Third MDEP Conference on New Reactor Design Activities
Programme
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
14-15 May 2014
14 May 2014
OPENING SESSION
Chairs:
Dr. Allison Macfarlane, MDEP Policy Group (PG) Chair,
Chair US NRC
Mr. Javier Reig, Nuclear Energy Agency
09:00-10:00 Welcome and opening of conference
- Welcoming and introductory remarks
- Dr. Allison Macfarlane and Mr. Javier Reig
- Summary of MDEP achievements
SESSION 1 – Design-Specific Working Groups
10:15-12:00
Chairs:
Mr. Petteri Tiippana, Finland PG member, Director-General STUK
Mr. Fredrik Hassel, Sweden PG member, Deputy Director-General SSM
- Introduction of the session
- MDEP activities and accomplishments
- Industry activities related to new reactor designs
- Mr. Richard DeLong, Director, International Licensing and Regulatory Support, Westinghouse, USA
- Mr. Claude Jaouen, Senior Executive Vice President, Reactors and Services, AREVA, France
- Dr. Hae-Ryong Hwang, Senior Vice President and Director of KEPCO E&C Power Engineering Research Institute, Korea
- Mr. Zonglin Guo, Deputy General Manager, TNPJVC, China
- Mr. Mikhail Bykov, Deputy Designer General, OKB Gidropress, Russian Federation
- Discussion
12:00-14:00 Lunch
SESSION 2 – Commissioning Activities
14:00-15:30
Chairs:
Mr. Wang Zhongtang, China PG member, Vice-Administrator NNSA
Mr. William Travers, United Arab Emirates, Director General FANR
- Introduction of the session
- MDEP activities and accomplishments
- Industry activities related to commissioning of new reactors
- Mr. Shenjie Gu, Deputy Chief Engineer, SNERDI, China
- Mr. Jeff Gasser, Executive Vice President Operational Readiness, Vogtle 3 and 4, USA
- Mr. Dominique Lagarde, Senior Vice-President Nuclear Engineering, EDF, France
Session 2 – EDF – EPR Commissioning
- Mr. Yunho Kim, Director, KHNP Washington DC Center, Korea
- Mr. G. Nageswara Rao, Executive Director of Operation, NPCIL, India
- Discussion
15:30-16:00 Break
SESSION 3 – Vendor Inspection
16:00-17:45
Chairs:
Dr. S. S. Bajaj, Indian PG member, Chair AERB
Mr. Yong Hwan Kim, Korean PG representative, Secretary General NSSC
- Introduction of the session
- MDEP activities and accomplishments
- Industry activities related to vendor inspection
- Mr. Francis Muguet, NQSA Technical Manager, ISO
- Mr. Hwoang Yoon Park, General Manager of Nuclear Quality Control in Nuclear Business Group, Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction co., Ltd., Korea
- Mr. Serge Montrichard, SG Product Line Manager, Valinox Nucléaire, France
- Mr. Steve Vaslet, Licensing Director, Hinkley Point C Project, NNB GenCo, UK
- Discussion
17:45 End of day one
15 May 2014
SESSION 4 – Digital Instrumentation and Control
8:30-10:00
Chairs:
Mr. Fredrik Hassel, Sweden PG member, Deputy Director-General SSM
Mr. Petteri Tiippana, Finland PG member, Director-General STUK
- Introduction of the session
- MDEP activities and accomplishments
- Industry activities in relation with digital instrumentation and control
- Mr. Gary Johnson, International Electrotechnical Commission IEC/SC45A Chair
IEC and IAEA Digital I&C Standards and Correlation with DICWG Common Positions
- Mr. Johannes Pickelmann, Chair of the CORDEL Digital I&C Task Force
- Mr. Marjo Mustonen, Senior Vice President of Nuclear Safety, TVO, Finland
- Mr. Richard Delong, Director, International Licensing and Regulatory Support, Westinghouse, USA
- Mr. Warren R. Odess-Gillett, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Discussion
10:00-10:30 Break
SESSION 5 – New reactor activities related to the Fukushima Daiichi accident
10:30-12:00
Chairs:
Mr. Pierre-Franck Chevet, France PG member, Chair ASN
Mr. Daiji Takeuchi, Japan PG representative, Director-General for Nuclear Regulatory Technical Affairs NRA
- Introduction of the session
- MDEP activities and accomplishments
- Mr. Tim Allmark, Superintending Inspector, UK STC representative, ONR
- Other activities related to the follow up of the Fukushima Daiichi accident
- Mr. Javier Reig, Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities Bureau, Nuclear Energy Agency
- Mr. Bernard Chaloin, Co-Leader of the WANO Design Project, WANO
- Mr. Jim Lyons, Division Director of Nuclear Installation Safety, IAEA
- Mr. Douglas J. Walters, Vice President of regulatory affairs, Nuclear Energy Institute, USA
- Dr. Hans Wanner, ENSI Director General, Chair, WENRA
- Discussion
12:00-14:00 Lunch
SESSION 6 – Codes and Standards Harmonisation
14:00-15:30
Chairs:
Mr. Terry Jamieson, Canadian PG member, Vice-President CNSC
Mr. Valery Bezzubtsev, Russian PG member, Deputy Chair Rostechnadzor
- Introduction of the session
- MDEP activities and accomplishments
- Industry activities related to harmonisation of codes and standards
- Pr. Nawal Prinja, Technical Director of AMEC Clean Energy Europe, CORDEL
Update on the WNA CORDEL Codes & Standards Task Force (CSTF) Pilot Project
- Mr. Kevin Ennis, Director, ASME, USA
ASME – Harmonisation and Standardisation
SDO Views on CSWG
- Mr. Denis Buisine, President of the Drafting Committee, AFCEN, France
AFCEN – Statement
- Mr. Haruei Miyaguchi, Secretary of Main Committee on Power Generating Facility Code, JSME, Japan
- Discussion
15:30-16:00 Break
SESSION 7 – MDEP Way Forward and Related Activities
16:00-17:30
Chairs:
Dr. Allison Macfarlane, MDEP PG Chair, Chair US NRC
Mr. Pierre-Franck Chevet, France PG member, Chair ASN
- Introduction of the session
- Other initiatives of harmonisation in the nuclear safety area and interaction with MDEP
- Ms. Sophie Mourlon, MDEP Steering Technical Committee Chair
- Mr. Glenn M. Tracy, Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities Bureau, US NRC
- Mr. Jerald G. Head, Senior Vice-President for Regulatory Affairs of GE-Hitachi, Chair of CORDEL
- Mr. Tom O'Connor, Director of the Office of Advanced Reactor Technologies in the Office of Nuclear Energy at the Department of Energy, Generation IV International Forum (GIF)
- Mr. Jim Lyons, Division Director of Nuclear Installation Safety, IAEA
- Mr. Petteri Tiippana, Director-General STUK, WENRA
- Discussion
CLOSING SESSION
Chairs:
Dr. Allison Macfarlane, MDEP PG Chair, Chair US NRC
Mr. Javier Reig, Nuclear Energy Agency
17:30-18:00 Conclusion and Closing of the Conference
- Conference summary and way forward
Last reviewed: 6 June 2014
