Northern Ireland's energy security and UK's planned withdrawal from EURATOM examined

• Parliament TV: Brexit: energy security
• Inquiry: Brexit: energy security
• EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee

Witnesses

Wednesday 13 September in Committee Room 4, Palace of Westminster

At 10.30am

• Silke Goldberg, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
• Robin McCormick, General Manager, SONI
• Dr Owen Wilson, Chief Executive, Electricity Association of Ireland

At 11.45am

• Dr Jenifer Baxter, Head of Energy and Environment, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
• Dr Mina Golshan, Deputy Chief Inspector, Office for Nuclear Regulation
• Angela Hepworth, Corporate Policy and Regulation Director, EDF

Possible questions

Areas the Committee may discuss on Northern Ireland include:

• To what extent is Northern Ireland reliant on imported energy, from the British mainland or elsewhere, for its energy security?
• What might be the effect of Brexit on either planned or currently operating interconnectors between the UK and the island of Ireland?
• Is it feasible for the single electricity market on the island of Ireland to be maintained after Brexit?

Areas the Committee may discuss on Euratom include:

• Will investments in nuclear power plant by other countries both within and beyond the EU still be viable after the UK withdraws from Euratom?
• What will be the implications of withdrawing from Euratom for the ownership and management of nuclear waste in the UK and in the EU?
• What would you expect and wish to see in the Government's upcoming Nuclear Safeguards Bill?

Further information

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