Mycle Schneider

Schneider is an independent energy consultant based in Paris. He has consulted for the Belgian energy minister, the French and German environment ministries, USAID and the French Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety, the European Commission, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. He founded the Energy Information Agency WISE-Paris in 1983 and directed it until 2003. He is a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials.

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Analysis
16 January 2013
Nuclear Energy

On second thought: IAEA re-categorizes the operational status for 47 of Japan's nuclear reactors

Mycle Schneider

Update: On January 18, 2013, the operational information included in the International Atomic Energy Agency's Power Reactor Information System database was reversed. The following day, the agency stated in a press release that the significant move was due to a "clerical error" by Japan's Nuclear Energy Safety Organization, which is the agency's counterpart in Japan.

1 January 2013
Special issue: French nuclear exit?

Nuclear power and the French energy transition: It’s the economics, stupid!

Mycle Schneider
1 January 2013
Special issue: French nuclear exit?

France’s great energy debate

Mycle Schneider
1 September 2012
The energy issue

2011–2012 world nuclear industry status report

Mycle SchneiderAntony Froggatt
Opinion
9 September 2011
Nuclear Energy

Fukushima crisis: Can Japan be at the forefront of an authentic paradigm shift?

Mycle Schneider

The catastrophe now referenced by a single word -- Fukushima -- is not merely a major natural disaster. The events of 3/11 sent shockwaves through the nuclear industry and governments around the world and constitute the end of a certain economic development model and the industrial risk calculation that underlies it. Giant, centralized electricity production sites that rain kilowatt-hours onto consumers who are constantly increasing their consumption -- while accepting risk that can potentially harm millions -- are now outdated.

Opinion
8 September 2011
Nuclear Energy

2010–2011 world nuclear industry status report

Mycle SchneiderAntony FroggattSteve Thomas

Bushehr went critical. According to industry news outlets, the Iranian nuclear reactor project was finally completed on May 8, 2011 -- 36 years after the first shovel hit the ground. The historic event closely followed the first grid connection, on May 3, of the second unit of the Chinese Ling Ao II nuclear plant. And on March 14, only three days after the Fukushima crisis began, and without any publicity, the Pakistani Chasnupp-2 reactor generated its first power.

1 July 2011
The nuclear energy issue

2010–2011 world nuclear industry status report

Mycle SchneiderAntony FroggattSteve Thomas
1 May 2010
Feature

It's Time to Give Up on Breeder Reactors

Thomas B. CochranHarold A. FeivesonZia MianMycle SchneiderFrank N. von Hippel
Since the dawn of the nuclear age, nuclear energy advocates have dreamed of a reactor that could produce more fuel than it used. More than 60 years and $100 billion later, that vision remains as far from reality as ever.
1 November 2009
Feature

2009 World Nuclear Industry Status Report

Mycle SchneiderSteve ThomasAntony FroggattDoug Koplow
Although some countries plan to build new nuclear power plants in the near future, in aggregate the data indicates that nuclear power's influence will continue to dwindle across the globe in coming decades.
1 November 2008
Feature

2008 World Nuclear Industry Status Report

Mycle Schneider
Hype about the burgeoning future of nuclear power is rampant, but the facts tell a different story. The nuclear power industry is in a state of global decline–a situation that isn't going to change in the

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