The Future of Nuclear Power -- The 21stCentury International Need for Nuclear Energy -- Observations on the Future of Nuclear Power and How to Get There -- I Nuclear Competitiveness -- Nuclear Power and the U.S. Transition to a Restructured, Competitive Power Generation Sector -- The French-German Project of the European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR) -- Assuring the Competitiveness of New Nuclear Power Plants -- II Social Acceptance -- Working Towards Public Acceptance in Germany -- Public and Policymaker Support for Nuclear Energy -- Social Acceptance -- Putting Balance into Safety Regulation -- III Durability: Resources and Environment -- Nuclear Fission: For Safe Globally Sustainable, Proliferation-Resistant, and Cost-Effective Energy -- The Global Energy Situation in the Next Century and Its Implications for Nuclear Power -- Nuclear Power and Sustainable Development -- IV Concluding Panel Summary of the Conference -- Presentations of the International Conference on Preparing the Ground for the Renewal of Nuclear Power -- Contribution to the Concluding Panel of the Global Foundation.