[en] The opening of Nord Pool in 1996 seriously constrained the power companies' ability to exercise market power within their national borders. Currently there is an integration process going on among the power companies in the Nord Pool area. It manifest itself in terms of take-over and reciprocal acquisition of shares in the power companies - nationally and abroad. This process may undo what the introduction of the common power market achieved in curtailing market power. The aim of this paper is to investigate the effects on market power of increased cross- ownership in the Nordic power market. (au)

[en] This paper summarises the historical development of three Nordic nuclear research centres, and discusses their role in technology transfer and international collaboration. It examines the extent to which they have adapted to the changing environment for nuclear power or whether the society they serve has accepted them as established institutions with a continuing role.(author) 24 refs

[en] The EKO 4/c working group of the environmental effects and emergency preparedness programme (EKO) of the Nordic Nuclear Safety Research (NKS) organised a decision conference on August 30th and 31st, 1995 in Stockholm, Sweden. The meeting was designed to be attended by those responsible for planning and deciding on protective actions in the Nordic countries after a nuclear accident. Issues concerning clean-up strategies in an urban environment after a hypothetical and very severe reactor accident were discussed at the meeting. The objectives of the meeting were to provide a shared understanding between the decision makers and the radiation protection community on concerns and issues related to decision on protective actions after a nuclear accident. (6 refs., 2 figs., 3 tabs.)

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[en] In this work are reported the discussions in the ambit of national italian energy and environmental conference and the general information indicated in the Convection on biological diversity. The recommendations of UE are addressed to biological diversity conservation, sustainable use of living resources

[en] Here is given the decree of the 17. of July 2000 relative to the delegation of signature of the Minister of National Defence to the High Commissioner for Atomic Energy, for safety authority, concerning the basic nuclear installations (INBS). (O.M.)

[en] Everybody assumes responsibilities in his or her daily life, for instance in his or her career, family, or in developing the social and political environment. All these kinds of responsibilities have in common the fact that wrong decisions or actions are likely to have direct consequences for the persons concerned. The question must be asked, however, whether there is a kind of responsibility which goes beyond what was mentioned above. Awareness of problems which are only going to affect coming generations requires action to be taken now in order to allow such problems to be addressed. Only the generation can be responsible for taking such action which has become aware of the problem. The responsibility resulting for workers in the nuclear field is not always met properly. The socio-political environment often gives rise to a mentality in which the individual feels that he or she cannot change anything anyway. Taking care of one's daily chores is a way of meeting one's daily responsbilities, but fails to address the problems of the future. Nuclear engineers, however, have the duty to inject their knowledge and know-how into the competition about the right way into the future. This is part of their responsibility for the future. Acting responsibly in this sense means persistently convincing others. This requires unbiased education and credibility. Merely mouthing opinions is bound to result in a loss of credibility. Everybody has many possibilities to help convince others. This paper is meant to make people accept their responsibility for the future. (orig.)

[en] Explaining perceived risk can draw upon factors related to the person (e.g. demographics, personality, social/professional status, political orientation), or to the risk source (e.g. health impacts, economic effects). According to Cultural Theory risk perceptions are culturally biased. Wildavsky and Dake operationalised the Cultural Theory with questionnaire scales and found that resulting 'cultural profiles' best predict individual differences in risk perception. A French version of their questionnaire was inserted into a representative national risk opinion survey of May 1993; 1022 adults (age 18 and over) were interviewed. Major results are presented. The four cultural scales (hierarchy, egalitarianism, fatalism and individualism) show high correlations with political orientation as expected, but also with, for example, age, gender, income and education level. However, scale relationships to perception of risk situations (twenty, mainly technological) are not as strong as expected. Sjoeberg found similar results in Sweden. The utility of the existing operationalisation of Cultural Theory for risk perception analysis is discussed. (author)

[en] Five transmission system operators in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium intend to put the links to the Netherlands up for auction. TenneT has been assigned the execution of this project. They feel that an auction of the available capacity is more in line with the spirit of a competitive market than simply assigning capacity on demand

[en] After the successful start of the Amsterdam Power Exchange many problems arose. Participants are complaining and foreign competition is waiting eagerly in the ambush. Problems and causes are briefly outlined