| Monday, 20 April 2015 | |||
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Registration (coffee and tea will be served) | ||
| Introductory/Keynote Session | |||
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Setting the scene: Standardisation of reactors and components and harmonisation of regulatory approaches in licensing and regulation Christian Raetzke, CONLAR | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Keynote Speech Dana Drábová, SÚJB | ||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Keynote Speech Iva Kubáňová, ČEZ | ||
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch Break (Please kindly note that Lunch will NOT be provided) | ||
| Session 1: International cooperation in licensing This session will look at the progress being made by MDEP and CORDEL and explore future opportunities | |||
| 13:30 - 13:45 | Opportunities and limits of enhanced cooperation and standardisation from MDEP experience Lennart Carlsson, MDEP, Steering Committee Chairman | ||
| 13:45 - 14:00 | Benefits of achieving International Standardized Licensing Jerald Head, GE – Chairman CORDEL | ||
| 14:00 - 14:15 | How can we achieve that a NOAK (nth-of-a-kind) plant to be built for the first time in a given country still reaps the benefits of a NOAK instead of becoming a FOAK (first-of-a-kind) because it has to be adapted to this country’s specific requirements and regulations? Francoise De Bois, AREVA | ||
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Panel Discussion - Moderator/Chairman: Geoffrey Jones, IAEA | ||
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break (coffee and tea will be served) | ||
| Session 2 Part 1: Overall design of licensing processes (technical issues) The process of issuing a license requires taking full account of the necessity to fully review and demonstrate nuclear safety and to have the public participate. This session in part looks at how this can be achieved with predictability and certainty in order to attain better efficiency and effectiveness | |||
| 15:30 - 15:45 | How pre-licensing processes are helping deliver New Nuclear Build? Kefah Naom, AMEC | ||
| 15:45 - 16:00 | The merits of having a ‘binding’ political decision on a nuclear power programme before going into the licensing process Beata Sparażyńska, Ministry of Economy, POLAND | ||
| 16:00 - 16:15 | Licensing Application Strategies which Support Robust Regulatory Review and Additional Flexibility to Benefit all Stakeholders Donald R. Hoffman, EXCEL | ||
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Panel Discussion - Moderator/Chairman: Radomír Řeháček, ALVEL | ||
| Tuesday, 21 April 2015 | |||
| Session 2 Part 2: Overall design of licensing processes (legal issues) This session will reflect on the licensing risk in the contractual arrangements | |||
| 09:00 - 09:15 | International safety and licensing matters: a view from the OECD/NEA Ximena Vasquez, OECD/NEA | ||
| 09:15 - 09:30 | Licensing issues in new build consortia arrangements: aligning milestones and attracting investment Vanessa Jakovich, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP | ||
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Two views on managing licensing risk in construction contracts: lessons from mature and emerging markets Jane Davies Evans, Crown Office Chambers, UK Vincent C. Zabielski, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | ||
| 10:00 - 10:15 | The role of administrative hearings and appeals in the licensing process: examples in US new reactor licensing Kimberley Sexton, OECD/NEA – ex USNRC | ||
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Panel Discussion - Moderator/Chairman: Christian Lawerentz, NUKEM Investments GmbH, Chairman of WNA Law Group | ||
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee Break (coffee and tea will be served) | ||
| 11:15 - 12:45 | High Level Session: The Future of Licensing The nuclear industry believes that along with standardization of licensing processes, the predictability and stability of a regulatory system is critical in making the decision to go forward with a new build programme. A key concept of regulators is that national regulators retain sovereign authority for all licensing and regulatory decisions; cooperation can leverage resources and help make more informed decisions. In this session, industry leaders and senior regulators will discuss the way forward. Confirmed Panellists: B. Fewell (Exelon Generation), D. Hoffman (Excel), J.C. Niel (ASN), P. Tiippana (STUK), G. Holahan (US NRC) Moderator: Paul Bowden, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP | ||
| 12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch Break (Please kindly note that Lunch will NOT be provided) | ||
| Session 3: Design Development With the advent of new comer countries entering the new build along with the potential to market new designs (i.e., Generation 3+ and 4, Small Modular Reactors, etc.) it is important to understand how complete (or incomplete) the design may be. This session will also look at changes (major or minor) that occur during the licensing process. | |||
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Opportunities for Continuous Improvement and Research in the Design Process Speaker: Matt O’Connor, EPRI | ||
| 14:15 - 14:30 | Going into licensing with a fully completed design – advantages and limits (e.g. schedule constraints) Donna Williams, US NRC | ||
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Managing design change during licensing Steve Vaslet, EDF Energy | ||
| 14:45 - 15:30 | Panel Discussion - Moderator/Chairman: Michel Debes, EDF | ||
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break (coffee and tea will be served) | ||
| Session 4: Procurement, documentation, supply chain, manufacturing oversight With the current efforts on new build along with maintaining existing operational plants the nuclear supply chain is also evolving both internationally and locally. This session looks at what needs to be done to assure the quality assurance of products being used in nuclear power plants | |||
| 16:00 - 16:15 | Can we identify specific types of regulatory approaches – e.g. level of regulator’s involvement - to procurement, documentation, supply chain, manufacturing and construction oversight? Janne Nevalainen, OECD/NEA - WGRNR Chairman | ||
| 16:15 - 16:30 | Role of the regulator, the operator, the supplier and TSO regarding design and manufacturing documentation – identification of best practice Iva Kubáňová, ČEZ | ||
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Regulatory approaches to maximise results in performing vendor inspections Richard Rasmussen, USNRC - MDEP VICWG | ||
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Ensuring quality going down the supply chain (including vendor qualification): what is the role of operators, vendors and regulators? Dae Hee Lee, KEPCO | ||
| 17:00 - 17:45 | Panel Discussion - Moderator/Chairman: Jerald Head, GE – Chairman CORDEL | ||
| 17:45 - 18:15 | Final Session - Conclusion - Way forward | ||
