Wolfgang Renneberg

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Wolfgang Renneberg is a leading expert on reactor safety and Head of the Office for Nuclear Safety, which he founded. From 1998 to 2009, he served as Ministerial Director for Reactor Safety, Radiation Protection, and Waste Disposal at Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment. A physicist and lawyer, he has also held academic roles, including at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna.

Paul Dorfman

Feb 04 2022

Former nuclear leaders: Say ‘No’ to new reactors

Illuminem Voices

Energy · Power Grid

The former Heads of Nuclear Power Regulation in the U.S., Germany, and France, along with the fmr. Secretary to the UK’s Government Radiation Protection Committee, issue a historical joint statement. “Nuclear is just not part of any feasible strategy that could counter climate change.” Nuclear power is too costly and too risky to be a viable strategy against climate change.