Virtual Conference Agenda for Nuclear Decommissioning Plans and Innovations: 21 September 2021

REGISTER TO ATTEND

13:00 SESSION 1: BEST PRACTICE FOR DECOMMISSIONING AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT

  • A practical guide to decommissioning nuclear plants and management of generated wastes
  • Planning, strategy and economics through to decommissioning and waste management implementation 
  • Key findings identified in WNA report methodology to manage material and waste from Nuclear Decommissioning

Doug Kerr, Representative of World Nuclear Association Decommissioning and Waste Management Working Group

13:30 SESSION 2: PANEL DISCUSSION: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON DEACTIVATION & DECOMMISSIONING 

  • Overview of decommissioning plans and schedules 
  • Managing the transition from operations to decommissioning 
  • Addressing technical and organisational challenges 

Moderator: Kristina Gillin, Principal Consultant, Nuclear Waste and Decommissioning, Vysus Group

Mats Ahlström, Programme Manager, Nuclear Decommissioning, Vattenfall

Peter Berben, Head of Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Management, ENGIE Corporate

Matti Kaisanlahti, Leading Specialist, Decommissioning, Fortum Power and Heat Oy

14:25 NETWORKING BREAK

14:40 SESSION 3: FUTURE-PROOFING NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING – BRINGING ROBOTICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO SELLAFIELD

  • The framework for robotics and AI at Sellafield and across the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group
  • Air, land and water-based robotics case studies
  • Collaborations on robotics and future AI plans for driving innovation

Rav Chunilal, Head of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Sellafield Ltd

Peter Allport, Remote Handling Engineer within Engineering & Maintenance and the AIR Centre of Excellence Lead, Sellafield Ltd

Chris Hope, Capability Development Manager, Remediation, Sellafield Ltd

Keith Pickup, Legacy Ponds ROV Manager within the Retrievals Value Stream, Sellafield Ltd

Chris Ballard, Robotics and AI Programme Manager, Sellafield Ltd 

15:30 SESSION 4: INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR DECOMMISSIONING – EUROPEAN USE CASES & PERSPECTIVES

  • Taking a closer look at the INNO4GRAPH project
  • Examining the Wet Oxidation
  • Exploring innovative solutions for phosphoric acid decontamination and exhaust solution recycling

Alan Bevan, Key Account Manager, Ansaldo Nuclear

Charles Mendes, Key Account Manager, Ansaldo Nuclear

16:00 SESSION 5: CHARACTERISATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT LAND REMEDIATION

  • An overview of rapid in-situ characterisation technologies to support remedial works for radioactively contaminated land
  • Management of data to enable waste tracking and disposal
  • Case study – remediation of the Harwell Liquid Effluent Treatment Plant

Helen Beddow, Business Manager for Land Remediation and Characterisation Services, Nuvia

16:30 SESSION 6: FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI DECOMMISISONING: TEN YEARS ON SINCE THE ACCIDENT  ​

  • Decommissioning progress and on-site activities
  • Update on fuel removal​ from spent fuel pools, work towards fuel debris retrieval and water management 
  • The mid-and-long-term decommissioning action plan

Akira Ono, Managing Executive Officer, President of Fukushima Daiichi Decontamination and Decommissioning Engineering Company (FDEC), Chief Decommissioning Officer (CDO), Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.

17:00 END OF CONFERENCE