ENES 2025
| Oct. 14-15th, 2025 | Prague, Czech Republic
| Oct. 14-15th, 2025 | Prague, Czech Republic
Welcome & Chairperson's Opening Address
Donald R. Hoffman
EXCEL Services Corporation
President and CEO
American Nuclear Society
Fellow & Past President
International Nuclear Energy Academy
President
Session 1：European Nuclear Policy Update, Regulatory Frameworks & Financial Barriers
[Keynote] EU Nuclear Energy Policy: Financing, Taxonomy, and the Clean Energy Debate
· Balancing act: The EU's conditional support for nuclear energy in the green transition
· From funding to classification: how the EU navigates nuclear power’s role in climate neutrality
· Policy divides, national sovereignty, safety analyses and popular support for Nuclear Energy
IEA
[Keynote] Advancing Large Reactor and SMR Development in the Czech Republic: Policy and Industry Collaboration
· Policy for large reactor and SMR development in Czech Republic
· Contact activities with developers and big players for projects e.g. Dukovany 5 & 6, the future 3rd and 4th unit in Temelin, first SMRs unit in in Temelin site, further SMRs up to 10 different sites
· Evaluation and support for Rolls-Royce SMR deployment
· Next steps for balancing industry development and international players in new build NPP projects
To be announced
[Keynote] The Public Investment, Capitalization Strategies, and International Cooperation for Poland's First NPP in Lubiatowo-Kopalino
· Recent developments in national budget allocations for the construction of Poland's first NPP
· Strategy and plans for capitalization elements: state guarantees and the CfD price support mechanism
· International financing and cooperative acticities with EU, United States, Canada, and other partners
Ministry of Climate and Environment, Poland
Coffee Break, Exhibition and time for Networking
Panel Discussion:
Nuclear Now for 2050 Climate Targets: Investment Challenges vs Faster, Safer, and Cheaper Construction of NPPs/SMRs
● How nuclear project risks, delays and cost overruns deter investors – and proven solutions
● Other financing barriers (e.g., high capex, state aid rules) and Euratom/Innovation Fund support
● Clear nuclear policy pathways and regulatory frameworks - critical lessons learned
● Why do 68% of institutional investors still avoid nuclear despite EU taxonomy?
● What specific financing methods and approaches can effectively address reliable funding for nuclear projects?
● How Finland’s Olkiluoto 3 eventually achieved both safety and ROI?
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Head of Nuclear Infrastructure Development Section | Ministry of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic | Wojciech Dabrowski Council for Strategic Development Projects under the President of the Republic of Poland Member |
Filip Charvat TSB Bank,United Kingdom Financial Risk Model Oversight Manager |
Małgorzata Walczak PFR Ventures Investment Director |
[Keynote] Romania's Regulatory Support for Cernavoda 3-4, Licensing of SMRs, and Industry Preparation
Petre Min
National Commission for Nuclear Activities Control (CNCAN), Romania
Head of Emergency Preparedness and Response Compartment
[Keynote] Tackling Financial and Technological Challenges in France's New Nuclear Energy
· Government's subsidized loans for EPR2 reactors and uranium supply support
· Improvements and plans for strengthening cost and schedule control for new nuclear projects in France
· France's new R&D path and progress in SMR development
· Other challenges for nuclear new build strategy
Stephane Sarrade
Commission of Atomic and Alternative Energy (CEA), France
Director of Low Carbon Energy Programs
Joint Lunch Break and time for Networking
Session 2：Supply Chains, Standards & Skills for Europe’s Nuclear Future
[Keynote] Ensuring a Secure and Sustainable Digital Future: The Intersection between Nuclear Energy and AI Governance
Kristian Vigenin
European Parliament
Member
[Keynote] Latest Global Best Practices for Establishing Nuclear and Regulatory Infrastructure
Donald R. Hoffman
EXCEL Services Corporation
President and CEO
American Nuclear Society
Fellow & Past President
International Nuclear Energy Academy
President
[Keynote]Evaluating Poland's Nuclear Supply Chain and Investment, Local Participation and Future Planning
· Activities Poland did to develop supply chain and supplier capabilities without prior nuclear energy resources
· Balancing localization and international supplier, plans for nuclear power plant equipment procurement
· Challenges Poland faces in human resources and suppliers for large NPPs and SMRs, and how will Poland planning be managed?
Piotr Wiśniewski
PGE PAK Energia Jądrowa S.A.
Head of QA/QC & Integrated Management System (APR1400)
[Keynote] Rebuilding Ukraine’s Nuclear Infrastructure: SMR Deployment and Legacy Reactor Modernization
· Post-war restoration of Khmelnytskyi & Zaporizhzhia plants
· SMRs as resilient solutions for decentralized energy security
· Localizing NuScale/GE-Hitachi component production
· Phasing out Russian fuel via Westinghouse collaborations
Kuchynskyi Viktor
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
Head of Strategic Planning
Coffee Break, Exhibition and time for Networking
Panel Discussion:
From Fragmentation to Integration: How Eastern Europe’s Nuclear Expansion Can Reshape Global Supply Chains
● Technical pathways for harmonizing US-EU ASME/EN standards with Russian GOST standards
● Cross-border supply chain collaboration and state aid potential through flagship projects like Paks II (Hungary) and Poland's maiden NPP
● How Ukraine's nuclear rebuild accelerates regional component pooling systems
● Central Europe's 'Nuclear Supply Chain Corridor' pilot case study
● Triple nuclear talent: government-education-industry roadmaps for targeted expertise
Mr. Lubomír LÍZAL Czech Technical University in Prague Economist, Associate Professor | Slavomir Vinkovic Slovenské Elektrárne, a.s. (SE), Slovakia Director of Asset Management (including new nuclear projects) | National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Poland Director | Stephane Sarrade Commission of Atomic and Alternative Energy (CEA), France Director of Low Carbon Energy Programs | Available for EPC companies |
Panel Discussion:
How Europe is Reviving Nuclear: Securing Public Trust, Overturning Bans, and Keeping the Lights On
● How transparency shapes siting, waste policy, large reactor and SMR adoption?
● Nuclear reversals: how Slovenia, Italy, Sweden, and the Netherlands overcame barriers
● Keeping the lights on: sustaining nuclear technology and talent through political uncertainty
● Can the EU Taxonomy’s ‘transitional’ label for nuclear survive growing Green Party opposition?
● What role should state aid play in reviving dormant nuclear supply chains?
ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development Director of the Nuclear Department | Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ANVS), Netherlands | Tomaž Žagar Nuclear Society of Slovenia (NSS) President |
[Keynote] The Nuclear Revolution Needs Legal Innovation – Is Europe Ready?
Kostadin Sirleshtov
CMS Sofia
CEE Head of Energy & Climate Change, Managing Partner
[Keynote] Fueling Europe's SMR Ambitions: Today’s Supply Chain for LEU and the Future HALEU Supply
Rachel Johnson
Urenco Enrichment Company Limited
Vice President - Advanced Fuels, Commercial (EMEAA)
Remarks and End of First Day of the Conference
