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small and new nuclear programwith earlier, more
affordable, access to safe and secure repositories.
Panellists include: Professor W.E. (Bill) Lee, Imperial
College (UK); Hiroyuki Umeki, JAEA (JAPAN);
Ewoud Verhoef, COVRA (NETHERLANDS); and
Charles McCombie, Arius Association (UK).
Hot Topics and Emerging Issues in
D&D – Session 3
Monday: 13:45 Room: 3B
This panel will focus on current hot topics and emerging
issues in the decommissioning area worldwide. <strong>The</strong>
topics being considered include critical issues facing
D&D, privatization, supply chain issues, disposal
issues, cost-effectiveness, loss and retention of skills,
and international cooperation and networking.
Panelists include: Dr. Jas Devgun, Sargent & Lundy
LLC, (USA); Dr. Michele Laraia, IAEA (AUSTRIA);
Russ Mellor, Sellafield (UK); Dr. Charles Miller, US
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USA); Mr. Richard
Mrowicki, NDA (UK); David Boath, AMEC (UK);
and Brad Smith, CH2M Hill (USA).
PANEL: YGN Roundtable “An Audience With...” –
Session 11A
Monday: 16:15 Room: 13
This round table discussion was developed due to the
fact that YGN members/panel in the UK don’t know
where to turn for career advice and feel that there is a
glass ceiling for progression dependent on age which
we want to investigate.
<strong>The</strong> session will be led by Russ Mellor, Decommissioning
Director at Sellafield Ltd and Miranda
Kirschel, Business Development Director at CH2M
HILL, <strong>International</strong> Nuclear Services. Both have had
varied and interesting career paths and are happy to
share their experiences with younger members of
industry in a relaxed round table environment with
plenty of time for questions and discussion. <strong>The</strong> session
is aimed at the encouragement for career development
of younger members of industry and to investigate
if there is a glass ceiling stopping career progression
in UK or elsewhere in the world.
YGN GENERAL MEETING – Session 11B
Monday: After Session 11A Room: 13
A general YGN Meeting will be conducted to canvass
views of the younger members of the industry,
exchange knowledge across companies, and grow the
YGN network through the conference attendees. This
meeting will be used to share best practices, and
develop new ideas to progress the aims and objectives
of the YGN in the future.
Agenda: 1) Introductions; 2) Explanation of YGN Aims
and Objectives; 3) Discussion on Output of YGN
Questionnaire; 4) Sharing of <strong>International</strong> YGN Activities
and Events; 5) Personal Development and Career
Progression; 6) Education and Training Initiatives; 7)
Communications across the YGN Network; 8) External
Communications to wider industry and 9) Future Plans
and New Initiatives.
PANEL: Emerging Issues in the Management for
L/ILW – Session 13
Monday: 08:30 Room: 3B
This panel will focus on strategies for the management
of all low and intermediate level waste (L/ILW). Based
on experience in different national programs, it will
discuss various options and their merits for managing
L/ILW. It will consider the definition of different categories
of L/ILW and their potential routes for disposal
including waste of very low activity, often arising in
high volumes as contaminated land or from decommissioning.
Panelists include: Mr. Phil Davies, NDA, Head of
National Waste Mgmt. Strategy (UK); Mr. Hans
Forström, Director, Nuclear Fuel Cycle & Waste Technology
- IAEA, (AUSTRIA); Dr. S. D. Misra, Director
of Nuclear Recycle Group, BARC, (INDIA); Mr.
Michel Dutzer, Director Industrielle, ANDRA
(FRANCE); and Mr. David Bennett, Strategic Policy
Manager, Environmental Agency of England and Wales
(UK).
PANEL: <strong>International</strong> Decommissioning Network –
Session 14
Monday: 08:30 Room: 12
This panel will focus on IAEA’s <strong>International</strong> Decommissioning
Network (IDN). In this session IDNinvolved
organizations will be invited to report on their
experience in cooperating with the IAEA in the field of
decommissioning. <strong>The</strong> panel will be introduced by an
overview of progress achieved and plans developed
under the IDN. Since the IDN is intended to function
as a loose “Network of Networks”, other presentations
in this session should include work involving bilateral /
multinational agreements carried out by non-IAEA
organizations which form complementary “Networks”.
Active discussion can be expected to ensure dissemination
of information about and support for the IDN concept
by organizations not involved yet.
Panelists include: Staffan Linsdkog, SKI (Sweden);
Sean Bushart, EPRI, (USA); Leopold Weil, Federal
Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), (Germany);
Maria Lindberg, Studsvik UK Ltd, (UK); Doug Metcalfe,
Natural Resources Canada, (Canada); and
Michele Laraia, <strong>International</strong> Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA), (Austria).
PANEL: Global Partnering in <strong>International</strong> Waste
and Cleanup Programs – Session 20
Monday: 10:45 Room: 11B
This panel will provide a global perspective on the
status of the clean-up of nuclear legacy sites in the
North West and Far East Russia and lessons learned by
key participants of the Global Partnership Program. <strong>The</strong>
speakers will discuss best practice in international
cooperation, meeting regulatory requirements and
approaches to ensure safe management of spent nuclear
fuel and radioactive waste. Speakers in this session will
discuss their Global Partnership activities, and explore
opportunities for future international collaboration.
Panelists include: Michael Washer, Department of
Foreign Affairs and <strong>International</strong> Trade (Canada);
Aleksey Maltzev, FSUE Zvyozdochka (Russia)
Konstantin Kulikov, NIPTB Onega (Russia); Sergey
Kazakov, Director of the Federal Nuclear Safety
Centre (Russia); and Lucien Pillette-Cousin, AREVA
(France)
PANEL: Current IAEA Activities in
Predisposal Management of L/IL Radioactive
Waste – Session 23
Tuesday: 13:45 Room: 3A
This panel will focus on Waste Technology Section
(WTS) of the <strong>International</strong> Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) which has a dedicated program focused on
waste predisposal activities. <strong>The</strong> objective of this program
is to strengthen the capability of Member States
to properly and safely process and store radioactive
waste. A range of activities are included in this pro-