Matthias Englert

Alternative Disposal Options for High-Level Radioactive Waste

Presentation by Dr. Matthias Englert, Simone Mohr, Stephan Kurth &  Dr. Saleem Chaudry, 10.11.2021

A critical analysis of the EU Joint Research Centre technical assessment of nuclear energy with respect to the "do no significant harm" criteria of the EU Taxonomy Regulation

Sustainability at risk

The findings of this joint policy brief challenge the flawed underlying assumptions of the original EU Joint Research Centre (JRC)’s assessment, published in April 2021, which concluded that nuclear energy is detrimental neither to people nor to the environment. These concern chiefly four aspects:

Advanced nuclear fuel cylces and nuclear waste disposal

Proceedings of the INMM & ESARDA Joint Virtual Annual Meeting August 23-26  &  August 30-September 1, 2021. Extracting transuranic elements from nuclear waste (partitioning - P) to burn them in dedicated nuclear reactors (transmutation - T) essentially holds the promise of reducin

Or, what is a nuclear weapon?

How many nuclear weapons does North Korea have?

Presentation by Dr. Matthias Englert, "Talk at DPG", March 8th 2018, Erlangen

Nuclear safety in crisis regions

To what extent are nuclear facilities at risk in crisis areas? Which factors are of relevance in this context? Are policy-makers, the media and society around the world aware of the threat – and do they dismiss it too easily? These are just some of the questions explored by the Oeko-Institut in a

Nuclear Power and Nuclear Safety Post Fukushima

Presentation by Dr. Christoph Pistner and Matthias Englert, DPG – AKE – AGA: Nuclear Energy and Security, Münster, 29.03.2017