Europe Nuclear Energy & SMR Conference

ENES 2024  |  Nov. 13-14th, 2024  |  Prague, Czech Republic

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08:30

Registration and Morning Tea

09:15

Welcome & Chairperson’s Opening Address

undefinedIonut Purica, Prof. Dr., Member of the Advisory Council for Sustainable Development to the Prime Minister of Romania

Session 4: Innovative Management and Financing Models Imperative for NPP New Build and Life Extension Projects

09:25

Keynote: New Build & Life Extension Initiatives - Building a Safe, Clean, and Reliable European Nuclear Power System 

Vladimir Wagner, Chairman of the Board, Nuclear Physics Institute of the Academy of Sciences (NPI CAS), Czech Republic

09:50

Opening Keynote Address: Current Status of the Paks II. Project

Attila Hugyecz, Chief International Officer, Paks II. Nuclear Power Plant Zrt, Hungary

10:15

Networking Coffee Break and Exhibition

10:45

 Panel Discussion:

Identifying Challenges of NPP Bew Build projects and Deriving Valuable Lessons to Ensure Successful Completion

●   What challenges encountered by large NPP construction projects in recent years and the effective solutions to overcome them

●   The correlation between effective financing mechanisms and government guarantees

●   The factors leading to project suspension or postponement

●   Which cooperation methods are the most favorable for financing and promoting project?

●   the primary challenges encountered in project management and corresponding solutions

Moderator:

    s  Alessandro Dodaro, Director of the nuclear department, ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Italy

Panelists:

undefineds  Ionut Purica, Prof. Dr., Member of the Advisory Council for Sustainable Development to the Prime Minister of Romania

undefineds  Daniel Dean, Founder, CEO, Member of the Board of Directors, International Bank for Nuclear Infrastructure – Implementation Organisation (IBNI-IO);Managing Director, Dean Capital Strategies GmbH

s  Andre Coudret, Director of Business Development, Freyssinet International Worldwide

s  EDF, France

11:20

Keynote: Romania's Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evolution and the Implementation of SMR Technology

Ionut Purica, Prof. Dr., Member of the Advisory Council for Sustainable Development to the Prime Minister of Romania

11:45

Keynote: The Italian Nuclear Landscape

Alessandro Dodaro,Director of the nuclear department, ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development 

12:10

Keynote: Breaking Ground on New Nuclear


undefinedIvan Baldwin, Director, Business Development, Nuclear Power, UK & Europe, Bechtel


12:35

Keynote: Great Opportunity for Poland's First Inaugural Large-scale Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear Regulatory Inspector, Chief Specialist, National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA), Poland

13:00

Networking Luncheon

13:55

Welcome & Chairperson’s Opening Address


undefinedChristine LAMOUROUX-LUCAS, Chief Executive Officer, Veolia Nuclear Solutions

Session 5: Comprehensive Strategic Planning for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Spent Fuel Disposal

14:00

Keynote: Final Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel as a relevant part of Nuclear Power Lifecycle 

Ilkka Poikolainen, President and CEO, Posiva Oy

14:25

Keynote: The Licensing of New Storage Capacity for Spent Nuclear Fuel

Juraj Václav, Director Division of Nuclear Materials, Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic (ÚJD SR)

14:50

 Panel Discussion:

Balance the Pros and Cons of Spent Fuel Recycling and Direct Disposal for the Sustainable and Economical Perspective

●  What are the advantages and conditions for recycling and direct disposal of spent fuel?

●  How to manage effectively supervise the funds for spent fuel treatment?

●  How to build the capacity to handle spent fuel?

●  What factors should be considered in the site selection for spent fuel back-end processing and disposal?

● What problems are commonly faced in the construction of spent fuel recycling, interim storage plants and how to solve them?


s  Dr. Linus Bettermann, Vice President Sales and Marketing, GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH

undefineds  Guillaume CAMPIONI, Founder and Technical Director, STELLARIA

undefineds  Felix Schröder, Strategy & Legal Affairs, NewMOX SAS

undefineds  Marina Dr. Sokcic-Kostic, Principal Engineer, NUKEM Technologies Engineering Services GmbH


15:25

Networking Coffee Break and Exhibition

Session 6: Enhancing the Cultivation of Local Supply Chains and the Development of the Nuclear Energy Industry

16:20

 Panel Discussion:

Opportunities and Challenges to be Solved within the Local Nuclear Industry Chain Toward Advancement and Sustainability

●  How to integrate the existing nuclear industry to form an NPP industry cluster?

●  Infrastructure and policy support needed to set up a local supplier system

●  What are the challenges faced by local manufacturing of NPP components?

●  Which Parts of NPP equipment or services are easier to localize?

●  How to break through technical barriers as soon as possible in the face of global competition?

Moderator:

    undefineds  Mathieu Stehlé, Global Key Application Manager - Nuclear Sector, DMV Tubes 

Panelists:

undefineds  Christine LAMOUROUX-LUCAS, Chief Executive Officer, Veolia Nuclear Solutions

undefineds  Lorenzo Santini, Director, Nuclear Business Development, Worley

16:55

Chairman’s Closing Remarks and End Conference

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