Session VI

Despite uncertainties regarding the development

of energy consumption, the rate of development of

nuclear energy is not badly known. This develop

ment is not directly related to total energy con

sumption, but very often it is related to a

target energy dependence. In Paper 25 Dr Davis

gave an approach to this problem for Europe, and

I thought that the result was to permit us to

have reasonably credible forecasts for the

development of nuclear energy and for our needs

of enriched uranium.

My personal view about this problem is that

there is now much inducement for a study of new