Second MDEP Conference on New Reactor Design Activities

Programme

OECD Conference Center, Paris
15-16 September 2011

15 September 2011

Session 1

Chair: Mr. André-Claude Lacoste, MDEP Policy Group (PG) Chair, President, ASN

09h00 – 10h00 Welcome and opening of conference

• Welcome remarks
  Mr. Luis Echávarri, Director-General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
• MDEP Policy Group (PG) Chair, Introductory remarks and overview
  of the MDEP
  Mr. André-Claude Lacoste, MDEP PG Chair, President, Autorité de Sureté Nucléaire (ASN)
• PG member round table
  All PG members and representatives*

Session 2 (Part I)

Chair: Mr. Bo Tang, China PG representative, Deputy Director-General NNSA

10h00 – 11h00 MDEP activities and accomplishments on design-specific working groups (EPR and AP1000 working groups)

• Presentation by the MDEP on activities and accomplishments
  
  • Mr. Petteri Tiippana, Chair of the EPRWG, STUK
  • Mr. Gary Holahan, AP1000WG, United States STC member and chair, US NRC

Session 2 (Part II)

Chair: Mr. Jukka Laaksonen, Finland PG member, Director-General, STUK, Chair, Western European Nuclear Regulators Association (WENRA)

11h15 – 12h30 Design-specific activities panel

• Panel discussion on new reactor designs and evaluations
  MDEP representatives
  
  • Mr. Thomas Houdré, France (Steering Technical Committee) STC Member, ASN
  • Mr. Dave Newland, Canada STC Member, CNSC
  Industry representatives
  
  • Mr. François Bouteille, Senior Vice-President Safety & Licensing, AREVA
  • Mr. Sandy Rupprecht, Vice-President, AP1000 Product Delivery Systems
  Westinghouse Electric Company
  
  • Mr. Christopher Bakken, Project Director - Hinkley Point C, Nuclear Build Operations, EDF Energy
  • Mr. Dingjin Hu, Director, TNPJVC, Paris Office

Session 3

Chair: Mr. Petteri Tiippana, Finland STC member, STUK

14h00 – 15h00 MDEP activities and accomplishments on Digital Instrumentation and Control Working Group (DICWG)

• Presentation by the MDEP on activities and accomplishments
  
  • Mr. Dan Santos, Chair of the DICWG, US NRC Panel discussion on digital I&C topics
  MDEP representatives
  
  • Mr. Bob Jennings, UK STC member, ONR
  • Mr. Petteri Tiippana, Finland STC member, STUK
  Industry and Standard Development Organisation representatives
  
  • Mr. Jean-Paul Bouard, IEC SC45A Secretary, IEC
  • Mr. Kookhun Kim, Vice-President, Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction

Session 4

Chair: Mr. Peter Bester, South Africa PG representative, NNR

15h30-17h00 MDEP activities and accomplishments on mechanical Codes and Standards Working Group (CSWG)

• Presentations on activities and accomplishments
  
  • Mr. Xuejun Wei, Chair of the CSWG, CNSC
• Panel discussion on codes and standards topics
  MDEP representatives
  
  • Dr. Kiyoharu Abe, Japan STC member, JNES
  • Mr. Bo Tang, China STC Member, NNSA
  Representatives from Standards Development Organisations (SDOs)
  • Mr. Rick Swayne, Vice President, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
    Mr. Masaki Morishita, Deputy Director-General, JAEA, JSME representative
  • Ms. Cecile Laugier, President, AFCEN
  WNA/CORDEL representative, short presentation on CORDEL’s pilot project
  
  • Mr. Nawal Prinja, Technical Director, AMEC/Hindustan Construction
    Company (HCC)

Session 5

Chair: Mr. André Claude Lacoste, MDEP Policy Group (PG) Chair, President, ASN

17h15 - 18h15 Fukushima related issues

• Presentation and update on the Fukushima accident and recovery
  • Mr. Koichiro Nakamura, Japan PG member, Deputy Director-General, NISA
• Panel discussion
  MDEP representatives
  • Mr. Gregory Jaczko, United States PG member, US NRC Chair
  • Mr. Jukka Laaksonen, Finland PG member, Chair, STUK and WENRA
  • Dr. Youn-Won Park, Korea PG representative
  • Mr. Kevin Allars, United Kingdom PG representative
  World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) representative
  
  • Mr. Laurent Stricker, WANO Chairman

16 September 2011

Session 6

Chair: Mr. Terry Jamieson, Canada PG Member, Vice-President, CNSC

09h00 -10h15 MDEP activities and accomplishments on Vendor Inspection Co-operation Working Group (VICWG)

• Presentation by the MDEP on activities and accomplishments
  • Mr. Sungho Yang, Chair of the VICWG, KINS
• Panel discussion on vendor inspection co-operation topics
  MDEP representatives
  
  • Mr. Yury Meltsov (VO “Safety”), Russia STC representative and
    VICWG member
  • Mr. Sébastien Crombez (ASN), France STC member
  Vendor representatives
  
  • Mr. Tsuyoshi Nakamura, General Manager, JSW
  • Mr. Sukkwan Kim, Vice-President, NPP Quality Control, Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction

Session 7

Chair: Mr. Michael Micklinghoff, Chair, WNA/CORDEL

10h30 – 12h30 Industry initiatives on new reactor designs

• CORDEL activities
  CORDEL vision and action plan on activities outside those given in
  individual presentations
  • Mr. Raidis Zemdegs, AECL and CORDEL member: International industry licensing survey
  • Mr. Christian Raetzke, Co-chairman of the WNA task force on licensing and permitting
  Safety classification
  
  • Mr. Thomas Fröhmel, E.On and representative of the joined FORATOM-ENISS and WNA/CORDEL Group
• Industries activities panel
  MDEP representatives
  • Mr. Gary Holahan United States STC member and chair, US NRC
  • Mr. Peter Bester, South Africa STC member, NNR
  Industry representatives
  
  • Ms. Marjo Mustonen, OL3 Nuclear Safety Manager and Director of Construction, TVO
  • Mr. Jerry Head, Senior Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy
  • Mr. Xavier Pouget-Abadie, Senior Safety Advisor, EDF

Session 8

Chair: Mr. Gregory Jaczko, United States PG member, US NRC

14h00 – 15h30 Concluding Panel

• MDEP PG representative
  Mr. André-Claude Lacoste, MDEP PG Chair
• Reactor vendor representative
  Mr. Philippe KNOCHE, Chief Operating Officier, AREVA
• Licensee representative
  Mr. Dominique Lagarde, Director of New Nuclear Engineering, EDF
• SDO representative
  Mr. Masaki Morishita, Deputy Director-General, JAEA and JSME representative
• Regulatory authority representative
  Mr. Bajaj, Chairman of AERB
• WENRA representative
  Mr. Jukka Laaksonen, Chair, WENRA
• NEA representative
  Mr. Luis Echávarri, Director-General, OECD NEA

16h00 Conclusion and closing of the conference

Mr. André-Claude Lacoste, MDEP PG Chair, President, ASN

* Mr. Bo Tang, Deputy Director General, NNSA (China); Mr. Terry Jamieson, Vice-President, CNSC (Canda); Mr. Jukka Laaksonen, Director-General, STUK (Finland); Mr. André-Claude Lacoste, President, ASN (France); Mr. Koichiro Nakamura, Deputy Director-General, Nuclear Safety, NISA (Japan); Mr. Youn-Won Park, Director of International Nuclear Safety Division, KINS (Korea); Mr. Sergey Bogdan, Deputy-Director, SECNRS (Russian Federation); Mr. Peter Bester, Special Nuclear Projects Co-ordinator, NNR (South Africa); Mr. Kevin Allars, Director of Nuclear New Build, ONR (United Kingdom); Mr.Gregory B. Jaczko, Chairman, US NRC (USA)

Last reviewed: 22 September 2011