Dr Wolfgang Osterhage is a qualified engineer in nuclear technology and holds Ph.Ds. in Physics and Information Science. From 1973-1976, he was working on a research project in Scotland, and from 1976 on, he stayed in France for 13 years, working as a consultant for the OECD and the IEA. He consulted well-known companies and organisations world-wide, including the IAEO. In the years before his retirement, Dr Osterhage worked for 10 years as an external energy consultant to a major German electricity corporation.