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