PROGRAMMEThe 2024 Workshop on
Nuclear Supply Chain:
Assurance Today, Confidence
Tomorrow
5-6 March 2024
BB Auditorium, NEA Headquarters
Boulogne-Billancourt
FrancePractical information on the workshop
The workshop will take place at the
BB Auditorium, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency offices
46, Quai Alphonse Le Gallo, 92100, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
On 5-6 March 2024, starting at 9 AM.

Building access
Please plan to arrive at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency offices (address above) atleast 30 minutes before the workshop start time to allow sufficient time to access thebuilding.
Participants must be registered by the NEA Secretariat to enter the building.
A photographic identity document (i.e. a passport or nationally issued ID) needs to beshown to security. If you receive a QR code before the workshop, you may display thisalong with your ID. If you do not receive a QR code, it is sufficient to show your ID tosecurity.
Next, please proceed to the reception desk to receive a building pass (badge). You may
then need to do a security check. After entering the building, please follow the signage
to the BB Auditorium located outside the main building on the first floor. Please see themap below.

1Transport
The OECD NEA Headquarters can be accessed by Paris Metro: Line 10, Pont de SaintCloud station (10 minutes by foot) and Line 9, Pont de Sèvres station (15 minutes byfoot). For further transportation information, consult the RATP website atwww.ratp.fr/en.

Lunch
Lunch is not provided as part of the workshop. Participants can order lunch via“Refectory” (on their app or website, www.refectory.fr/en), a convenient click-andcollect food service that delivers freshly prepared meals directly to the cafeteria. Please
select OECD Boulogne-Billancourt as your location. Orders can be placed up to fiveworking days in advance and as late as 10:30 on the day of delivery. Without ordering
lunch using the Refectory, you can purchase your lunch directly at the cafeteria. There
are some choices for foods, beverages and cookies. You can pay for them with yourcredit card. The cafeteria has over twenty (20) microwaves for heating foods.

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Context of the workshop
The outlook for nuclear power has significantly improved in the past few years. The
Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), theInternational Energy Agency (IEA) and the World Nuclear Association (WNA) all expect
an increase in global nuclear capacity by 2050 compared to today.
While the need for gigawatt-scale reactors continues, there is a new focus on small
modular reactors (SMRs) in some regions. The scale of SMR deployment will dependon the success in delivering first-of-a-kind projects and in the industrialisation andmodularisation of manufacturing and supply chain activities.
Thus, the ability of the nuclear industry and other stakeholders to meet this new
demand for energy will depend on several factors, including the capacity to
manufacture and deliver the required quantity and quality of equipment for both
existing nuclear power plants and new build needs.

Background
Suppliers play a critical role in the construction and operation of nuclear power plants.
With a declining number of nuclear grade suppliers and a loss of skills in some regions,
supply chain oversight raises specific challenges that require regulators to adopt newpractices and increase co-operation. In this context, the newly established NEA
Working Group on Supply Chain (WGSUP) will organise a workshop to build on the
Agency’s previous work in the field of nuclear supply chains and to discuss the latest
challenges.

Objectives
Building on the 2018 Workshop on Nuclear Supply Chain Management, sponsored by
the NEA’s Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities and the Multinational Design
Evaluation Programme, the 2024 workshop will address the latest challenges related tosupply chain oversight practices and will examine potential risks that the nuclear
industry will need to consider to ensure safe and reliable nuclear operations.
The workshop is organised in partnership with the World Nuclear Association (WNA)
and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to align, where appropriate, theimprovement and oversight activities of the industry, the regulators and standards
development organisations (SDOs). The event will gather representatives fromgovernment and regulatory bodies, industry and technical support and standards
development organisations.

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The workshop will take place on 5-6 March 2024 and will be structured around thefollowing four sessions, which will include keynote speeches from industry leaders andinsights from other relevant industries:(Session 1) Supply chain management: This will focus on the challenges associatedwith geopolitical developments and the COVID-19 pandemic and will examine how theindustry and regulators have adapted to mitigate current and future risks. This session
will also discuss the strategic planning needed to ensure that supply chains are futureproofed against potential shocks.
(Session 2) New challenges related to SMRs: This will consider how industry andregulators are addressing the supply chain management opportunities and risks
associated with SMRs. Participants will discuss the modularisation of construction,
capability challenges associated with new entrants and potential adoption ofcommercial-grade items. This session will be co-ordinated with the IAEA’s Small
Modular Reactors’ Forum and Nuclear Harmonisation and Standardisation Initiative(NHSI).
(Session 3) Quality delivery: This will focus on the impact of advanced manufacturing
and commercial-grade procurement arrangements in the management systems oflicensees and vendors. The session will also examine the continued risks associatedwith counterfeit and fraudulent activities and potential methods to mitigate risks in aconstantly changing environment. The development and adoption of industry-specificquality standards (e.g. ISO 19443) will be considered, as well as the role that thestandards play in enabling quality delivery and supporting safe and reliable operations.
(Session 4) Organisation culture: This will explore how the development of an
appropriate organisational culture can support safe and reliable delivery, and therefore
operations, and will discuss the importance of nuclear safety culture within licensees.
The session will also focus on quality culture among the supply chain participants who
might not be aware of the product’s or assembly’s ultimate safety function in the
nuclear facility.
The workshop will also feature panels and Q&A sessions to include audience
perspectives of key risks, challenges and opportunities.

Outcomes
The NEA Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) will publish the workshop
proceedings after the event to support dissemination of the key messages.

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The organisation of the workshop was co-ordinated by:
Julien Collet

ASN, France (Workshop Chair and CNRA Vice-Chair)

Jeremy Hubert

ASN, France (WGSUP Chair)

Dan Papaz

CNSC, Canada (WGSUP Vice-Chair)

Stuart Allen

ONR, United Kingdom

Kerri Kavanagh

NRC, United States

Pekka Pyy

IAEA

Nathan Paterson

WNA

Sangmin Lee

NEA (Technical Secretariat)

Keiko Chitose

NEA (Technical Secretariat)

Stephanie Ruiz

NEA (Events and Administrative Coordinator)

The workshop is hosted by
Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
The NEA is the only intergovernmental agency whichbrings together a selection of countries from theAmericas, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region in a nonpolitical forum dedicated to sharing and disseminatingstate-of-the-art knowledge in the field of nuclear energy.
For more information, visit www.oecd-nea.org.

The workshop is organised in partnership with
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Widely known as the world’s “Atoms for Peace andDevelopment” organisation within the United Nations
family, the IAEA is the international centre for
co-operation in the nuclear field. The Agency works
with its Member States and multiple partners
worldwide to promote the safe, secure and peaceful use
of nuclear technologies.
For more information, visit www.iaea.org.

5World Nuclear Association (WNA)
The Association’s mission is to promote a wider
understanding of nuclear energy among key
international influencers by producing authoritative
information, developing common industry positions,and contributing to the energy debate.
For more information, visit http://world-nuclear.org.

The workshop is supported by
Doosan Enerbility
Over the past 60 years, Doosan Enerbility has
contributed to Korea’s economic growth byparticipating in the local manufacturing and overseas
export business of industrial plants, including power
plants, desalination plants, castings and forgings andconstruction work. Having been the largest global
supplier of nuclear power plant components for the past
40 years, Doosan Enerbility holds expertise in thedesign and manufacturing of nuclear components.
For more information, visit www.doosanenerbility.com.

6Day 1 – Tuesday, 5 March 2024
8:00-9:00

Registration
BB Auditorium

Opening session
9:00-9:30
9:00-9:30

Welcome and introductory remarks
Julien Collet, Deputy Director General, Nuclear Safety Authority(ASN), France, and workshop Chair
William D. Magwood, IV, Director-General, Nuclear Energy Agency(NEA)

Keynote session 1
9:30-9:50
9:30-9:50

Turning net zero targets into global nuclear supply chain
actionSama Bilbao y León, Director General, World Nuclear Association(WNA)

Session 1 – Supply chain management
9:50-12:30
The session considers the challenges associated with geopolitical and pandemic
issues and how industry and regulators can and have adapted their approaches tomitigate current and future risks. It addresses the need for strategic planning tostimulate supply chain readiness to future-proof against potential supply chain
shocks and make the most of new opportunities.
9:50-10:00

Introduction of session 1
Moderator: Nathan Paterson (WNA)
Rapporteur: Dan Papaz (CNSC)

10:00-10:20

How to build a reliable nuclear supply chain in a growing
market?
Alice Aubert, VP Nuclear Industrial Policy, EDF, France

10:20-10:40

Rolls-Royce SMR: Supply chain development for fleet
deployment
Rich Everett, Group Head of Supply Chain, Rolls-Royce SMR,
United Kingdom

10:40-11:00

Coffee break and group picture711:00-11:20

Global supply chain supporting customer vision
Salvatore Micciche, Director of Global Procurement Program
Management, Westinghouse Electric Company, Belgium

11:20-11:40

BWRX-300 supply chain: Strategy, localisation andopportunities
Tim Check, Global Supply Chain Leader – BWRX-300, GE-Hitachi
Nuclear Energy, United States

11:40-12:20

Panel discussion
Panellists: Moderator and all speakers

12:20-12:30

Interactive session 1 (SLIDO)

12:30-14:00

Lunch break

Session 2 – New challenges of small modular reactors
14:00-17:00
This session aims to consider how industry and regulators are developing
arrangements to address the supply chain management opportunities and risks
associated with small modular reactors. It will include the modularisation of
construction, capability challenges associated with new entrants and the potential
adoption of commercial-grade items.
14:00-14:15

Introduction of session 2
Moderators: Kerri Kavanagh (NRC) and Pekka Pyy (IAEA)
Rapporteurs: Joung Gun Yeon (KINS) and Daniel Clapa (PAA)

14:15-14:35

Small Modular Reactor Regulators’ Forum (SMR RF)
Brian Smith, Chair of SMR Regulator Forum, Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC), United States

14:35-14:55

IAEA Nuclear Harmonisation and Standardisation Initiative(NHSI) – How to make nuclear simpler?
Pekka Pyy, Senior Expert, International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA)

14:55-15:15

Small modular reactors – Transformation of the nuclear
supply chain
Damien Drocourt, Chief Officer of Procurement and Supply Chain,
NUWARD, France

15:15-15:35

Opportunities and risks for SMR deployment
Donghwa Lee, Director of SMR Design Team, Doosan Enerbility,
Korea

15:35-15:55

Coffee break8

15:55-16:45

Panel discussion
Panellists: Moderators and all speakers

16:45-17:00

Interactive session 2 (SLIDO)

18:00-20:00

Reception

20:00

End of day 1

9Day 2 – Wednesday, 6 March 2024
Keynote session 2
9:00-9:30
9:00-9:30

Enhance the co-operation and co-ordination of supply chain
stakeholders to improve the competitiveness of nuclear
power plants
Fuming Jiang, Head of Operational Safety, International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA)
Some considerations about the nuclear supply chain andnuclear workforce
Oliver Martin, Project Leader of Long-Term Operation of Light
Water Reactors, European Commission – Joint Research Centre(EC-JRC)

Session 3 – Quality delivery
9:30-12:30
The objective of this session is to consider how the development of advanced
manufacturing and commercial-grade procurement arrangements will impact the
management systems of licensees and vendors. This session will consider how
ISO 19443 is used to improve quality and to detect and prevent CFSI.
9:30-9:40

Introduction of session 3
Moderator: Jeremy Hubert (ASN)
Rapporteurs: Jean-Baptiste Toureau (ASN) and Yusuke Kasagawa(NRA)

9:40-10:00

AI for knowledge and quality management
Nawal K Prinja, Technology Director, Jacobs, United Kingdom

10:00-10:20

Commercial-grade item dedication today
Marc H. Tannenbaum, Senior Technical Executive, Electric Power
Research Institute (EPRI), United States

10:20-10:40

Coffee break

10:40-11:00

KHNP CFSI verification
Young-Ho Shin, Senior Manager, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power(KHNP), Korea

11:00-11:20

Principles to secure quality towards more rigorous supply
chain
Marilou Lebeault, Quality Manager for Accredited Inspection Body,
Framatome, France1011:20-12:10

Panel discussion
Panellists: Moderator and all speakers

12:10-12:30

Interactive session 3 (SLIDO)

12:30-14:00

Lunch break

Session 4 – Organisation culture
14:00-17:00
This session aims to consider how the development of an appropriateorganisational culture can support safe and reliable delivery and operations. It will
explore the importance of the nuclear safety culture (SC) of licensees and will
include a focus on quality culture in the tiers of the licensee’s SC where theunderstanding of the product or assembly’s ultimate safety function in the nuclear
facility might not be clearly understood.
14:00-14:10

Introduction of session 4Moderator: Stuart Allen (ONR)
Rapporteurs: Zafer Bayram (NDK) and Kevser Öney (NDK)

14:10-14:30

Perspectives on organisational culture
Marc McBride, Leadership and Management for Safety Specialism
Lead, ONR, United Kingdom

14:30-14:50

Establishing nuclear safety culture in the Hinkley Point C
new build supply chain
Chris Quinn, Supply Chain Director of HPC and EPRP (SZC), EDF
Nuclear, United Kingdom

14:50-15:10

KELPO – Establishing the correct quality culture in deliveryof standard equipment to the nuclear industry
Teemu Kelavirta, Technical Design and Engineering Manager,
Fortum, Finland

15:10-15:30

Activities to cultivate nuclear safety culture and to prevent
falsification of sub-tier suppliers
Takashi Kurisaki, Project Quality Assurance Manager for ITER
Project, MHI, Japan

15:30-15:50

Coffee break

15:50-16:40

Panel discussion
Panellists: Moderator and all speakers

16:40-17:00

Interactive session 4 (SLIDO)

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Closing session
17:00-18:00
17:00-17:40

Summary of the sessions
All session moderators
Jeremy Hubert, Working Group on Supply Chain (WGSUP) Chair

17:40-18:00

Concluding remarks
Véronique Rouyer, Head of the Division of Nuclear Safety
Technology and Regulation, Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
Julien Collet, workshop Chair and Committee on Nuclear Regulatory
Activities (CNRA) Vice-Chair

18:00

End of the workshop

12Speaker biographies – Opening session
Julien COLLET joined the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) in
July 2004 and has since held various positions in nuclear safety andenvironmental protection. In December 2014, he was appointed as
Deputy Director-General of ASN, overseeing activities related tonuclear power plants. Before that he was Head of the Environment
and Emergency Preparedness Department between April 2008 andMarch 2011, and Head of the South-West regional office between July
2004 and June 2008.
He is vice-chair of the Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities(CNRA) of the NEA.

William D. MAGWOOD, IV, took up his duties as Director-Generalof the NEA on 1 September 2014. He has extensive experience in both
the regulatory and developmental aspects of nuclear energy,
including at the international level. From 2010 to 2014, he served as
one of the five Commissioners appointed by the US President andconfirmed by the US Senate to the US Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC). While a commissioner, he advocated theimportance of nuclear regulatory independence and the necessity ofmaintaining strong, credible and technically sound nuclear regulationin the United States and all countries that use nuclear power.
Prior to his appointment at the NRC, from 2005 to 2010 he provided
independent strategic and policy advice to US and international
clients on energy, environmental and technology policy issues.
During this time, he also sat on various advisory groups and provided
technical and policy advice to members of the US Congress on
nuclear research, education and climate change policy.
From 1998 to 2005, Mr Magwood was Director of Nuclear Energy at
the US Department of Energy (DOE). During his tenure, he launchedseveral important initiatives, including the US Nuclear Power 2010
programme and the Generation IV International Forum (GIF). He wasalso actively involved in the work of the NEA, serving as a Steering
Committee bureau member from 1999 to 2003, and as Chair in 2004
and early 2005.
Prior to his experience at the DOE, Mr Magwood managed electricutility research and nuclear policy programmes at the Edison Electric
Institute in Washington, DC, and was a scientist at Westinghouse
Electric Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Mr Magwood, a US national, holds Bachelor’s degrees in physics andEnglish from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master of Fine Arts
from the University of Pittsburgh.

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Speaker biography – Keynote session 1
Sama Bilbao y León became Director General of World Nuclear
Association in October 2020. The World Nuclear Association is theinternational organisation that represents the global nuclear
industry.
In this role, Sama leads a team of experts, analysts andcommunicators working to enable the growth of the global nuclear
sector by connecting players across the nuclear value chain, shaping
and representing the industry’s position in key world forums,
providing authoritative information and influencing key audiences,organisations and media.
Sama is also President of World Nuclear University, dedicated toinspire and develop the future leaders of the global nuclear industry.
Sama has more than 20 years of experience in nuclear engineeringand energy policy.
Sama has a diverse professional experience, having worked in the
nuclear industry (Nuclear Safety Analysis Engineer, Dominion
Energy, United States), in academia (Director of Nuclear Engineering
Programs and Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanicaland Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University,
United States) and in international organisations (Head of theDivision of Nuclear Technology Development and Economics at the
NEA, Head of the Technical Secretariat for the Generation IV
International Forum, or GIF, and Head of Water Cooled Reactors
Technology Development Unit, International Atomic Energy
Agency).
Sama, who is originally from Spain, holds a Bachelor’s degree in
Mechanical Engineering and a master’s degree in Energy
Technologies from the Polytechnic University of Madrid; a master's
degree and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
from the University of Wisconsin – Madison; and an MBA from
Averett University. Sama is one of the seven founders of the North
American Young Generation in Nuclear (NA-YGN).
Sama’s areas of expertise are nuclear thermal hydraulics for bothlight water reactors and sodium cooled reactors, nuclear reactor
design, nuclear safety, energy and environmental policy andcomplex decision making.

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Speaker biographies – Session 1
Nathan PATERSON joined the World Nuclear Association in 2021
as the Senior Programme Lead for Supply Chain, responsible asstaff director for both the Supply Chain and Security thematic areas.
His focus is on enabling the conditions for a robust, competitive andadaptive supply chain in support of existing nuclear power plants
and new build (GW scale, SMR, Micro). This includes areas for suchas the business environment, localisation-globalisation approaches,
adoption of industrial innovation and delivering on quality. He
interfaces with activities within international organisations such as
IAEA, WANO, OECD NEA, NQSA and serves on various international
committees and working groups.
He has more than 15 years of experience in nuclear systems
engineering, design verification, supply chain management andbusiness development. He has worked at major suppliers andintegrators such as BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce covering naval
nuclear reactors and civil nuclear.
He was also for three years the Senior Technology Advisor at
FORATOM (the European nuclear trade association now known as
Nucleareurope) in Brussels, where he was responsible for industry
and EU policy engagement on innovation, research anddevelopment and supply chain optimisation. He also delivered
industrial positions and guidance documentation in support of costcompetitiveness, quality and innovation.

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Alice AUBERT is VP for Industrial Policy in the nuclear businesswith EDF and is currently in charge of co-ordinating the long-term
purchasing strategy for the French nuclear fleet maintenance andrenovation needs and new build projects, in France and abroad. She
also plays a role in supporting the development of the French
nuclear supply chain, in close relationships with the GIFEN,
government services and other main contractors.
Before that, she was involved in the Flamanville 3 EPR construction
project team, first on the Framatome side on mechanical and piping
affairs and then on the EDF side on wider Balance of Nuclear Island
activities.
She started her career in strategy consulting with the Boston
Consulting Group, with an early focus on Energy topics. At BCG, she
worked extensively across Europe from the Paris office on a wide
range of projects including strategic portfolio definition, operational
excellence, due diligences, new products development.
She spent three years in Istanbul developing the Energy Practice inthe area.
She has a general engineering background with a nuclear focus,
having received a Master’s degree from Mines Paris – PSLEngineering school.

Rich EVERETT is Group Head of Supply Chain for Rolls-Royce
SMR with responsibility for all aspects of purchasing, supply chain
strategy development and management.
Rolls-Royce SMR is providing solutions to the global energy
challenge by taking a different approach to tried and tested nuclear
technology. Its “factory-built” nuclear power plant will provide
enough low-carbon electricity to power more than a million homes
for 60 years.
Rich has over 30 years’ experience in the nuclear sector including
across the Rolls-Royce’s Nuclear (Civil and Submarines), Surface
Ship and Gas Turbine businesses. He is a recognised authority withrespect to business management, programme management,
procurement and supply chain management and development.
Rich is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement andSupply and is focused on the development and implementation ofbest practice within strategic supply chain development. Within the
sector, he has extensive experience in supply chain management
techniques and processes.

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Salvatore MICCICHE is the Director of Global Procurement
Program Management at Westinghouse Electric Company.
He has over 25 years of experience within procurement and has for
20 years acted as a global leader.
He has served different international and multi-cultural industrial
businesses (Sogefi Group, Hamon Thermal, Electrolux, Ingersoll
Rand, and, for the last two years, Westinghouse Electric). He hashelped global organisations to rapidly achieve more efficient andmore effective operations and increase business impact. With deep
expertise in global procurement, he transformed and guided
enterprise procurement teams towards operational excellencemodel where strategy, technology and operations are combined,
and delivered growth, margin expansion and helped develop aculture of success.

Timothy CHECK is the Global Supply Chain Leader – BWRX-300
for GE Vernova’s Nuclear business, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy(GEH), a world leader in new plant technology, fuels and services.
Tim joined GEH’s Advanced Nuclear Sourcing organisation in 2008
and has been involved in expanding the company’s global supply
chain, the development of new suppliers and the creation of
localised supply chains for new plant opportunities. Prior to joining
GEH, Tim worked for GE Gas Turbines, GE Switchgear and GE
Healthcare in a variety of manufacturing engineering andmanagement positions.
Tim earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineeringfrom Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia
Tech) and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from
Villanova University.

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Speaker biographies – Session 2
Kerri KAVANAGH has been with the US Nuclear Regulatory
Commission for over 30 years. Ms Kavanagh currently is the branchchief of the Quality Assurance and Vendor Inspection Branch,
DRO/NRR and has served in the role since 2011.
She serves as one of the NRC representatives supporting thedevelopment of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME) Codes and Standards, Section III, Section XI, and NQA-1,
and several ASME accreditation committees.
Ms Kavanagh serves as the NRC representative to the Committee on
Nuclear Regulatory Activities (CNRA) Working Group on Supply
Chain (WGSUP), and the chair of the SMR Regulator’ Forum
Manufacturing, Construction, Commissioning and Operations
Working Group.

Pekka PYY is a Senior Expert at the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA).
Mr Pyy holds an MSc in the area of nuclear engineering and Ph.D. inthe area of risk assessment and reliability engineering from the LPR
University of Technology in Finland (Finland). He has almost 40
years of experience in nuclear industry both with nuclear companies
and projects (Olkiluoto 3 and 4), TSOs (VTT) and internationalorganisations. Dr Pyy has, for example, worked in JRC Ispra (198990), the NEA (2002-2007) and the IAEA (2015-present).
He holds the position of Senior Expert at the IAEA Division of Nuclear
Power. Topics of management, quality and supply chain belong to
his areas of work. Dr Pyy leads the Nuclear Harmonization andStandardization (NHSI) Industrial Track Topical Group 2 “Common
Approaches on Codes and Standards” especially focusing on neardeployment SMRs.

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Brian SMITH is the Chair of SMR Regulator Forum, Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) in the United States.
Mr Smith joined the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in
1996 as a Health Physicist in the Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards (NMSS). In 2003, he was selected as a Branch Chief
in NMSS in the Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, Safeguards, andEnvironmental Review (FCSE). In 2017, he was selected for the
Senior Executive Service position of Deputy Director, NMSS/FCSE.
He served in this role until his selection in January 2019 as the
Deputy Director of the Division of Engineering in NRR. In October
2019, Mr Smith was selected as the Deputy Director of the Divisionof Advanced Reactors and Non-Power Production and Utilization
Facilities (DANU) in NRR, where he served until starting his position
as the Director of DNRL in September 2021.
Prior to joining the NRC, Mr Smith worked for 4 years for a small
company consulting to the Department of Energy in the area ofradiation protection regulations and guidance. Mr Smith earned a
Bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State
University.

Damien DROCOURT is the Chief Officer of Procurement andSupply Chain at NUWARD in France.
Damien Drocourt started his career as Assistant Project Manager inthe oil and gas sector and then become Project Manager forelectrical and I&C fields for various projects in the gas and water
treatment sector.
He joined EDF in 2012 as Project Manager for the Electricalinstallations of the Hinkley Point C (HPC) project. He then spent five
years in the United Kingdom as programme manager, leading theengineering, procurement and manufacturing for the mechanical,
electrical and HVAC contracts of HPC.
Damien joined the NUWARD project in 2022 as Procurement andSupply Chain Chief Officer.
Damien graduated from the Université de Belfort Montbéliard inFrance.

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Donghwa LEE is the director of the SMR design team at Doosan
Enerbility. He has more than 16 years of experience in nuclear
equipment engineering and design with Doosan, 13 years as an
equipment/component design manager/engineer, 1 year as a site
CVAP inspector, and 2 years as a manufacturing design of SMR
management engineer. To date, he has supported a total of 16
nuclear projects, 10 domestic projects and 6 overseas projects. His
design and engineering expertise includes:•

manufacturing design of overseas AP1000 reactor internals;•

component and manufacturing design of domestic OPR1000
and APR1400 reactor vessel and internals;•

development of the CVAP Program for APR1400;•

development of the reactor vessel and internals for the APR Plus
Reactor;•participation in manufacturability assessment service of design
for SMR.

He earned a Bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering from Seoul
National University. His expertise includes materials in nuclear
engineering and engineering of nuclear systems.

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Speaker biographies – Keynote session 2
Fuming JIANG is currently with International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) as the head of operational safety, overseeing the
programmes of leadership and management for safety, safety
culture, operational safety review, performance improvement andoperating experience feedback, and long-term operation of nuclear
power plants and relevant nuclear installations in the Member
States of the IAEA.
Before joining the IAEA in 2013, Fuming had held various senior
positions in nuclear power plants, corporate organisations andinternational organisations. Fuming was the director of the fleet
operation for China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), providing
corporate governance and oversight of the operational fleet withseven nuclear power reactors at that time. Prior to that, he worked
for a nuclear power plant in various areas with increased
responsibilities, such as training, commissioning, outage and plant
management.
Fuming is married and has a son.
Oliver MARTIN is the Project Leader of Long-Term Operation ofLight Water Reactors at the European Commission – Joint ResearchCentre (EC-JRC).
Oliver Martin holds a MSc and a PhD in mechanical engineering anda MSc in nuclear science and technology. He joined the EC-JRC in
Petten, the Netherlands in 2006 and briefly worked on transport,
storage and disposal of spent nuclear fuel before moving to his
present work field, long-term operation (LTO) of LWRs in 2008.
Since 2014 he has been project leader for LTO and also becameteam leader materials science in 2022. His specific work fields areageing degradation and integrity and lifetime assessment of LWR
components, nuclear codes and standards development, supply
chain and obsolescence of safety classified structures, systems andcomponents, in-service inspection of LWRs. Since 2021 he is also
increasingly looking into SMRs, both water and non-water-cooled
designs, and advanced manufacturing techniques for reactor
components. He is significantly involved in the Sustainable Nuclear
Energy Technology Platform (SNETP), in particular its first pillar
NUGENIA on Gen II and III reactors, and he serves on the SNETP
Technical Secretariat.
He has also served in the IAEA Technical Working Group / Network
on Plant Life Management (PLiM) and the programme committee of
the IAEA PLiM conferences.

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Speaker biographies – Session 3
Jeremy HUBERT chairs the Working Group on Supply Chain at the
Nuclear Energy Agency. He facilitates the exchange of vendor
inspection reports and best practices among regulators. He actively
engages with stakeholders to enhance collaboration, improve thequality of nuclear components and bring attention to emerging risks.
Mr Hubert also serves as Inspector for the Nuclear Safety Authority(ASN). In this role, he oversees the nuclear supply chain and has
conducted multinational vendor inspections. Mr Hubert joined theFrench ASN as a nuclear safety inspector in 2016 and brings withhim over 12 years of experience in the nuclear industry. In his initialrole, he worked as a nuclear engineer.

Nawal PRINJA holds the position of Technology Director (Clean
Energy) at Jacobs in the United Kingdom.
Professor Nawal Prinja has 43 years of academic and industrial
experience in the nuclear civil and defence sectors. He has held aposition of Honorary Professor at four British universities (Aberdeen,
Brunel, Bangor and Bolton). He is an expert on codes and standards.
He chaired the CORDEL Working Group of WNA and chairs the
Mechanical Codes and Standards Task Force. He has been working
on Harmonisation of Nuclear Codes for over 10 years.
He has been on IAEA missions to China, Poland, South Africa, Spainand the UAE. He was appointed as an advisor to the UK Government
to help formulate their long-term R&D strategy for nuclear industry
and was a member of the Fusion Advisory Board of UKRI. He chaired
a Technology Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence in the Scienceand Technology Advisory Group of Ministry of Defence, participatesin a number of international committees and represents the UK at
the Senior Industry Advisory Panel of the Generation IV International
Forum for next generation of nuclear reactors. He is a founding
member of the “AI for Nuclear” lead team set up by the Nuclear
Institute to help promote AI applications in the nuclear sector.

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Marc TANNENBAUM is a senior technical executive at EPRI,
where he manages the procurement technical assistanceprogramme which includes the Procurement and Related Topics
Symposium (PEARTS) well as technical procurement-related
projects addressing issues such as nuclear new build procurement
requirements, reverse engineering, obsolescence, quality ofprocured items, and commercial-grade item dedication.
Marc is a member of the ASME NQA-1 Standard Committee,
Subcommittee on Engineering and Procurement Processes andChair of the Subcommittee on International Activities. Marc is also amember of the Nuclear Supply Chain Strategic Leadership (NSCSL)Executive Committee, and Nuclear Utility Obsolescence Group
Advisory Committee.

Young-Ho SHIN has been working in the nuclear energy field at
KHNP(Korea) for 23 years. With over 10 years of quality assurance
experience, he is currently charging of CFSI Verification in the
Nuclear Quality Verification Section in KHNP as a senior manager.
Qualified as a lead auditor, high-level quality inspector in KHNP, he
has been participating in NUPIC audit.

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Marilou LEBEAULT is a Quality Manager for Accredited Inspection
Body at Framatome in France. She has 16 years of experience in thecivil nuclear sector: she occupied various positions, from in-field
inspection to quality management and supply chain interface for thefight against CFSI.
After seven years’ experience as a suppliers inspector withinElectricité de France (EDF), she was appointed as Quality Director for
the Framatome Le Creusot Plant in 2015. She built and managed thelarge-scale quality improvement plan, allowing the restart ofmanufacturing in the best conditions for quality and nuclear safety
by taking lessons learnt from past malfunctions and managing theTask Force investigations on delivered components.
During her career, she has worked on several workshops with AFCEN(the organisation that develops and provides codes and reference
rules for design, construction and in-service inspection) and GIFEN(a group of French industrial partners for nuclear energy), related toquality topics.
She was also in charge of regulatory matters for French projects ininterface with the French regulator, ASN. She is the leader for
ISO17020 accreditation renewal and above all, she leads the actionsof fight against CFSI within the supply chain. Since 2021, she hasdeveloped and organised detection methods that make it possible tofind about 10 irregularities every year.
These activities give her the opportunity to interface regularly withactors of supply chains from all over the world and especially in Asia
and Europe, in various fields: electronics, instrumentation andcontrol, fuel, mechanical equipment, material manufacturers.
She is also working on preventive methods to secure successful
delivery.

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Speaker biographies – Session 4
Stuart ALLEN is a Nuclear Safety Inspector working for the UK's
Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). He is the regulatory lead for the
Supply Chain and Quality specialisms.
He is a chartered engineer who has worked in the UK nuclear
industry for over 35 years, focusing much of his recent career on
establishing arrangements to enhance supply chain performanceenabling safe and reliable nuclear operations.
He was Chairperson of the Committee of Nuclear Regulatory
Activities’ Working Group on Supply Chain Regulation from 20152023.
Marc McBride is a Principal Inspector for Nuclear Safety at the
Office for Nuclear Regulation in the United Kingdom. He is also abureau member of the NEA Working Group on Leadership and
Safety Culture.
Marc heads ONR's team of inspectors specialising in leadership andmanagement for safety, including matters relating to organisational
culture. Marc has 35 years of experience in both regulatory andindustry roles across different major hazards sectors in the UK andworldwide.
Chris QUINN has spent 35 years in the construction industry
specialising in high-profile large-scale investment megaprojects.
He is employed by EDF (UK) and joined the Executive Directorate at
Hinkley Point C in 2019 as the Supply Chain Director. His roleencompasses leading a diverse team of 250 providing professional
services in procurement, contract and commercial management,
data analytics and performance insight, dispute resolution andsupplier relationships.
Chris also strategically supports Sizewell C, a replicated plant in
Suffolk, England, to ensure lessons learnt and benefits are captured.
Strategic collaboration is also in place with his colleagues in EDF(SA) to support the next tranche of industrial nuclear plants in France
and wider Europe.

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Teemu KELAVIRTA holds the position of Technical Design andEngineering Manager at Fortum in Finland.
Born in Finland, he holds an MSc degree in Mechanical Engineeringand has 13 years of nuclear experience.
He earlier worked at different companies including Andritz Oy andStora Enso GmbH.

Takashi KURISAKI holds the position of Project Quality AssuranceManager for the ITER Project at MHI in Japan.
Some of his experiences include:• Engineering manager of “Quality Assurance Department” formanagement and improvement of quality assurance activities
for French Nuclear projects, 2019-2021• Engineering manager of Nuclear Project
Department for overseas projects, 2011-2019

Management• Engineering manager of New Energy System Department, 20102011

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Speaker biography – Closing session
Véronique ROUYER supports the Director-General of the NEA in
enhancing the technical excellence of the Agency’s work andensuring high standards of safety in the use of nuclear energy bysupporting the development of effective and efficient regulation andoversight of nuclear installations, and by helping to maintain andadvance the scientific and technological knowledge base.
Prior to joining the NEA, Ms Véronique Rouyer was the Safety
Research Director in the French Institut de radioprotection et deSûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), the French Technical Support Organisation
to public authorities dealing with radiation protection and nuclear
safety. She managed nuclear safety research activities andprogrammes including numerous co-operative activities distributed
among 16 laboratories including experimental facilities andsimulation codes development platforms.
In addition, she gained extensive experience in the development andco-ordination of scientific programmes plans as Deputy Director forthe scientific projects, strategy, development and partnerships
division, a role she held between 2009 to 2016. Previously, shemanaged and co-ordinated IRSN criticality safety activities,
assuming positions of increasing responsibilities over 15 years,
including in areas such as nuclear fuel cycle facilities and safetyassessment and evaluation of the transport of radioactive materials.
She was also very involved in academic and professional training
activities. From 1985 to 1994, she conducted lectures and training
workshops and was in charge of the INSTN Nuclear Engineering
Master Degree (Institut National des Sciences et Techniques
Nucléaires – the benchmark institute for education and training in
nuclear science and technology).
Ms Véronique Rouyer holds a Graduate Chemical Engineering
Master’s Degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse and a
Post Graduate Master’s Degree in Nuclear Engineering from the
INSTN.

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