Strategic - Technical - Practical
Wednesday 18th - Thursday 19th June 2008 Kempinski Hotel Bristol
Berlin, Germany
CONFERENCE RATIONALE
In 2007, IBC's Decommissioning & Waste Cooperation in Nuclear conference in Vilnius examined the ongoing challenges in the CEE decommissioning and waste scene. Practical experiences were shared and strategic discussions occurred between representatives from across the CEE nuclear community and beyond...
The vital and complex process of decommissioning and waste management has resulted in a great deal of experience globally, not least in the CEE region, where the need for implementation and completion of strategies has emphasised the importance of cooperation and the sharing of ideas. Regulatory and funding aspects are still areas where discussion is ongoing, and clearance continues to cause issue in cost and dose, for both workers and public.
In 2008, IBC's CEE Decommissioning & Waste Cooperation will focus and bring together multinational experience for an exchange of current knowledge and the sharing of future plans to enable new and continued multilateral cooperation and opportunity. This will come at a time when the global nuclear community is faced with great challenge and opportunity through increased activity worldwide.
Day One has been designed to allow full discussion of strategies and issues by representatives from across the CEE region, European Commission and EBRD. An Experience session on Day Two will allow experts to discuss and share knowledge in the latest developments and experiences. Lessons learned and techniques will be contrasted with one another and solutions shared in topics to include: planning, risk, protection, plant transition, decontamination, disposal routes, storage and training...
POST CONFERENCE TECHNICAL TOUR
GREIFSWALD NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
20th JUNE 2008
The Greifswald Nuclear Power Plant decommissioning project is one of the largest in the world and one of the first NPP sites in Germany to go through the process. The site contained 8 units of the WWER 440 Russian-designed reactor and several facilities to handle and store fuel and radioactive waste. In 1989, operating units 1-5 were switched off and construction on units 6-8 halted. The subsequent decision to decommission all the units has involved large reductions in personnel, a wide range of technical decommissioning activities and the onsite construction of the Interim Storage North (ISN) facility, which serves as an independent and integrated treatment and storage centre for radioactive waste and dismantled material, as well as storage for spent fuel.
SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE
- Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany
- European Commission
- European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), UK
- State Nuclear Regulatory Committee of Ukraine (SNRCU)
- Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic (UJD)
- Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI)
- National Commission for Nuclear Activities Control (CNCAN)
- Energiewerke Nord GmbH (EWN)
- Chernobyl NPP
- AMEC
- VT Nuclear Ltd.
PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE
- Environmental and economic aspects
- Ongoing decommissioning and waste strategies
- Technical issues and lessons learnt
- Future challenges
- Decommissioning experience at Chernobyl NPP
- Transition management
- Assistance and knowledge transfer in CEE
- Decommissioning activities and schedule at Bohunice NPP
- Decommissioning lessons from Greifswald NPP
- BN-350 in Kazakhstan
- Rheinsberg (KKR)
- Global Partnership Programme
- Safeguards
Sponsorship and nomination of a chairperson is available for some of the Roundtables. To discuss possibilities please contact Stuart Biddle on +44 (0)20 7017 4543 or email stuart.biddle@informa.com
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This event will be of particular interest to representatives from the global nuclear industry, national nuclear regulatory organisations and representatives from government departments of environment, health protection and local government. It will also appeal strongly to environmental remediation professionals, consultants, lawyers and academics.
