“We have heard of revival in the nuclear energy industry for several years. But these words are taken in a special way today because they have past the test of the crisis, (…) Two years ago, when we only started talking of the renaissance of nuclear energy, one could often hear that it was brought about only by a sharp growth of oil prices. But now the situation is different. The price of oil is 70-80 U.S. dollars, not 200, per barrel, as was expected earlier. However leading politicians are talking about the revival of nuclear energy again. And, most importantly, nuclear energy development programmes have not been changed in any of the countries that have announced them.” Sergei Kiriyenko, Head of ROSATOM, at the International Conference on Access to Civil Nuclear Energy in Paris on 8 March