THE LONG WAY TO THE EPR

At the joint conference organized by the German Kerntechnische Gesells chaft (KTG) e.V. and the French Societe Francaise d'Energie Nucleaire (SFEN) in Cologne, the announcement was made on October 20, 1997 that Jean Claude Leny will be appointed Honorary Member of KTG. For reasons of ill health the new honorary member was prevented from attending th e conference. In his place, Claus Berke sketched the history of the Eu ropean Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR) and presented an overview of nu clear development in France and in Germany. Developing one standard re actor model is the primary objective of German-French cooperation in r eactor development. The EPR is to replace the present nuclear generati ng units in France and Germany after the end of their planned service life, and is to be marketed as a standard export line.