The Science and Ethics Committee

Made up of eminent representatives of civil society, the Science and Ethics Committee supports the group's reflection on major societal stakes associated with the energy sector.

Role

The purpose of this committee is to enable the group to continue to progress, while benefiting from informed guidance from experts recognized in their field.

The committee is consulted with respect to the major societal stakes likely to have an impact on the long-term development of the energy sector, and it formulates suggestions for the President of the Executive Board.

Members

Under the leadership of François Ewald, the Science and Ethics Committee is composed of 18 members:

External Members

Roger Balian: Physicist, Member of the Académie des sciences, former Chairman of the Société française de physique, Honorary Professor at the École Polytechnique
Francis Balle: Professor at the University of Paris II, former Member of the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel
Geneviève Barrier-Jacob: Professor Emeritus at the Faculté Necker - Enfants Malades, former Director of the Samu de Paris and former Vice Chairman of the Comité national consultatif d’éthique
Christian de Boissieu: Chairman of the Conseil d’analyse économique, Professor at the University of Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne
Edouard Brezin: Professor Emeritus at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Member of the Laboratoire de physique théorique de l’École normale supérieure, Honorary Professor at the École Polytechnique, Member of the Académie des sciences
Georges Charpak: Nobel Prize in Physics
Jean-Marie Colombani: Journalist, Chairman of JMC Média
François Ewald: Professor at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, Chairman of AREVA’s Science and Ethics committee
James Lovelock: Companion of Honour, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Member of the Royal Society, Honorary Visiting Fellow of Green College, Oxford University
Roland Masse: Member of the Académie des technologies, former Chairman of the Office de protection contre les rayonnements ionisants (OPRI)
Érik Orsenna: Writer, Member of the Académie française
Michel Serres: Science historian, Member of the Académie française
Alain Touraine: Sociologist, Chief Scholar at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales
Maurice Tubiana: Former Chairman of the Académie de médecine, Member of the Académie des sciences, Honorary Director of the Institut Gustave Roussy, Honorary Chairman of the Centre Antoine-Béclère, Honorary Chairman of AREVA’s Science and Ethics committee

AREVA Members

Anne Lauvergeon: Chief Executive Board
Alain Bucaille: Senior Vice President, Research and Innovation
Josseline de Clausade: Senior Vice President, Compliance
Olivier Loubière: Business Ethics Advisor of the group

Main activities in 2008

Global warming and its consequences
AREVA's innovation policy
Labor demands of the nuclear subsidiary worldwide
The geopolitics of nuclear energy
The impact of planetary emergencies raised in the Erice scientific seminar in 2008