Mycle Schneider
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Mycle Schneider (born 1959 in Cologne)[1] is a German energy consultant,[2] and lead author of The World Nuclear Industry Status Reports. In 1997 he received the Right Livelihood Award.
Life and work
Mycle Schneider is a nuclear energy expert based in Paris who has been adviser to members of the European Parliament on energy issues for more than 20 years.[2] From 1998 to 2003, Schneider advised on energy policy for the French environment minister's office and the Belgian minister for energy and sustainable development. Since 2000 he has been a consultant on nuclear issues to the German environment ministry.[2] He has also provided energy consulting for the International Atomic Energy Agency.[3]
Schneider is a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials,[4] and the nuclear non-proliferation group Independent Group of Scientific Experts (IGSE), which is based at Hamburg University.[2][5] Since 2004 he has overseen the Environment and Energy Strategies lecture series for the Environmental and Energy Engineering Program at the French École des Mines in Nantes.[6]
Award
In 1997, along with Jinzaburo Takagi, Schneider received the Right Livelihood Award “... for serving to alert the world to the unparalleled dangers of plutonium to human life.”[1][2][7]
Publications
Schneider writes many publications on the safety and economic trends of the nuclear industry.[2] He is co-editor of the 2009 book International Perspectives on Energy Policy and the Role of Nuclear Power.[8] His World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2009 was published by the German government.[2] Schneider and Antony Froggatt wrote the Systems for Change report for the Heinrich Böll Foundation in 2010.[9] Also in 2010, Schneider wrote a chapter in the book Nuclear Power’s Global Expansion: Weighing Its Costs and Risks.[10] He has commented extensively on the implications of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.[11][12]
Mycle Schneider Media
Mycle Schneider, lead author of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Right Livelihood Award: 1997 – Mycle Schneider. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Nuclear Dead End Bangkok Post, 15 April 2010.
- ↑ Rob Linke. Radical refit proposal. Telegraph-Journal (September 30, 2009).
- ↑ International Panel on Fissile Materials – Members. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
- ↑ Project Participants - iGSE Members. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
- ↑ 2008 World nuclear industry status report: Global nuclear power. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
- ↑ The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2007 Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine p. 3.
- ↑ International Perspectives on Energy Policy and the Role of Nuclear Power. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
- ↑ Antony Froggatt with Mycle Schneider. Systems for Change: Nuclear Power vs. Energy Efficiency+Renewables? (2010)Heinrich Böll Foundation. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
- ↑ Mycle Schneider. Nuclear Power Made in France – A Model? (December 2010)Strategic Studies Institute – US Army War College. p. 189-277. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
- ↑ Mycle Schneider. Nuclear Cloud Comes With Aura of Arrogance. Bloomberg News (23 March 2011).
- ↑ Mycle Schneider. Fire in the spent fuel pool of Unit 4 at Fukushima-I (March 15, 2011)International Panel on Fissile Materials.