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
Malcolm Grimston (Chatham House)

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)

An historical perspective on 'prospective' question
Jim Watson (University of Sussex)

13:00-15:00

SESSION 4

Chair: Giovanni Paoloni

Rationality and Ritual in nuclear energy's return
Brian Wynne (Lancaster University)

Title to be announced
Terence Price (founder of the Uranium Institute)