nuclear power in the Czech Republic Marcela Efmertova and Jaroslav Knapek (Czech Technical University in Prague)
16:00-18:00 : SESSION 2 - Chair: Robert Fox
Rationality and Ritual in nuclear energy's return Brian Wynne (Lancaster University)
Tim Boon (Science Museum, London) will show and talk about a short film, "Atomic achievement" (1956)
Discussion on first and second sessions
Friday 6 May
9:00-12:00 : SESSION 3 - Chair: Muriel Le Roux
France's nuclear choices: policy, achievements, and public opinion Alain Beltran (Comité d'histoire /CNRS)
The role of EDF and AREVA in the return to nuclear power: an international perspective Yves Bouvier (Comité d'histoire /Université de Chambéry)
Nuclear reactions Walter Patterson (independent analyst)
13:00-15:00 : SESSION 4 - Chair: Giovanni Paoloni
Might a new wave of nuclear investment be more sustainable now than the last wave was in the 1970s and 1980s? Malcolm Grimston (Chatham House)
Title to be announced Terence Price (founder of the Uranium Institute)
Discussions
Conveners: Muriel LE ROUX, CNRS-MFO and Robert FOX, Faculty of History.
