Europe's Nuclear Power Experiment

Introduction

Political Collaboration

Technical Development

Duration


1 Early Efforts Towards Collaboration in Europe


2 Nuclear Energy

OEEC Attacks the Energy Problem

Parallel Initiatives in Nuclear Collaboration

Basic Elements of a Power Reactor


3 Competitive Forms of Co-operation in Nuclear Energy

ECSC Countries

Non-ECSC Countries

United Kingdom

North America


4 European Nuclear Energy Agency

Euratom's Expectations

Special Committee Formed

Opportunities for Collaboration on Reactor Development

Creating the Agency

The Agency People


5 Reactor Studies

Exit the Electricity Undertakings

The Research Approach

Britain Offers a Site

Backlash from the Euratom Treaty

First Reactor Project Founders


6 Origins of the High Temperature Reactor

HTR becomes an Authority Project

Disruption


7 Birth of Dragon

Origins of "Dragon"


8 Competition

The Pebble-bed Reactor

HTR Projects in the USA


9 The Dragon Agreement

Continental Hesitations

Financial Provisions

Proportional Contributions

Independent Activity in the UK

Alternative Funding

Agreement


10 The Project Takes Form

First Chief Executive

Staff

The Dragon Reactor Experiment

Dedication Ceremony

End of the Nuclear Euphoria


11 Dragon's Long-Term Role

Fuel Policies

The Authority in Conflict with Other Signatories

Programme Re-defined


12 Exploitation

Assessment Studies

The Direct Cycle

Agreement for Limited Extension

Loosening of Ties with Agency

Power Station Design

Britain's Own Assessment


13 Dragon's Future in Jeopardy

OECD Intervention

UK Assumes Responsibility for Euratom's share

Changes in Euratom


14 Transition

Shepherd Appointed as Successor

Britain Increases Contribution to Assure Continuation


15 Industrialisation v. Research and Development

Operational Record of DRE

Problems of Fuel Development

Programme for Dragon

Programme Implementation

Prismatic HTR Power Projects in Europe Lose Support Except in France


16 Dragon's Relevance in Question

Dragon's Future Role

Agency Concern over Forward Programme

Programme Agreed

Financing Conflicts


17 Supervision by the Signatories

Board of Management

General Purposes Committee

Programme Sub-Committee

Financial Rules and Regulations

Contracts


18 Staffing and Staff

Remuneration

Overseas Participation

The Spirit

The People


19 The Signatories


20 Austria and Dragon


21 Scandinavia and Dragon

Denmark

Norway

Sweden


22 Switzerland and Dragon


23 The Original Six Euratom Countries and Dragon

Belgium

The Netherlands

Italy

France

Nuclear Programme Changes Course

Industrial Experience

France Turns to Gulf General Atomic

Staff

Germany

AVR and THTR

Collaboration Agreements with Dragon

HTR Fuel Policy

First Prismatic HTR Activities in Germany

Restructuring of the Industry

Advanced Applications

Industry's Contribution to Dragon

Evolving Attitudes


24 Britain and Dragon

Dragon and Winfrith

Authority's HTR Programme

Personal Interactions

UK View of the HTR

Contributions and Contracts


25 Dragon and The Non-signatories

Japan

Second Phase

Third Phase

Fourth Phase

The USA

Dragon - AEC Collaboration Agreement

Extensions to the Collaboration

Exchanges

US Industrial Record

The Impact


26 In Search of a Programme

DRE Performance

VHTR Proposai

Fuel Disposal and Decommissioning

Revised Board of Management

HTR Projects Falter

Preliminary Enquiries on an Extension Programme

Working Party's Report


27 The Long Road to Closure

Delays in UK Decision

Alternative Extension Proposals

UK Requires Reduction in Contribution

No Intervention from NEA

Negotiations in Brussels

Some Retrieval but no Reprieve


28 In Conclusion

Information Transfer

Open Publication

Juste Retour

Staff

Fixed-Term Extensions

Commercial Application

Closure

Dragon's Successes

Cost Effectiveness

Future of the Prismatic HTR

Appendices

1. Contributions of Signatories and Euratom Countries

2. Chronological Summary

3. Abbreviations and Glossary

4. References

Name Index

Subject Index

Company Index