Technical and Regulatory Issues Facing Nuclear Power Plants
 

Presentations *

Wednesday, 1 June 2016

Session 1: Opening 
Barry Kaufer, Director CORDEL


Session 2: Setting the Scene - Regional Topic

Chair: Donald Hoffman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Excel Services Corporation

Speakers:
Russ Bell, Senior Director, New Plant Licensing, NEI: Nuclear Promise
Sherry Bernhoft, Senior Program Manager, EPRI: Flexible Operations
Farid Berry, VP Sargent and Lundy LLC
Cindy Pederson, Regional Administrator, Region III, US NRC


Session 3A: Operating Plants: Near and Long Term Perspectives

Chair: Garry Young, Entergy

Speakers:
Jerud Hanson, Sr. Project Manager, Plant Life Extension, NEI
Risto  Himanen, Senior Adviser, Nuclear Safety Engineering, TVO [Finland]
Don Wilson, Director, Information Exchange, CANDU Owners Group
Steve Bloom, Branch Chief of the Subsequent Renewal, Guidance, and Operations Branch, US NRC: GALL Report


Session 3B: Operating Plants: Specific Issues

Chair: Peter Tarren, Section Head, Operational Safety Section, IAEA

Speakers:
Sherry Bernhoft, Senior Program Manager, EPRI: EPRI LTO Program
Jerald Head, Senior Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs, GE-Hitachi
Jean Barbaud, EDF, International Nuclear Safety Director: Ageing Management
Douglas Miller, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission: Continuous Safety Improvements for  Canadian NPPs for Long-term Operation


Session 3C: Challenges to Operating Plant - Panel 

Chair: Henri Pelin, Senior Advisor, to the World Nuclear Association

Panelists:
Dean Townsend, Station Engineering Director, Pickering NGS, Ontario Power Generation
Keith Moser, Vice President Global Nuclear Associates, Former Exelon Innovation and Programs Executive
Andy Taylor, Supervisor, Entergy Nuclear License Renewal Services & Chair 
Eugene Kelly, Senior Manager, PRA Applications and External Hazards, Exelon Nuclear Risk Management


Thursday, 2nd June 2016

Session 4A: Global Challenges in New Build Applications

Chair: Marylyn Kray, Vice President for Nuclear Technology & Strategy, Exelon Generation

Speakers:
Vanessa Jakovich, Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, UK: Legal challenges
Russ Bell, Senior Director, New Plant Licensing, NEI
Mike Corletti, Director, UK AP1000 Technical Integration & Licensing, Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC
Douglas Miller, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission: Quality of submissions and supporting information in light of novel features


Session 4B: Specific Challenges to New Build 

Chair: Mohammed Shuaibi, Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Safety, Region III, US NRC

Speakers:
Ralph Hill, Chair of the ASME Board on Nuclear Codes and Standards: Codes & Standards 
Carmen Alonso, Vice President of Quality Oversight and Programs, GE- Hitachi: Commercial Grade Dedication 
Millicent W. Ronnlund, Partner, Balch & Bingham LLP  
John Ryan, Executive Director Commercial Operation, Exelon Nuclear Partners: National Issues 


Session 4C: Challenges to New Build - Panel 

Chair: Jerald Head, Senior Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs, GE-Hitachi

Panelists:
Marilyn Kray, Vice President for Nuclear Technology & Strategy, Exelon Generation
Risto  Himanen, Senior Adviser, Nuclear Safety Engineering, TVO [Finland]
Mike Corletti, Director, UK AP1000 Technical Integration & Licensing, Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC
David H. Jones, Technical Compliance Vice-President for Nuclear Development, Southern Nuclear


Session 5: High Level Panel – Challenges Facing Nuclear Power

Chair: Michal Baron, Chair of Long Term Operation Task Force & Jerald Head, Chair of CORDEL

Panelists:
J. Bradley Fewell, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & General Counsel, Exelon Generation - replaced by Darani Reddick
Mohammed Shuaibi, Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Safety, Region III, US NRC
Garry G. Young, Director, License Renewal, Entergy Services, Inc.
Matthew B. Cooper, Senior Manager, Sargent & Lundy L.L.C.


* Please note that not all presenters provided slides.


Preliminary Results - List of issues/quotations