Technical Meeting/Workshop on Evaluation Methodology for Nuclear Power Infrastructure Development

10-12 December 2008
Vienna, Austria

Day 1: Wednesday 10 th. December
09:00 Registration
09:30 Opening Remarks Y. Sokolov IAEA
  Opening Remarks by Chairman W. Rasin IAEA
  Administrative arrangements A. Starz IAEA
09:50 IAEA’s integrated infrastructure activities A. Omoto IAEA
10:10 Nuclear Safety in Infrastructure Building J. Bastos IAEA
10:30 Break    
Session I: Evaluation of nuclear infrastructure development status
11:00 Evaluation of infrastructure status: highlights S. Mortin IAEA Consultant
11:30 Case Study: Development of Korean Nuclear Power Programme I. Hwang ROK
11:50 Member States experience on self-evaluation of infrastructure development status A. Hoang, L. Dung Vietnam
12:10 S. Bhuiyan Bangladesh
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Breakout Session A
Exercise on self-evaluation of infrastructure development status: difficulties and solutions
All participants distributed into Working Groups
15:30 Break    
16:00 Report back on Session A
WK1; WK2; WK3; WK4
Working Group Moderators
16:30 Infrastructure assessment as viewed by technology holders
Vietnam; Bangladesh:
R. Godden Canada
A. Teller France
L. Yanko Russian Federation.
M. Humphrey USA
17:50 Close    
Day 2 Thursday 11th. December
Session I: Evaluation of nuclear infrastructure development status (Cont.)
09:00 Panel 1
Continuous self-assessment and peer reviews: are they needed?
A. Cardoso IAEA TC
I. Hwang, Korea
A. Hoang and L. Dung, Vietnam
S. Bhuiyan, Bangladesh
R. Godden, Canada
10:30 Break
Session II: Nuclear Power Implementation Organization - NEPIO
11:00 NEPIO responsibilities and competencies: introductory remarks A. Starz IAEA
11:10 Member States experience on building up NEPIO K. Pricha Thailand
11:30 S. Baccouche Tunisia
11:50 Case study: role of the "NEPIO" in the beginning of the Finnish nuclear programme A. Rastas Finland
12:20 Lunch
14:00 Breakout Session B
Exercise on developing a capable NEPIO: difficulties and solutions
All participants distributed into Working Groups
15:30 Break
16:00 Report back on Session B
WK1; WK2; WK3; WK4
Working Group Moderators
16:30 Case study: sustaining Government support in Japan M. Koyama Japan
16:50 Panel 2
Sustaining Government support: how to obtain and ensure it in the long term?
M. Koyama, Japan
K. Pricha, Thailand
S. Baccouche, Tunisia
A. Rastas, Finland
18:00 Cocktail reception
Day 3 : Friday 12th. December
Session III: Challenges and solutions
9:00 Work force planning for new nuclear power programmes T. Mazour IAEA
9:20 Development of capable independent regulators G. Caruso IAEA
9:40 Development of capable owner / operators D. Ward IAEA
Consultant
10:00 Future challenges for introducing nuclear power I. Facer IAEA
10:30 Break
11:00 Panel 3
Nuclear Power Infrastructure Development: how to harmonize efforts to face the challenges?
A. Omoto, IAEA
P. Pallier, France
C. Welling, USA
S. Sharma, India
S.B. Abdel-Hamid, Egypt
12:30 Chairman’s Summary of Workshop Results W. Rasin
12:45 Closing remarks Y. Sokolov/A. Omoto
13:00 Close TM/Workshop