Agenda

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MONDAY APRIL 15: Day 1 Conference Programme

7:45am - REGISTRATION OPENS

8:45am - 8:50am NUCLEAR ENERGY INSIDER’S WELCOME SPEECH

8:50am - 9:00am CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING SPEECH

SECTION 1: REGULATORY KEYNOTES

9:00am – 9:30am KEYNOTE: European Nuclear Decommissioning Overview

• Receive an update on current status of decommissioning projects across Europe to identify future commercial opportunities for your business
• Understand harmonisation of decommissioning practices in Central & Eastern Europe and the development of decommissioning specific regulations to ease efficiency
• Get to grips with preparing for a peak in decommissioning projects between 2013-2025 to ensure you are in a business-winning position and fully resourced
  

Marcel Rehak, Nuclear Decommissioning Project Manager, European Commission

9:30am – 10:00am UK Regulatory Insight

• Receive guidelines to help you manage regulatory control systems and ensure compliance to increase efficiency
• Realise the critical elements of preparation, authorisation, monitoring, technical & environmental safety to implement the right safeguards on your project
• Get the latest on health and safety developments in decommissioning to gauge what it means for your business
  

Frans Boydon, Superintending Inspector, Office for Nuclear Regulation

10:00am – 10:30am Managing Risk Reduction at Sellafield

• Review the National Audit Office’s role within decommissioning and its report on Managing Risk Reduction at Sellafield
• Understand the importance of the Sellafield lifetime plan and the government’s provision for the cost of decommissioning the site
• Benefit from lessons learnt when auditing the management and delivery of complex projects

Ed Humpherson, Assistant Auditor General, National Audit Office

10:30am – 11:00am NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

SECTION 2: SLC CASE STUDIES

11:00am – 11:30am EXCLUSIVE SLC CASE STUDY: Sellafield Over-Arching Acquisition Strategy

John Sidney, Head of Supply Chain Strategy, Sellafield

11:30am – 12:00pm EXCLUSIVE SLC CASE STUDY: Dounreay - A Year On

• Gain exclusive insight into Babcock Dounreay Partnership’s progress in the transitional arrangements and start devising business-winning tactics
• Learn about the Shaft and Silo decommissioning project, valued at £80 - £100 million, to improve your design, build, operation and decommissioning of plant and facilities
• Discover the future priorities at Dounreay so you can anticipate the right approach to promote your business

Dyan Foss, Deputy Managing Director, Dounreay Site Restoration

12:00pm – 12:30pm EXCLUSIVE SLC CASE STUDY: RSRL – Lessons Learned and Looking Forward

• Learn from recent project examples delivered with the supply chain (New LLW Waste Disposal Options and Packages; Facility Decommissioning/Demolition; Delicensing) and apply them to your project
• Assess the submitted proposals for an optimised decommissioning program from RSRL’s Winfrith site and see how you could significantly reduce project time
• Hear how to reduce time and money spent on non-value adding activities, avoid delays and unnecessary work so you can improve performance and efficiency in your project lifecycle

Paul Atyeo, Harwell Decommissioning Manager, Research Sites Restoration Ltd

12:30pm – 2:00pm NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK

2:00pm – 2:30pm EXCLUSIVE SLC CASE STUDY: Low Level Waste Repository

• Get the latest on the National Waste Programme’s key projects, activities and delivery milestones so you are up-to-date with the implementation strategy
• Hear how the programme is designed to implement the waste hierarchy, make best use of existing waste management assets and meet the need for new fit-for-purpose waste management routes to ensure efficient disposal
• Learn about the new treatment options to reduce waste and new support services such as characterisation to help you sort and segregate waste effectively
  

Dennis Thompson, Managing Director, LLWR

SECTION 3: SUPPLY CHAIN & INNOVATION

2:30pm – 3:00pm AREVA and Atkins Working Together to Meet UK Decommissioning Challenges

• AREVA and Atkins skills and capabilities
• AREVA/Atkins decommissioning and dismantling experience - analysis of ponds remediation, waste retrieval and conditioning, reactor systems decommissioning
• Benefits in joining AREVA/Atkins capabilities in a JV for Tier 2 activities
  

Bertrand Ytournel, Project Manager, AREVA D&D Business Unit

3:00pm – 4:00pm Supply Chain Strategies Panel Session

• Identify the contract winning methods that will advance your company’s business potential in the nuclear decommissioning industry
• Benefit from the panel’s expertise in contractual challenges and supply chain factors and take this wealth of ideas with you back to the office
  

Chaired By: Gareth Davies, Vice Chair, NIA Decommissioning Working Group
Adrian Worker, Vice President, CH2M Hill
Dr Brian McConnell, Managing Director, Hydrock
Helen Simms, Managing Director, Redhall
Colin Ellam, UKI Capital Projects Director, Accenture
Alistair Evans, Communications Officer, NIA

4:00pm – 4:30pm NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

4:30pm – 5:00pm Delivering the Design Service Alliance

• Receive the latest on the DSA, developed in part by AXIOM, and gauge what it means for you and your business when competing for contracts with Sellafield

• Understand the evolving contracts format and risk liability issues so you can develop and enter decommissioning program contract with confidence
• Hear how collaborative working delivers value and where the cost-benefits are so that you are prepared to help Sellafield deliver its mission quicker and more efficiently

Simon Candy, Directorate Head of Project Engineering, Sellafield
Andy White, Business Unit Director, Amec – AXIOM Alliance
John Parr, Project Director, Babcock - Progressive Alliance

5:00pm – 5:30pm Infrastructure Strategic Alliance

• Learn more about the £1.1bn Sellafield Infrastructure Strategic Alliance contract that sets the standard for the industry so you can stay competitive
• Examine the work that will include the maintenance of steam and electricity generation, chemical storage and distribution, drainage networks and all transport infrastructure at the site to identify future commercial opportunities for your business
• Understand how collaborative alliances with supply chain partners represent best industry practice thereby ensuring your company’s expertise and innovation is unlocked
  

Jeff Lang, Managing Director Utility Services, Morgan Sindall

5:30pm – ONWARDS. NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION

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TUESDAY APRIL 16: Day 2 Conference Programme

8:00am – 8:50am REGISTRATION OPENS

8:50am – 9:00am CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING SPEECH

9:00am – 10:00am Technology & Innovation Panel Session

• Get to grips with the development of innovative technologies for nuclear decommissioning, waste management and disposal to stay ahead of your competition
• Evaluate how pragmatic robotic solutions can make challenging decommissioning work easier, enhance safety and increase reliability on your project
• Examine how new technologies can be configured to meet the specific demands presented by each decommissioning operation you execute

Chaired By: Keith Riding, Managing Director, Network Nuclear Ltd (Former NDA Programme Manager)
Paul Campbell, Nuclear Process Development Director, Costain
Dmitri Vysotski, Director, Global Strategy Integration, NUKEM Technologies
Steve Wood, Managing Director, REACT Engineering Ltd
David Hopper, Principal Consultant & Director, AR Technologies
Chris Woodhead, Managing Director, SA Robotics

10:00am – 10:30am Exporting the UK’s Decommissioning Know-how

• Learn about the potential abroad for companies like yours with a wealth of nuclear skills, research and technical know-how
• Hear how the UK can assist in international decommissioning and waste management with its innovation and wide range of cutting edge technologies
• Hear about the UK’s plans to ensure your company’s first-rate decommissioning expertise is sought-after in a rapidly growing national and international market

Neil Foreman, Chairman, Centronic/ Chair, NIA Nuclear Exports Group

10:30am – 11:00am NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

SECTION 4: CROSS-INDUSTRY LEARNING

11:00am – 11:30am How to Successfully Negotiate Community Benefits 

• Get to grips with the legal requirements for your proposed project to ensure compliance
• Gain insight into how to avoid opposition and challenges to your project for optimum efficiency and productivity
• Learn from community benefits best practises and put them to work immediately

Paul Zyda, Director, Zyda Law

11:30am – 12:00pm Submarine Dismantling & Decommissioning Panel Session

• Discover how the Submarine Dismantling Project (SDP) is delivering a safe, secure, environmentally responsible and cost-effective solution for dismantling 27 of the UK's decommissioned nuclear powered submarines
• Identify the latest contracting opportunities that will advance your company’s business potential in the nuclear defence decommissioning industry
• Understand the three main activities of initial dismantling, interim storage and ship-recycling to assess the solutions required that you can provide 

David Collier, Consultant, Faulklands Associates
Dr Paul Dorfman, Warwick Business School, Warwick University
Andy Daniel, Adviser, Submarine Dismantling Project Advisory Group

SECTION 5: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

12:00pm – 12:30pm NUKEM's Approach Leveraging Global Technology Transfer 

• Introduction to NUKEM and its relationship with Rosatom, the regulatory body of the Russian nuclear complex
• Analysis of the German decommissioning market and NUKEM’s approach to it
• Examining the global transfer of technology in decommissioning and waste management

Connor Deehan, Director, UK Business, NUKEM Technologies

12:30pm – 1:30pm NETWORKING LUNCH BREAK

1:30pm – 2:00pm Employment Mobility of Nuclear Professionals

• Hear about the Europe wide investigation in to the mobility of nuclear professionals in Europe in conjunction with the European Human Resource Observatory in the Nuclear Energy Sector (EHRO-N) and the European Nuclear Society (ENS)
• Learn more on the findings of report published in March, 2013, providing an up to date insight in to the mobility of nuclear professionals, highlighting the differences between people from different countries, of various ages and various skill sets
• Discover the conclusions and recommendations that can help organisations in the nuclear sector to access and attract international talent and avoid skill shortages

Callum Thomas, Managing Director, Thomas Thor Associates

SECTION 6: WASTE MANAGEMENT

2:00pm – 2:30pm How the AREVA Experience in MOX Manufacturing Can Provide a Solution to Deal with the UK Plutonium Stockpile

• Learn about the AREVA experience in MOX manufacturing
• Hear about MOX valuable effects on local economies and supply chains
• Discover how the AREVA experience can provide credible solution to deal with the UK plutonium stockpile
  

Giovanbattista Patalano, Business Director – Recycling and Waste Management, AREVA

2:30pm – 3:00pm PRISM Technology

• Get the latest on the ambitious plan to eradicate Britain’s plutonium stockpile – the biggest in the world – by building revolutionary nuclear reactors to “burn” the waste at Sellafield
• Hear the progress so far on the feasibility studies and what it means for waste management and the future of plutonium in the UK
• Understand how the reactors are designed to dispose of the plutonium without breeding any more and thereby overcoming permanent storage challenges
  

David Powell, Vice President European Sales, GE Hitachi Nuclear Power Plants

3:00pm – 3:30pm Nuclear Materials Transportation

• Find out how the NDA’s Direct Rail Services (DRS) supports the UK’s decommissioning activities so you can overcome the challenges of transporting decommissioning waste
• Uncover the risks involved during the movement of Spent Nuclear Fuel and Decommissioning Waste to ensure you are fully prepared for transporting radioactive materials        
• Hear how  the DRS maintains strict standards of environmental, safety and operational performance so you can implement the vital lessons learned to stay competitive 
  

Neil McNicholas, Managing Director, Direct Rail Services

3:30pm NETWORKING COFFEE AND END OF CONFERENCE

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