European Nuclear Forum
Marketforce and the ASI’s 6th Annual Conference: Building a safe and secure future: discuss strategy at Europe’s premier nuclear event
19th & 20th March 2012, The Crowne Plaza - The Palace, Brussels
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Print ProgrammeMonday 19 March 2012, The Crowne Plaza - The Palace, Brussels
European Nuclear Forum 2012
Chairman’s opening remarks

Malcolm Grimston
Associate Fellow, Energy Environment & Development Programme, Chatham House
Malcolm Grimston
Associate Fellow, Energy Environment & Development Programme, Chatham House
Biography
Educated at Scarborough College and Magdalene, Cambridge, graduating in 1979 having read Natural Sciences and specialised in psychology. He worked as a chemistry teacher before joining the Atomic Energy Authority in 1987. In 1995 he joined Imperial College as a Senior Research Fellow and in 1999 became a Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House, where he is now an Associate Fellow, conducting an investigation into the future of civil nuclear energy. He is a regular media contributor on energy and nuclear matters. Among his publications are two books co-written with the late Peter Beck: Double or Quits – the global future of civil nuclear energy and
Civil nuclear energy – fuel of the future or relic of the past?
His latest paper, Electricity – social service or market commodity was published in July 2010; previously he published a study looking at the differences between the political and technical mindsets and how this impacts on major industries such as nuclear energy (available at http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/pdf/research/sdp/Dec05nuclear.pdf), and he is currently part of a consortium including Manchester, Southampton and City Universities carrying out a government-funded project on sustainable nuclear energy. He is an elected Member of Wandsworth Council and until 2009 had executive responsibility for environment and leisure.
Session One: A year on from Fukushima – what’s changed?
Strategic Forum
Speakers will make some introductory remarks before engaging in an in-depth panel discussion.
Balancing supply and demand: where will Europe’s future electricity come from?

Yves Giraud
Head - Economics and Industrial Strategy, Power Generation, EDFPressing ahead with new build: engaging foreign investors

Maxim Kozlov
Director for Special Projects, Inter RAO UES
Maxim Kozlov
Director for Special Projects, Inter RAO UES
Biography
Kozlov Maxim was born in 1964, graduated from Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical university) in 1987. He received his Ph.D. in electrophysics in 1994 and took MBA course at Bocconi University (Italy) in 1992 and Project management course at George Washington University in 1995.
Job experience:
- 1987 – 1993: scientific researcher in Moscow Power Engineering Institute;
- 1993 – 1999: ABB Asea Brown Boveri; business development, sales, marketing;
- 1999 – present: RAO UES, INTER RAO UES; export of electricity, business development in Europe, engineering, project management.
At present Mr. Kozlov is Inter RAO UES’s project director of a green-field Baltic NPP construction in the Kaliningrad region of Russia. Inter RAO UES is responsible for attracting external investors into the project and for energy export from the region.
Mr. Kozlov is a member of CIGRE (International Council on Large Electric Systems), EURELECTRIC (European Union of the Electricity Industry), participant of numerous international conferences and symposiums.
Striking the balance: creating an effective regulatory regime

Andrej Stritar
Director, ENSREG
Andrej Stritar
Director, ENSREG
Biography
Andrej Stritar is currently the Director of the Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration, the Slovenian nuclear regulatory body. He holds this position from the year 2002. Before that he was nine years the Head of the Nuclear Training Centre at the Josef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana taking care of the Krško NPP initial operator training, radiological protection training and public information about nuclear energy. First 15 years of his career he has spent as the researcher at the Nuclear Engineering Department of Josef Stefan Institute dealing mainly with thermal hydraulic safety analyses of NPPs. He has graduated in 1997 in Electrical Engineering and defended his Ph. D. in mechanical Engineering in 1986.
He was one of the founders of the Nuclear Society of Slovenia in 1991 and was its president until 2002. He was active in the Board of European Nuclear Society and was elected its president for the period 2002-2003. Among numerous functions in the role of the director of SNSA it is worth mentioning the heading of the Slovenian delegation in the Board of Governors of IAEA in the years 2006-2007. Since 2007 he is the chairman of the ENSREG, European Nuclear REgulators Group, an advisory body to EU institutions in nuclear safety matters. He was chairing that group during the process of adoption of both EU Nuclear Safety Directive and Radwaste Directive. In 2011 the ENSREG under Mr. Stritar's leadership is playing the key role in prepration and implementation of EU Nuclear Power Plant Stress Tests.
Navigating a changing landscape: impact on strategy, policy and operation details
- Rebalancing the energy mix: which countries and technologies will additional capacity come from?
- Did Fukushima expose a political, regulatory or operational problem?
- What were the real drivers behind the German decision? Will other countries follow suit?
- Forming realistic expectations of new build in Europe: which plans will go ahead when?
- Will there be a focus on upgrades and lifetime extensions to compensate for closures?
- Is state support critical for nuclear companies? What financing models are being developed?
- Should making the case for nuclear to the public be a priority for the industry?
- What will the European nuclear industry look like a year from now?

Yves Giraud
Head - Economics and Industrial Strategy, Power Generation, EDF
Maxim Kozlov
Director for Special Projects, Inter RAO UES
Maxim Kozlov
Director for Special Projects, Inter RAO UES
Biography
Kozlov Maxim was born in 1964, graduated from Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical university) in 1987. He received his Ph.D. in electrophysics in 1994 and took MBA course at Bocconi University (Italy) in 1992 and Project management course at George Washington University in 1995.
Job experience:
- 1987 – 1993: scientific researcher in Moscow Power Engineering Institute;
- 1993 – 1999: ABB Asea Brown Boveri; business development, sales, marketing;
- 1999 – present: RAO UES, INTER RAO UES; export of electricity, business development in Europe, engineering, project management.
At present Mr. Kozlov is Inter RAO UES’s project director of a green-field Baltic NPP construction in the Kaliningrad region of Russia. Inter RAO UES is responsible for attracting external investors into the project and for energy export from the region.
Mr. Kozlov is a member of CIGRE (International Council on Large Electric Systems), EURELECTRIC (European Union of the Electricity Industry), participant of numerous international conferences and symposiums.

Andrej Stritar
Director, ENSREG
Andrej Stritar
Director, ENSREG
Biography
Andrej Stritar is currently the Director of the Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration, the Slovenian nuclear regulatory body. He holds this position from the year 2002. Before that he was nine years the Head of the Nuclear Training Centre at the Josef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana taking care of the Krško NPP initial operator training, radiological protection training and public information about nuclear energy. First 15 years of his career he has spent as the researcher at the Nuclear Engineering Department of Josef Stefan Institute dealing mainly with thermal hydraulic safety analyses of NPPs. He has graduated in 1997 in Electrical Engineering and defended his Ph. D. in mechanical Engineering in 1986.
He was one of the founders of the Nuclear Society of Slovenia in 1991 and was its president until 2002. He was active in the Board of European Nuclear Society and was elected its president for the period 2002-2003. Among numerous functions in the role of the director of SNSA it is worth mentioning the heading of the Slovenian delegation in the Board of Governors of IAEA in the years 2006-2007. Since 2007 he is the chairman of the ENSREG, European Nuclear REgulators Group, an advisory body to EU institutions in nuclear safety matters. He was chairing that group during the process of adoption of both EU Nuclear Safety Directive and Radwaste Directive. In 2011 the ENSREG under Mr. Stritar's leadership is playing the key role in prepration and implementation of EU Nuclear Power Plant Stress Tests.
Questions
Refreshments
Session Two: Financing new build – beyond state funding?
Owner Controlled Insurance for nuclear new build: you buy cheap, you buy twice details
- Balancing EPC contractors, financiers and Owner Controlled Insurance
- Looking at the impact of insurance on the contractual negotiation process
- Keeping insurance costs under control
- Conventions and the impact on insurance
- Contractors ability to buy insurance on nuclear new build

Bernadette Hackett
Partner, Global Nuclear Practice, JLT Specialty Ltd
Bernadette Hackett
Partner, Global Nuclear Practice, JLT Specialty Ltd
Biography
Bernadette is the co-ordinator of our Global Nuclear Practice Group, bringing specialists from around the world to provide the best service to our nuclear clients, be it New Build, Operation or Decommissioning. Bernadette has worked on solutions for clients in the nuclear sector most recently in Eastern Europe.
Bernadette has 18 years experience in the international insurance and reinsurance industry working in the Australian, London and European Insurance markets. Bernadette arranges international insurance placements, provides advice on contractual issues, indemnity clauses and insurance purchasing for contractors and owners of major infrastructure projects around the world. Bernadette has presented on the importance of contractual language and insurance purchasing around the world, to ensure her clients have the best commercially available solution.

Ian Maciulis
Nuclear Risk Management Consultant, JLT Global Nuclear Practice Group
Ian Maciulis
Nuclear Risk Management Consultant, JLT Global Nuclear Practice Group
Biography
A former nuclear submarine officer, Ian has eight years of operational experience with shipboard nuclear reactors, power generation and propulsion, earning the qualification of Naval Nuclear Engineer, and leads the JLT Global Nuclear Practice.
Ian provides risk management and consulting services and nuclear insurance for clients. He additionally delivered loss control and inspection services for fleets of reactors as one of the few brokers to enter beyond containment controls.
Specialising in International Civil Nuclear Liability, Ian has provided numerous discussions and seminars on nuclear insurance and the application of the international nuclear conventions. Ian has developed innovative coverage for various nuclear construction, liability and decommissioning risks, particularly with respect to contractors.
How will financing be secured in the future? An investor perspective details
- What is the medium-term impact of Fukushima on financing?
- Assessing investor appetite for nuclear: the implications of uncertainty
- Optimising finance raising – determining the structural features
- What will be the key sources of finance?

Mark Muldowney
Head of Energy Advisory, London, BNP ParibasCreating legal certainty for investors details
- How can financeable project structures be developed?
- The role of the state: assessing market support mechanisms
- Ensuring the legality of state aid under EU law
- What should robust project contracts include?

Mark Newbery
Partner, Energy and Natural Resources, Herbert Smith
Mark Newbery
Partner, Energy and Natural Resources, Herbert Smith
Biography
Mark has over 20 years' experience in the energy sector. Starting in 1988, he led the team advising the twelve regional electricity companies in England and Wales on the restructuring and privatisation of the industry. In recent years, Mark has focused on projects in the nuclear sector where he has gained extensive experience working both in the UK and internationally.
An expert on all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle, Mark led the team advising EDF on its high profile takeover of British Energy and the subsequent sale of 20% of British Energy to Centrica in the UK. Other highlights of his nuclear experience include advising: EDF on its plans to build new nuclear generating stations in the UK, Societatea Nationala Nucleareletrica S.A. on its programme to finance, construct and operate Units 3 and 4 at the Cernavoda plant in Romania, Visagino Atomine Elektrine on its plans to develop a new nuclear plant in Lithuania and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (formerly Department of Trade and Industry) on the establishment of the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (NDA) and the development of its site operations and clean-up contracts in the UK.
ASK THE EXPERTS: Developing financing models for new build details
In this session delegates will form groups around their tables to discuss different financing options for new build, and will come up with comments and questions for the panel. Points to be discussed may include:
- In which European countries is there scope for strong state support?
- What form is state support taking across Europe?
- To what extent can new build projects be developed without direct state funding?
- What financing issues has Fukushima exacerbated? Have any new issues developed?
- Assessing joint ventures as an alternative to state financing
- How can the industry further de-risk investment in new build?
- What further steps does the industry need to take to attract private investors?
Questions from the Auduence and Panel Discussion

Mark Muldowney
Head of Energy Advisory, London, BNP Paribas
Mark Newbery
Partner, Energy and Natural Resources, Herbert Smith
Mark Newbery
Partner, Energy and Natural Resources, Herbert Smith
Biography
Mark has over 20 years' experience in the energy sector. Starting in 1988, he led the team advising the twelve regional electricity companies in England and Wales on the restructuring and privatisation of the industry. In recent years, Mark has focused on projects in the nuclear sector where he has gained extensive experience working both in the UK and internationally.
An expert on all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle, Mark led the team advising EDF on its high profile takeover of British Energy and the subsequent sale of 20% of British Energy to Centrica in the UK. Other highlights of his nuclear experience include advising: EDF on its plans to build new nuclear generating stations in the UK, Societatea Nationala Nucleareletrica S.A. on its programme to finance, construct and operate Units 3 and 4 at the Cernavoda plant in Romania, Visagino Atomine Elektrine on its plans to develop a new nuclear plant in Lithuania and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (formerly Department of Trade and Industry) on the establishment of the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (NDA) and the development of its site operations and clean-up contracts in the UK.
Lunch
Chairman's remarks

Jean Llewellyn OBE
Chief Executive, National Skills Academy for Nuclear
Jean Llewellyn OBE
Chief Executive, National Skills Academy for Nuclear
Biography
Jean Llewellyn was appointed to be the first Chief Executive of the National Skills Academy for Nuclear, on the Skills Academy's formation in November 2007. She came to the role having led the Project Team which developed the Skills Academy's Business Plan on a year's secondment from the Northwest Development Agency (NWDA). Jean is an Honorary Fellow of the Nuclear Institute.
During Jean's 5 years at the NWDA, she held the position of Head of Skills Policy. In this role she led on the Northwest approach to addressing sector skills challenges facing the region and implementing national skills policy at a regional level. The employer led proposal to establish a National Skills Academy for Nuclear came as a result of Jean's work with employers and partners in the Nuclear Sector, including Chairing the Nuclear Skills Advisory Group, to identify the key skills and training challenges/issues facing the sector.
Throughout her varied career, Jean has embraced the four themes of people, skills, leadership and policy, which come together in her role as Chief Executive of NSA-Nuclear.
Since taking up the CEO role at NSA-Nuclear, Jean's expertise, experience and influence have been recognised in many ways including:
- Member of the Government's Nuclear Development Forum, chaired by the Secretary of State
- Chair of the UK Nuclear Energy Skills Alliance
- Invited to give evidence to several Parliamentary Select Committee Inquiries
- Appointed as the inaugural Chair of the UK National Skills Academy Strategic Network
- Invited to accompany Lord Mandelson on a UK Trade Mission to the United Arab Emirates
- Invited speaker at dozens of nuclear industry conferences in the UK and abroad
- Asked to represent the UK at the International Conference on Access to Civil Nuclear Energy organised and hosted by President Sarkozy, to present on the progress and achievements of the Skills Academy
Session Three: Making the case for nuclear – forming effective communication strategies
Media response to Fukushima: UK details
In this session the speaker will outline the response of the UK media to the events in Fukushima, and how different stakeholders were represented.

Malcolm Grimston
Associate Fellow, Energy Environment & Development Programme, Chatham House
Malcolm Grimston
Associate Fellow, Energy Environment & Development Programme, Chatham House
Biography
Educated at Scarborough College and Magdalene, Cambridge, graduating in 1979 having read Natural Sciences and specialised in psychology. He worked as a chemistry teacher before joining the Atomic Energy Authority in 1987. In 1995 he joined Imperial College as a Senior Research Fellow and in 1999 became a Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House, where he is now an Associate Fellow, conducting an investigation into the future of civil nuclear energy. He is a regular media contributor on energy and nuclear matters. Among his publications are two books co-written with the late Peter Beck: Double or Quits – the global future of civil nuclear energy and
Civil nuclear energy – fuel of the future or relic of the past?
His latest paper, Electricity – social service or market commodity was published in July 2010; previously he published a study looking at the differences between the political and technical mindsets and how this impacts on major industries such as nuclear energy (available at http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/pdf/research/sdp/Dec05nuclear.pdf), and he is currently part of a consortium including Manchester, Southampton and City Universities carrying out a government-funded project on sustainable nuclear energy. He is an elected Member of Wandsworth Council and until 2009 had executive responsibility for environment and leisure.
Media response to Fukushima: Germany details
This session will discuss stakeholder concerns to nuclear energy, and how the nuclear industry can address them.

Jan Haverkamp
EU Policy Campaigner, Greenpeace
Jan Haverkamp
EU Policy Campaigner, Greenpeace
Biography
Jan Haverkamp was born on the Wadden Sea coast in the North of the Netherlands and graduated with a candidates (bachelors) degree in biochemistry at Leiden University and a masters degree (ir. or in the German system Dipl.Ing.) in Environmental Sciences at Wageningen University. During his studies he specialised in energy policy, air quality, nuclear physics and social and communication psychology.
In 1980, Jan was co-founder of the first local support group for Greenpeace in the Netherlands and was a volunteer until 1992.
Since 1987, he supported the build-up of environmental organisations in the GDR (Eastern Germany), first over the churches, later as part of the Dutch foundation Milieukontakt Oost-Europa, which was founded by the Dutch environmental movement to facilitate co-operation between the Netherlands and Central and Eastern Europe. In 1992 he continued his work in Czecho-Slovakia, from 1993 to 1995 in Romania, from 1995 to 1997 in Ukraine and worked shorter periods in Croatia and Albania.
In 1997 he emigrated to the Czech Republic, where he supported NGOs in the strategic use of the upcoming Internet before he coordinated the International Energy Brigades, a network of energy efficiency organisations throughout Central and Eastern Europe. From there he became nuclear / energy campaigner for Friends of the Earth Czech Republic / Hnutí DUHA and Greenpeace. After two years as Campaign Director for Greenpeace in the Czech Republic, he worked for the organisations WISE / NIRS and Greenpeace as consultant on energy issues in Central Europe.
Since 2007, he is EU policy campaigner dirty energy for the Greenpeace EU Unit in Brussels. His focus is on the development of nuclear power, with an emphasis on the energy sector in Central Europe. Next to this, he is a professional group facilitator and has introduced facilitation techniques to the social and environmental movements in Central and Eastern Europe. He teaches 'facilitation of environmental communication processes' at the Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. He lives in Prague with his 15 year old daughter and has an 18 year old son in the Netherlands.
Ir. Jan Haverkamp (51) is EU policy campaigner dirty energy for the Greenpeace EU Unit in Brussels. His previous work as energy campaigner and developer of environmental organisations in Central Europe brought him in contact with nuclear power in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Ukraine.
His academic background is in biochemistry, nuclear physics, environmental sciences and social and communication psychology. He has two children and lives in Prague.
PEER TO PEER DISCUSSION: Forming a comprehensive engagement strategy details
In this session delegates will think about what components an effective engagement strategy should contain and who it should be directed towards, followed by a feedback and discussion session with the panel.
- Assessing the relative public importance of safety, security of supply, independence of supply, climate change and RWM
- Comparing attitudes across Europe – are the issues in each country the same?
- Local vs national vs international stakeholders: who should be targeted?
- To what extent should neighbouring countries be engaged when building on their border?
- What should the message be? Does a harmonised PR campaign make sense?
- Should utilities, vendors or associations lead effective communication?

Malcolm Grimston
Associate Fellow, Energy Environment & Development Programme, Chatham House
Malcolm Grimston
Associate Fellow, Energy Environment & Development Programme, Chatham House
Biography
Educated at Scarborough College and Magdalene, Cambridge, graduating in 1979 having read Natural Sciences and specialised in psychology. He worked as a chemistry teacher before joining the Atomic Energy Authority in 1987. In 1995 he joined Imperial College as a Senior Research Fellow and in 1999 became a Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House, where he is now an Associate Fellow, conducting an investigation into the future of civil nuclear energy. He is a regular media contributor on energy and nuclear matters. Among his publications are two books co-written with the late Peter Beck: Double or Quits – the global future of civil nuclear energy and
Civil nuclear energy – fuel of the future or relic of the past?
His latest paper, Electricity – social service or market commodity was published in July 2010; previously he published a study looking at the differences between the political and technical mindsets and how this impacts on major industries such as nuclear energy (available at http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/pdf/research/sdp/Dec05nuclear.pdf), and he is currently part of a consortium including Manchester, Southampton and City Universities carrying out a government-funded project on sustainable nuclear energy. He is an elected Member of Wandsworth Council and until 2009 had executive responsibility for environment and leisure.

Jean Llewellyn OBE
Chief Executive, National Skills Academy for Nuclear
Jean Llewellyn OBE
Chief Executive, National Skills Academy for Nuclear
Biography
Jean Llewellyn was appointed to be the first Chief Executive of the National Skills Academy for Nuclear, on the Skills Academy's formation in November 2007. She came to the role having led the Project Team which developed the Skills Academy's Business Plan on a year's secondment from the Northwest Development Agency (NWDA). Jean is an Honorary Fellow of the Nuclear Institute.
During Jean's 5 years at the NWDA, she held the position of Head of Skills Policy. In this role she led on the Northwest approach to addressing sector skills challenges facing the region and implementing national skills policy at a regional level. The employer led proposal to establish a National Skills Academy for Nuclear came as a result of Jean's work with employers and partners in the Nuclear Sector, including Chairing the Nuclear Skills Advisory Group, to identify the key skills and training challenges/issues facing the sector.
Throughout her varied career, Jean has embraced the four themes of people, skills, leadership and policy, which come together in her role as Chief Executive of NSA-Nuclear.
Since taking up the CEO role at NSA-Nuclear, Jean's expertise, experience and influence have been recognised in many ways including:
- Member of the Government's Nuclear Development Forum, chaired by the Secretary of State
- Chair of the UK Nuclear Energy Skills Alliance
- Invited to give evidence to several Parliamentary Select Committee Inquiries
- Appointed as the inaugural Chair of the UK National Skills Academy Strategic Network
- Invited to accompany Lord Mandelson on a UK Trade Mission to the United Arab Emirates
- Invited speaker at dozens of nuclear industry conferences in the UK and abroad
- Asked to represent the UK at the International Conference on Access to Civil Nuclear Energy organised and hosted by President Sarkozy, to present on the progress and achievements of the Skills Academy
Feedback and Panel Discussion

Malcolm Grimston
Associate Fellow, Energy Environment & Development Programme, Chatham House
Malcolm Grimston
Associate Fellow, Energy Environment & Development Programme, Chatham House
Biography
Educated at Scarborough College and Magdalene, Cambridge, graduating in 1979 having read Natural Sciences and specialised in psychology. He worked as a chemistry teacher before joining the Atomic Energy Authority in 1987. In 1995 he joined Imperial College as a Senior Research Fellow and in 1999 became a Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House, where he is now an Associate Fellow, conducting an investigation into the future of civil nuclear energy. He is a regular media contributor on energy and nuclear matters. Among his publications are two books co-written with the late Peter Beck: Double or Quits – the global future of civil nuclear energy and
Civil nuclear energy – fuel of the future or relic of the past?
His latest paper, Electricity – social service or market commodity was published in July 2010; previously he published a study looking at the differences between the political and technical mindsets and how this impacts on major industries such as nuclear energy (available at http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/pdf/research/sdp/Dec05nuclear.pdf), and he is currently part of a consortium including Manchester, Southampton and City Universities carrying out a government-funded project on sustainable nuclear energy. He is an elected Member of Wandsworth Council and until 2009 had executive responsibility for environment and leisure.
Refreshments
Session Four: International lessons in planning and construction
CASE STUDY: Preparing for new build in Poland details
- How is the legal and regulatory framework developing?
- What are the next steps for reactor licensing and vendor selection?
- Developing the supply chain in a new nuclear country: challenges and steps taken
- Enabling long-term planning: to what extent can political risk be mitigated?

Tomasz Kwiatkowski
Investment Director, PGE Energia Jądrowa
Tomasz Kwiatkowski
Investment Director, PGE Energia Jądrowa
Biography
Investment Director at PGE Energia Jądrowa. Previously, director in PwC Warsaw Office responsible for Utility Sector and a manager at Accenture Warsaw working for energy clients in Poland and overseas. Specializing in strategy development and performance improvement, cooperated with main Polish utility, oil&gas and mining companies as well as a number of foreign clients. In the 1990’s, before career in consulting, worked in the area of oil&gas exploration for Schlumberger and Baker Hughes in Europe and the Americas. Holds MBA qualification from Warwick University and Mechanic Engineering degree from Newcastle University.
Advisory session
CASE STUDY: Learning from construction in China details
- An update on the Sanmen and Haiyang projects: on track for 2013 and 2014 operation?
- Towards nth of a kind projects: what are the lessons and cost implications?
- To what extent are the lessons learned applicable to European new build projects?

Aziz Dag
VP Marketing and Sales EMEA, Westinghouse
Aziz Dag
VP Marketing and Sales EMEA, Westinghouse
Biography
Aziz Dag has been with Westinghouse since 1992. He has held various managerial positions within engineering, marketing including his prior role as Vice President Product Management within the Nuclear Fuel Business Unit.
His current position is Vice President, Marketing and Sales for the EMEA region. His responsibility is to provide leadership and coordination of marketing and sales activities for key strategic opportunities in the EMEA region.
Aziz Dag holds a Masters of Science degree in Engineering Physics from Uppsala University, a MBA from Stockholm School of Economics and is Six Sigma Black Belt certified.
Questions
Session Five: Investing in the skills for a safe nuclear future
INTERVIEW: Building a competent workforce: closing the skills gap for new build details
- Strengthening the nuclear industry – what skills are needed when?
- Overcoming the hurdles: assessing the skills strategies already employed
- What steps have been taking to set up an effective nuclear regulator?
- Permanent skill transfer vs temporary hire: ensuring a sustainable nuclear industry
- How can different players and countries work together moving towards a safe, sustainable industry?

Jean Llewellyn OBE
Chief Executive, National Skills Academy for Nuclear
Jean Llewellyn OBE
Chief Executive, National Skills Academy for Nuclear
Biography
Jean Llewellyn was appointed to be the first Chief Executive of the National Skills Academy for Nuclear, on the Skills Academy's formation in November 2007. She came to the role having led the Project Team which developed the Skills Academy's Business Plan on a year's secondment from the Northwest Development Agency (NWDA). Jean is an Honorary Fellow of the Nuclear Institute.
During Jean's 5 years at the NWDA, she held the position of Head of Skills Policy. In this role she led on the Northwest approach to addressing sector skills challenges facing the region and implementing national skills policy at a regional level. The employer led proposal to establish a National Skills Academy for Nuclear came as a result of Jean's work with employers and partners in the Nuclear Sector, including Chairing the Nuclear Skills Advisory Group, to identify the key skills and training challenges/issues facing the sector.
Throughout her varied career, Jean has embraced the four themes of people, skills, leadership and policy, which come together in her role as Chief Executive of NSA-Nuclear.
Since taking up the CEO role at NSA-Nuclear, Jean's expertise, experience and influence have been recognised in many ways including:
- Member of the Government's Nuclear Development Forum, chaired by the Secretary of State
- Chair of the UK Nuclear Energy Skills Alliance
- Invited to give evidence to several Parliamentary Select Committee Inquiries
- Appointed as the inaugural Chair of the UK National Skills Academy Strategic Network
- Invited to accompany Lord Mandelson on a UK Trade Mission to the United Arab Emirates
- Invited speaker at dozens of nuclear industry conferences in the UK and abroad
- Asked to represent the UK at the International Conference on Access to Civil Nuclear Energy organised and hosted by President Sarkozy, to present on the progress and achievements of the Skills Academy

Igino Chellini
Mochovce 3&4 Project Director, Enel
Igino Chellini
Mochovce 3&4 Project Director, Enel
Biography
Igino is Project Director of the Mochovce units 3 and 4 construction Project for Slovenské Elektrárne, Bratislava (SK), heading a team of 280 professionals. The Team is acting ad General Contractor and Architect Engineer for the completion of two 471MWe Pressurized Water Reactor Units at Mochovce (Slovakia). The task is to complete the Units 3 and 4 in 50 and 58 months respectively meeting all safety and quality targets and within the authorized budget.
Previous assignments in Enel Group, where Igino spent the last 10 years of his career, included responsibility for Feasibility Studies and Siting of Nuclear Power Plants, Project Management and Project Development.
Before Joining the ENEL Group Igino worked as Project Manager for ABB Equity Ventures (ABB Group) and api – anonima petroli italiana SpA.
Chairman’s closing remarks
Drinks reception details
Delegates are invited to join us for an evening of Belgian beer at Delirium, one of Brussels’ most famous bars.
Tuesday 20 March 2012, The Crowne Plaza - The Palace, Brussels
European Nuclear Forum 2012
Chairman’s opening remarks

Rudiger König
Head, International Nuclear Development, RWEKEYNOTE OPENING ADDESS: Conducting the stress tests: an EU-wide comparison details
- How were the tests conducted across Europe? Examining the different approaches
- Making sense of the differences: to what extent are the results comparable?
- Encouraging wider participation – why did non-EU countries participate?
- What are the timelines and operational implications of the results?

Philip Lowe
Director General, DG ENER, European Commission
Philip Lowe
Director General, DG ENER, European Commission
Biography
Philip Lowe was born in Leeds in 1947. He read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at St John's College, Oxford and has an M. Sc. from London Business School. Following a period in the manufacturing industry, he joined the European Commission in 1973, and held a range of senior posts as Chef de Cabinet and Director in the fields of regional development, agriculture, transport and administration, before becoming Director-General of the Development DG in 1997. From September 2002 he was Director-General of the Competition DG until he took up his current appointment as Director-General of the Energy DG in February 2010.
Questions
Session Six: Maintaining safe operation in existing plants
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Ensuring a safe and reliable nuclear future

Laurent Stricker
Chairman, World Association of Nuclear Operators
Laurent Stricker
Chairman, World Association of Nuclear Operators
Biography
Mr. Stricker became Chairman of the WANO Governing Board in 2009 and was re-elected for a second term in July of 2010. A Senior Advisor to the Chairman and CEO of Electricité de France (EDF), he was Head of Nuclear Operations until 2005 and responsible for the operation of the French nuclear fleet and its staff of about 20,000. Mr. Stricker has held numerous positions with EDF, including Director of the Grid and of Thermal and Hydraulic Generation, Head of the Radiation Protection and Environment Department, Plant Manager at Saint-Laurent-des-Eaux and Head of the Bugey training centre.
Mr. Stricker has had extensive formal training and education in chemical, metallurgical and nuclear engineering. He holds a “Diplôme d’Ingénieur” from both the “Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble” France, and the “Institut des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires,” Saclay, France. He also holds a diploma from Nancy University in Eastern France. Mr. Stricker served as President of the French Society of Radiation Protection from 1991 to 1993.
Finding an industry solution to plant safety and operability

Dr Colin Elcoate
Managing Director, Nuclear Business Unit, ClydeUnion Pumps
Dr Colin Elcoate
Managing Director, Nuclear Business Unit, ClydeUnion Pumps
Biography
His early industrial experience was with Rolls-Royce Aerospace before he joined Frazer Nash Consultancy where he enjoyed over ten years working in all aspects of the nuclear industry. His experience includes providing specialist engineering services in support of operating civil reactors, nuclear submarines, naval facilities, decommissioning sites, research reactors and fission and fusion new build projects in the UK and internationally.
As Managing Director of ClydeUnion Pumps’ Power Business Unit Colin is responsible for leading their extensive worldwide nuclear activities.
CASE STUDY: Undertaking preventative maintenance at Beznau details
- What are the motivations for preventative maintenance work?
- Reviewing safety post-Fukushima – what measures are required?
- Preparing for the works: what needs to be done?

Stephan Döhler
Director Atomic Energy, Axpo
Stephan Döhler
Director Atomic Energy, Axpo
Biography
Stephan W. Döhler, Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and executive MBA, is the head of Axpo Nuclear Division, managing director of Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG and member of the executive board of Axpo AG since the beginning of November 2007. From September 2008 to June 2009 he assumed the position of CEO ad interim of Resun AG. He was the head of Döhler Consulting GmbH from 2006 to 2007. In the previous years, from 2003 to 2006, he was professor for engineering fundamentals at the University of Applied Sciences Northwest Switzerland, where he still has a teaching assignment in the field of thermodynamics. Stephan W. Döhler was in various management positions at Alstom Power (Schweiz) AG from 2000 to 2003 and at ABB Kraftwerke AG starting in 1991.
Stephan W. Döhler is member of the following boards of directors and organizations: ENELA München AG (president), Zwilag AG (president), Ersatz Kernkraftwerk Mühleberg AG (VP), Enertrag AG (president), Ersatz Kernkraftwerk Beznau AG (VP), Kernkraftwerk Gösgen-Däniken AG (member), Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG (member), Swissnuclear (president), Nagra (VP), Nuklearforum Schweiz (VP), eidg. Stillegungs- und Entsorgungsfonds (member).
Questions
Refreshments
R&D Update: The Advanced Nuclear Systems Institute details
- An overview of current projects – what are the goals?
- Advancing GEN IV reactors: what progress has been made on the Lead Fast Reactor?
- Examining the LFR and MYRRHA projects in detail

Peter Baeten
Andvanced Nuclear Systems Institute Manager, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre
Peter Baeten
Andvanced Nuclear Systems Institute Manager, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre
Biography
Prof. Baeten lectures "Nuclear Reactor Physics" at the Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering & Energy Technology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and is the Institute Manager of the Institute for Advanced Nuclear Systems within the SCK•CEN. He has a master degree in Applied Physics Engineering and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering.
For 10 years, he was responsible for the exploitation and experimental programmes of the VENUS (zero power critical facility) and BR1 (4 MWth graphite-gaz-natural uranium reactor) research reactors at the Mol-site. As the MYRRHA Technical Manager, he is responsible now for the technical design of the 100 MWth research reactor MYRRHA to be built at the SCK-CEN Mol site and hence he is the project coordinator of the FP7 project "Central Design Team" for MYRRHA.
He is also the Vice-chair of ESNII (European Sustainable Nuclear Industrial Initiative) launched last November 2010 at the SET-plan conference.
Questions
Session Seven: Facilitating planning for the supply chain
Rebalancing the focus of the supply chain: where will future demands lie? details
- Reassessing the projects and timelines for new build across Europe
- What do the stress test results mean for upgrade, maintenance and extension contracts?
- Can European activity sustain investment in the supply chain? Can international activity?

David Powell
VP European Nuclear Power Plant Sales, GE HitachiAdvisory session
Questions
PEER-TO-PEER DISCUSSION: Gearing up for contracts – collaborating towards timely delivery details
In this session delegates will form working groups to discuss supply chain readiness and come up with action points to apply to their organisation. Points to be discussed may include:
- To what extent have new build plans shifted in the last year?
- Can the supply chain balance new build, operational and decommissioning work?
- What role can utilities and vendors play to ensure effective procurement?
- How long are the preparation timelines to confidently bid for contracts?
What can companies do now to ensure they are prepared for future opportunities?
Lunch
Session Eight: Securing the nuclear legacy – planning for decommissioning and waste management
Finding a long-term waste solution: plans and next steps details
This session will outline what steps ONDRAF/NIRAS is taking to find a long-term waste solution for Belgium, and how their work will be progressing over the next few years.

Philippe Lalieux
Long-term Management Director, ONDRAF/NIRASImplementing a viable waste solution: complying with the EU RWM Directive details
- Exploring waste management plans across Europe
- Are national repositories feasible for all European countries? Exploring geographic synergies
- Developing joint repositories: can political and transportation concerns be overcome?

Charles McCombie
Executive Director, Arius Association
Charles McCombie
Executive Director, Arius Association
Biography
Dr. Charles McCombie is an advisor to various national and international waste management programmes. Currently one of his chief responsibilities is as Executive Director of the Arius Association. For many years, he was scientific and technical director of Nagra, the Swiss Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste.
He currently chairs Nuclear Advisory Committee of the Swiss Paul Scherrer Institute. Until recently, he was the Chairman of the International Technical Advisory Committee of NUMO (the HLW organisation of Japan) and was earlier Vice-Chairman of the U.S. National Research Council's Board on Radioactive Waste Management.

Ewoud Verhoef
Deputy Director, COVRA
Ewoud Verhoef
Deputy Director, COVRA
Biography
Ewoud Verhoef obtained its PhD in Applied Earth Sciences from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. He joined the radioactive waste management agency, COVRA, in 2005. In 2009 he was appointed as Deputy Director.
He was co-ordinator of the EC SAPIERR II project and co-ordinates the Dutch National Research Programme into geological disposal, OPERA. Since 2010 he is vice-chair of the ERDO working group that studies the feasibility of setting up a not-profit European Repository Development Organisation (ERDO) that would implement one or more shared geological repositories in Europe.
Questions
KEYNOTE CLOSING ADDRESS: Small Modular Reactors: the future of nuclear? details
- An overview of the technological developments – what are the different models?
- Towards commercialisation: what hurdles need to be overcome?
- Assessing target markets for deployment: what are the criteria?

Jong Kyun Park
Director- Nuclear Power Division, IAEA
Jong Kyun Park
Director- Nuclear Power Division, IAEA
Biography
Dr. Jong Kyun PARK acquired his BS in Nuclear Engineering from Seoul National University in Korea in 1973, and his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Nuclear Engineering and Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in USA in 1979 and 1981, respectively.
He had served in the Republic of Korean Army as first Lieutenant from February 1973 till June 1975. And he had started his career at KAERI in July 1975 as a researcher in the field of Nuclear Engineering and continued extended research in USA at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from September 1978. After his degrees, he had been working for Combustion Engineering, which was one of the US nuclear vendors(which is now merged into Westinghouse), for 5 years in the field of nuclear engineering and reactor design and for Long Island Lighting Company at Shoreham Nuclear Power Station(which was sold to NY State and later dismantled) for 1 year as a nuclear engineer.
He returned back to KAERI in 1987 taking significant leading roles of research and development in nuclear science and engineering, such as Manager of reactor safety analysis, Directors of nuclear fuel and reactor core design project, nuclear policy research, Korean Next Generation Reactor (APR1400) Development, and Nuclear Training Center. He has served as Vice President at KAERI from May 2002 till September 2009 in the area of Advanced Reactor Technology Development, Advanced Nuclear Technology Development, VHTR and Nuclear Hydrogen Development, and Nuclear Policy and International Relations.
He joined the IAEA in October 2009 as Director, Division of Nuclear Power.
He is a member of American Nuclear Society and Korean Nuclear Society.
Questions
Chairman’s closing remarks
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