Nuclear Issues Group

Building on our excellent reputation in this sector and the relationships we have cultivated through our successful Nuclear Industry Forum and Nuclear New Build Forum, Marketforce has developed the Nuclear Issues Group - a select group of senior industry executives who meet quarterly to exchange ideas and solutions.

Members of the group, past and present, include representatives from:

Aker Kvaerner UK, AMEC Group, Arup, Atkins, British Energy Group, British Nuclear Fuels, British Nuclear Group, CH2M Hill, Centrica, Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform, Department for Energy & Climate Change, E.ON, Environment Agency, Eversheds, Foster Wheeler Energy, Haliburton Company, IBM, Ministry of Defence, National Nuclear Laboratory, Nuvia, Rolls Royce, Sellafield Limited, Shaw Group, UKAEA, Westinghouse, YRM Architects Planners Designers

In 2011, the Nuclear Issues Group will be focusing on the following issues fundamental to the nuclear industry's development:

• How is the Electricity Market Reform developing?
• What are the implications of the EMR for the financing of the nuclear new build programme?
• Updates from the new build developers about their investment decisions
• How does nuclear stand with respect to other low-carbon technologies?
• Examining the implications of Fukushima for the operation and perception of nuclear in the UK
• Assessing the readiness of the UK supply chain and further steps
• How does the UK market fit in with the global developments and the supply chain?
• The progress of decommissioning in the UK and its implications for new build
• Examining public acceptance on a local and national level and implications for new build