Bernard Laponche
Bernard Laponche (* 1938 ) is a French physicist and technical college engineer.
As an engineer at the Atomic Energy Commissioner, Laponche was involved in the planning and construction of the first French nuclear power plants . He later turned into a critic of nuclear energy. He is fighting to ensure that the real costs of nuclear energy are not covered by the taxpayer, but appear in the electricity bill.
Life
Laponche was born in 1938. During his work at the Commissioner's Office for Atomic Energy, he also represented the CFDT union at this institution. He then became General Director of the French Agency for the Maîtrise de l'énergie (AFME). Together with Florence Rosenstiel he founded the Office for Studies of the International Energy Conseil (ICE, International Energy Council), of which he was director from 1988 to 1998. In addition, from 1998 to 1999 he was technical advisor to Dominique Voynet , who in turn was Minister for Spatial Planning and Environment (Ministre de l'aménagement du territoire et de l'environnement). Today Laponche works as a consultant for energy policy, particularly in France, Central and Eastern Europe and the Maghreb . He is also the author of various works on environmental and energy issues.
Works (selection)
- 2011: with Benjamin Dessus: En finir avec le nucléaire - Pourquoi et comment? Éditions du Seuil, Paris. 174 pp.
- 2004: Maîtriser la consommation d'énergie . Édition le Pommier. 127 pp.
- 2002: Faire l'économie du nucléaire? Un rapport récent relance le débat . Association Global Chance. 96 pp.
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Web links
- Literature by and about Bernard Laponche in the WorldCat bibliographic database
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Laponche, Bernard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French physicist and technical college engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1938 |