Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP)

3rd MDEP Conference
on New Reactor Design Activities
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
14-15 May 2014

Programme

OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)14 May 2014
OPENING SESSION
Chairs: Dr. Allison Macfarlane, MDEP Policy Group (PG) Chair,
Chair US NRC
Mr. Javier Reig, Nuclear Energy Agency
09:00-10:00 Welcome and opening of conference• Welcoming and introductory remarks
Dr. Allison Macfarlane and Mr. Javier Reig
• Summary of MDEP achievements
Ms. Sophie Mourlon and Mr. Gary Holahan, MDEP Steering TechnicalCommittee

SESSION 1
Design-Specific Working Groups
10:15-12:00
Chairs: Mr. Petteri Tiippana, Finland PG member,
Director-General STUKMr. Fredrik Hassel, Sweden PG member,
Deputy Director-General SSM• Introduction of the session• MDEP activities and accomplishments- Mr. Lawrence Burkhart, Chair of the AP1000WG, US NRC• Industry activities related to new reactor designs- Mr. Richard DeLong, Director, International Licensing and Regulatory
Support, Westinghouse, USA- Mr. Claude Jaouen, Senior Executive Vice President, Reactors & Services,AREVA, France- Dr. Hae-Ryong Hwang, Senior Vice President and Director of KEPCO E&C
Power Engineering Research Institute, Korea- Mr. Zonglin Guo, Deputy General Manager, TNPJVC, China- Mr. Mikhail Bykov, Deputy Designer General, OKB Gidropress, RussianFederation• Discussion2

12:00-14:00 LunchSESSION 2
Commissioning Activities
14:00-15:30
Chairs: Mr. Wang Zhongtang, China PG member,
Vice-Administrator NNSA
Mr. William Travers, United Arab Emirates,
Director General FANR

• Introduction of the session• MDEP activities and accomplishments- Mr. Tapani Virolainen, Chair of the EPRWG, STUK, Finland• Industry activities related to commissioning of new reactors- Mr. Shenjie Gu, Deputy Chief Engineer, SNERDI, China- Mr. Jeff Gasser, Executive Vice President Operational Readiness, Vogtle 3and 4, USA- Mr. Dominique Lagarde, Senior Vice-President Nuclear Engineering , EDF,France- Mr. Yunho Kim, Director, KHNP Washington DC Center, Korea- Mr. G. Nageswara Rao, Executive Director of Operation, NPCIL, India• Discussion
15:30-16:00

Break3

SESSION 3
Vendor Inspection
16:00-17:45
Chairs: Dr. S. S. Bajaj, Indian PG member,Chair AERB
Mr. Yong Hwan Kim, Korean PG representative,Secretary General NSSC
• Introduction of the session• MDEP activities and accomplishments- Mr. Richard Rasmussen, Chair of the VICWG, US NRC• Industry activities related to vendor inspection- Mr. Francis Muguet, NQSA Technical Manager, ISO- Mr. Hwoang Yoon Park, General Manager of Nuclear Quality Control in
Nuclear Business Group, Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction co., Ltd.,
Korea- Mr. Serge Montrichard, SG Product Line Manager, Valinox Nucléaire,France- Mr. Steve Vaslet, Licensing Director, Hinkley Point C Project, NNB GenCo,UK• Discussion
17:454End of day 1

15 May 2014SESSION 4
Digital Instrumentation and Control
8:30-10:00
Chairs: Mr. Fredrik Hassel, Sweden PG member,
Deputy Director-General SSM
Mr. Petteri Tiippana, Finland PG member,
Director-General STUK• Introduction of the session• MDEP activities and accomplishments- Mr. Daniel Santos, Chair of the DICWG, US NRC• Industry activities in relation with digital I&C- Mr. Gary Johnson, International Electrotechnical Commission IEC/SC45A
Chair- Mr. Johannes Pickelmann, Chair of the CORDEL Digital I&C Task Force- Mrs. Marjo Mustonen, Senior Vice President of Nuclear Safety, TVO, Finland- Mr. Richard Delong, International Licensing and Regulatory Support,Westinghouse, USA- Mr. Warren R. Odess-Gillett, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers• Discussion

10:00-10:30 Break5

SESSION 5
New reactor activities related to the Fukushima Daiichi accident
10:30-12:00
Chairs: Mr. Pierre-Franck Chevet, France PG member,
Chair ASN
Mr. Daiji Takeuchi, Japan PG representative,
Director-General for Nuclear Regulatory Technical Affairs NRA• Introduction of the session• MDEP activities and accomplishments- Mr. Tim Allmark, Superintending Inspector, UK STC representative, ONR• Other activities related to the follow up of the Fukushima Daiichi
accident- Mr. Javier Reig, Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities Bureau, Nuclear
Energy Agency- Mr. Bernard Chaloin, Co-Leader of the WANO Design Project, WANO
- Mr. Jim Lyons, Division Director of Nuclear Installation Safety, IAEA
- Mr. Douglas J. Walters, Vice President of regulatory affairs, Nuclear Energy
Institute, USA- Dr. Hans Wanner, ENSI Director General, Chair, WENRA• Discussion

12:00-14:00 Lunch6

SESSION 6
Codes and Standards Harmonisation
14:00-15:30
Chairs: Mr. Terry Jamieson, Canadian PG member,
Vice-President CNSC
Mr. Valery Bezzubtsev, Russian PG member,Deputy Chair Rostechnadzor• Introduction of the session• MDEP activities and accomplishments- Mr. Xue Jun Wei, Chair of the CSWG, CNSC, Canada• Industry activities related to harmonisation of codes and standards- Pr. Nawal Prinja, Technical Director of AMEC Clean Energy Europe, CORDEL- Mr. Kevin Ennis, Director, ASME, USA- Mr. Denis Buisine, President of the Drafting Committee, AFCEN, France- Mr. Haruei Miyaguchi, Secretary of Main Committee on Power Generating
Facility Code, JSME, Japan• Discussion

15:30-16:00 Break7

SESSION 7
MDEP Way Forward and Related Activities
16:00-17:30
Chairs: Dr. Allison Macfarlane, MDEP PG Chair,
Chair US NRC
Mr. Pierre-Franck Chevet, France PG member,
Chair ASN
• Introduction of the session• Other initiatives of harmonisation in the nuclear safety area andinteraction with MDEP
- Ms. Sophie Mourlon, MDEP Steering Technical Committee Chair- Mr. Glenn M. Tracy, Committee on Nuclear Regulatory Activities Bureau, USNRC- Mr. Jerald G. Head, Senior Vice-President for Regulatory Affairs of GEHitachi, Chair of CORDEL- Mr. Tom O’Connor, Director of the Office of Advanced Reactor Technologies
in the Office of Nuclear Energy at the Department of Energy, Generation IV
International Forum (GIF)- Mr. Jim Lyons, Division Director of Nuclear Installation Safety, IAEA
- Mr. Petteri Tiippana, Director-General STUK, WENRA• Discussion

CLOSING SESSION
Chairs: Dr. Allison Macfarlane, MDEP PG Chair,Chair US NRC
Mr. Javier Reig, Nuclear Energy Agency
17:30-18:00 Conclusion and Closing of the Conference• Conference summary and way forward8OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
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