NEA/CSNI-IAGE Workshop on

Seismic Observation in Deep Boreholes and their Applications

Kashiwazaki, Japan, 25-26 November 2010

Logistic and participation

Participants

For the 1^st Kashiwazaki International Symposium on Seismic Safety of Nuclear Power Plants, participation is open to experts from regulatory authorities, technical support organizations, research institutions, academic organizations, nuclear installation owners and operators, nuclear installation designers and vendors, industry associations, and observers from local residents living nearby nuclear installations. Nominations should be made through the Secretariat of the 1^st Kashiwazaki International Symposium on Seismic Safety of Nuclear Power Plants. Those wishing to make a presentation at the symposium should submit an abstract with their preliminary registration form. The session program will be arranged by the Technical Program Committee.

Venue of the symposium

The symposium will be held at the Niigata Institute of Technology.
1719 Fujihashi, Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture 945-1195, Japan
(MAPS) http://www.niit.ac.jp/english/access.html

Accommodations

Travel agents for the symposium has reserved a sufficient number of rooms at several hotels in Kashiwazaki City and Nagaoka City. Detailed information will be provided in the Advance Program. If you have any inquiry, please contact JNES secretariat

Passport and visa requirements

For the citizens of most countries, a valid passport is sufficient. However, visitors coming from certain countries may need a tourist visa. Please consult your travel agent or the nearest Japanese consulate or embassy. JNES secretariat will be pleased to send you an official letter of invitation upon request.

Official language

All presentations and discussions will be in English or Japanese, and simultaneous English-Japanese interpretation service will be provided.
Presentations should not exceed 20 minutes.

Abstracts

Participants wishing to make presentation shall submit an abstract. (less than 400 words in English). All abstracts should be submitted by 31 August with the registration form. (Note: All abstracts should be submitted electronically in MS-Word and “Times 11” or “Times New Roman 11” font.)

The Technical Program Committee will review abstracts, and presenters will be notified by 30 September. Presentation material in electronic file should be sent to JNES secretariat by the end of October.

Symposium archives

Presentation slides will be published at a later date in electronic form on CD-ROM, including the opening session, conclusions and recommendations from the Session A to Session D and a summary of panel discussions.

Half day technical tour

1. NPP site visit: Kashiwazaki-kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) (prior registration required)
2. Kashiwazaki Research Core Center visit: (on site registration)

Sub-organizing committee

Technical program committee

Important dates

Supplemental

This workshop will be held as an embedded topical meeting at “1^st Kashiwazaki International Symposium on Seismic Safety of Nuclear Installations”

More detail information will be uploaded on the following page soon: http://www.jnes.go.jp/seismic-symposium10/index.html

Last reviewed: 3 August 2010