Nuclear Decommissioning & Waste Management Summit

• Looking at EU Regulations and Policy Updates
• Digitalization of Processes in Nuclear Decommissioning
• Nuclear Decommissioning Case Studies
• Overview of Waste Management in Europe
• Exploring Finance and Resource Management on Decommissioning Projects
• Solving the Technical Challenges of Nuclear Decommissioning
• Transportation and Disposal Packages for Nuclear Decommissioning Waste
• Managing the Transition from Operation to Decommissioning
• Protection of Nuclear Infrastructure from Effects of Climate Change
• Gaining Insights into Feedstock Materials

• William Roberts, Consulting Director, Decommology
• Zuzana Petrovičová, Head of Unit, European Commission
• Alexadre de Ruvo, Senior Project Manager, World Nuclear Association
• Rebekka Volk, Head of Research Lab, Project and Resource Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• Ferdinand Bartels, Department Head and Project Manager, PreussenElektra
• Alicia González, Decommissioning Responsible and Radwaste Management, Iberdrola
• Matt Tilsley, Chief Engineer, NDA-Magnox
• Peter Bryant, Environment Manager – Nuclear Development HPC Radioactive Waste Adviser, EDF
• Jeremy Andrew, Laboratory Manager, NDA-Dounreay
• Robin Hanzl, Nuclear Safety Engineer, OKG
• Dr. Tatiana Makarchuk, Deputy Chief Engineer, Akkuyu Nukleer
• Frank Wille, Head of Division – Safety of Transport Containers, BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing
• Ivana Davidova, Senior Specialist in Decommissioning, CEZ Company
• Vladimir Michal, Decommissioning Team Leader, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• Pavel Aksionov, INPP Project Manager, Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant
• Ivan Baldwin, Marketing and Business Development, Bechtel
• Angela Wakefield, Environment and Business Senior Advisor, Environment Agency

Nuclear Engineering International is an in-depth technical magazine for the worldwide civil nuclear industry. The magazine offers news, opinion, market reviews, and articles on the front-end fuel cycle, through to operations, maintenance, NDE, ALARA, to Fukushima, decommissioning and radwaste, all at a technical level that is robust whilst remaining accessible to interested industry professionals in all fields.

Original nuclear industry reports are also published: quarterly nuclear electricity generation statistics for the entire world (‘load factors league tables’) and a tabular overview of the installed nuclear fleet in the World Nuclear Industry Handbook, a single volume reference guide that also includes a buyer’s guide, articles and industry contacts. Another highlight is the September fuel issue, with comprehensive fuel market review and fuel data tables.

Since its first issue in 1956, Nuclear Engineering International has been an independent voice in the nuclear industry that goes beyond the news headlines to explain new developments and market trends in technical detail. Visit www.neimagazine.com for more information.

Founded in 1998, by International Nuclear Services Ltd of the United Kingdom, Orano of France and the Federation of Electric Power Companies (FEPC) of Japan – The World Nuclear Transport Institute (WNTI), a Non-Governmental Organisation, was created to represent the collective interests of the nuclear and radioactive materials transport industry and those who rely on the safe, secure, efficient and reliable transport.

WNTI prides itself on being a diverse and inclusive membership network, that believes industry collaboration is essential for progress. With over 20 years’ experience, the organisation has grown to 50 international member companies all involved in activities across the nuclear fuel cycle and supply chain.

Operating successfully as a membership network organisation, WNTI comprised of a small team of qualified professionals based in London, each with their own expertise, who are dedicated to achieving the organisation’s mission and core objectives.

https://www.wnti.co.uk/

The European Demolition Association, EDA, was founded in 1978 and is the European platform for national demolition associations, demolition contractors and suppliers.
Every year, EDA organizes several activities to gather demolition industry stakeholders from all over Europe. The most important one is the Annual Convention, a meeting that includes a technical part with presentations about key topics and optional leisure activities. For 2017, EDA organizes a trade fair, “DDR EXPO 2017”, that will bring together professionals from three different industries: demolition, decontamination and recycling.

EDA represents thousands of companies, through its national associations and direct memberships.

www.europeandemolition.org

The European Decontamination Institute is the leading platform for national decontamination associations, decontamination contractors and suppliers.

The Decontamination Institute has a strong focus on developments in Europe, which are of interest to the decontamination industry.

Further, the Decontamination Institute has amongst others the following objectives:

• To look after, promote and protect the interests of the decontamination industry in Europe;
• To set and to promote European standards on decontamination techniques;
• To be involved in and have an impact on health and safety legislation;
• To be involved in improving the legislation concerning the removal and depositing of hazardous waste;
• To exchange information on techniques, working methods and training;
• To maintain contacts with similar organizations in other parts of the world, e.g. Asia and the U.S.

Website: https://www.decontaminationinstitute.org/

SNETP was set up in 2007 under the auspices of the European Commission with the goal to support technological development for enhancing safe and competitive nuclear fission in a climate-neutral and sustainable energy mix. In line with the objectives of the SET-Plan, SNETP aims to contribute to: Lowering European greenhouse gas emissions, assuring security of energy supply for Europe, Stabilizing electricity prices in Europe

www.snetp.eu

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“Nuclear 2.0” (www.atomic-energy.ru) is the largest Russian private pro-nuclear website established to strengthen communication of industry, science, government, educational and business organizations as well as, most importantly, with the public at large. The website also publishes a special monthly electronic journal “Nuclear and environmental safety” on all backend and safety topics of the nuclear industry.
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NucNet is an independent global news agency. NucNet operates a 24/7 service reporting the facts behind key nuclear issues such as safety and security, radiation impact and protection, and the complexities of national and international nuclear energy policies. NucNet was created in 1990 with the support of the European Nuclear Society as a response to the growing need for both accurate and rapid information about nuclear energy. At NucNet’s Central Office in Brussels, journalists and researchers analyse information, check the facts, and produce verified news and information bulletins that are sent to subscribers by email. For more information see www.nucnet.org
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With specialist articles, background reports, interviews and news atw – International Journal for Nuclear Power puts the spotlight on latest developments in nuclear technology and all relevant news for the nuclear power industry since 1956.

atw – International Journal for Nuclear Power features latest information for the nuclear community in categories of research and innovation, operation and new build, decommissioning and waste management, environment and safety, fuel cycle and performance, energy policy, economics and law or other nuclear applications and is published 6 times a year.

Visit us online and get an impression about the journal and its content – www.nucmag.com.

Published by the American Nuclear Society since 1959, Nuclear News reaches over 10,000 readers throughout 54 countries, including more than 3,500 professionals in the specialized decommissioning, environmental remediation, and waste management fields. Articles discuss plant operations, maintenance and security; policy and legislation; international developments; waste management and fuel; and business and contract award news. Visit www.ans.org/nn for more information on advertising and subscriptions.

Published by the American Nuclear Society, this specialty magazine provides dedicated coverage of the decommissioning, environmental remediation, and waste management segments of the nuclear industry. Feature articles focus on the generation, handling, treatment, transportation, storage, and disposal of radioactive waste. Visit www.ans.org/rs for more information on advertising and subscriptions.

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) contribute up to 45 percent of total employment and up to 33 percent of national income (GDP) in emerging economies. But SMEs face unique challenges: three out of five businesses fail within the first few months of operation. Causes to the failure include limited market access, limited access to information, finances and technology and unfavorable policy and regulatory environment.

NßN fills this gap:

– We offer a free marketing platform focused in the emerging markets.
– We study the business trends and provide online expertise to save your time and cut your marketing cost.
– We spread the information in English, Chinese, and Arabic because we believe that proximity is power.

With NßN, you will break into emerging markets.

https://nbn.media

ASD Media is an online media company. We provide professionals in dedicated markets with news, intelligence, and interaction opportunities. During the last five years we developed dedicated websites for events, reports, news distribution and source data, and changed the name of the ASD-Network to ASDNews to emphasize the news focus.

http://www.asdmedia.nl/

Senior representatives and stakeholders from across the entire value chain representing 

• Energy Providers
• Plant Owners & Operators
• Industry Consultants & Experts
• Lawyers, Purchasing and Procurement Management Professionals
• Nuclear Regulators
• Nuclear Technology Companies
• Industry Investors
• Asset Management Companies
• Nuclear Engineers and Safety Inspectors
• Decommissioning Managers
• Waste Management Companies
• Governmental representatives responsible for nuclear power development
• Radiation and health protection agencies
• Packaging & Transportation Officials
• Academic Institutions
• Research Organisations
• Market Analysts

Based in Henfield, West Sussex, Southern Scientific has been supplying radiation and contamination monitoring instruments and laboratory counting systems to nuclear sites for over 25 years. Our product portfolio is wide and covers a variety of applications, from gamma imaging to environmental monitoring systems and health physics options.

All of our products are CE marked and we are a certified ISO-9001:2008 company, which reflects the high level of quality assurance and management that we provide at every stage of the supply process, whether a product is distributed on behalf of our trusted manufacturers or constructed in our UK facility. For further information about our company and our wide range of products please visit www.southernscientific.co.uk, send us an email to [email protected], or call us on 01273 497600

INGECID Research and development of projects S.L. is a construction engineering company specialized in structural and nuclear calculations, digitalization processes within BIM methodology and software development,  project management and process and materials innovation. It was founded in 2009, as a spinoff of the Construction Technology Research Group in the Civil Engineer School of Santander, in the University of Cantabria (Spain).

Thanks to its close relationship with innovative technology centres and research groups, INGECID maintains a strong philosophy of technological innovation in the sectors in which it specialises, such as nuclear energy, wind energy and civil engineering. The main areas of development in INGECID are:

• Radiological engineering
• Structural engineering
• Design engineering, BIM (Building Information Modeling) and software development
• Direction and management of projects, consulting and technical advice
• Development of innovative construction and manufacturing process and materials.

INGECID is formed by a multidisciplinary technical team of great capacities, which focuses its efforts on the creation of high added value, with great attention to the quality of the products.

www.ingecid.es

ASSET MANAGEMENT & DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SPECIALIST

We are an IT consulting company focusing on the design, implementation and optimisation of solutions for maintenance, asset management, operations and decommissioning. We advise process-driven industries such as power generation and distribution, automotive, transportation, public transport, paper, chemicals, oil & gas and plant engineering.

We support the introduction of sensor technology (IoT), condition-based and predictive maintenance (AI) as well as the digital transformation of operations management, maintenance and aftersales services. We accompany companies into a future-proof Industry 4.0.

We have been the market leader for EAM solutions in nuclear power plants in German-speaking countries for 40 years and develop innovative solutions for them in dismantling. This makes us pioneers of a holistic asset management lifecycle approach.

We are the leading business partner for Enterprise Asset Management Systems (EAM) based on IBM Maximo and Hexagon Infor EAM in the DACH region.

As part of ROBUR, RODIAS offers even more: About 3,000 colleagues work worldwide in the wind, water, energy, industrials and process industry segments. As a competent partner for our customers, we create holistic solutions from planning and realisation to installation, operation and maintenance to relocation and dismantling. We support our customers in meeting the challenges of digital transformation and ecological change in industry.

www.rodias.de

Mona Nuclear – Cranes & Specialist Materials Handling Equipment for the Nuclear Industry

Consultancy, Design, Manufacture & Commissioning

Since our inception in 2005, Mona has been closely associated with the nuclear industry. Our experience and expertise in bespoke lifting and materials handling equipment, and the design and installation of specialist cranes, have allowed us work with partners in the nuclear industry across the United Kingdom and Europe.

We work to exacting quality and safety standards and can engage directly with power station operators as well as providing expert consultancy and manufacturing to principal contractors and other stakeholders.

Materials Handling Technology for the Nuclear Industry

Our experience in the nuclear industry extends to:

Cranes – COTS, MOTS and bespoke cranes designed, installed, commissioned, and maintained.

Waste storage containers and handling systems – for hazardous, contaminated and radiologically controlled zones.

Bespoke lifting and material handling solutions – specific to the complex requirements of hazardous, contaminated and radiologically controlled zones.

Consultancy – to principal contractors and other stakeholders.

Inspection, testing, maintenance, and repairs – a full range of inspection and testing services including periodic inspection to LOLER regulations.

If you have a requirement for lifting or materials handling equipment for a nuclear facility that you would like us to assist with then please contact us to discuss.

www.monagroup.wales

AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, drives digital transformation for industrial organizations managing complex operational processes. Through Performance Intelligence, AVEVA connects the power of information and artificial intelligence (AI) with human insight, to enable faster and more precise decision making, helping industries to boost operational delivery and sustainability. Our cloud-enabled data platform, combined with software that spans design, engineering and operations, asset performance, monitoring and control solutions delivers proven business value and outcomes to over 20,000 customers worldwide, supported by the largest industrial software ecosystem, including 5,500 partners and 5,700 certified developers. AVEVA is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with over 6,000 employees at 90 locations in more than 40 countries.

www.aveva.com

CAEN is one of the most important spin-offs of the Italian Nuclear Physics Research Institute, founded in Viareggio in 1979. CAEN designs and manufactures sophisticated electronic equipment for nuclear physics research and is today among the world’s leading companies in the field. Decades of collaboration and co-development with very large international research projects (LHC@ CERN, ALMA@ESO, DEAP@SNOLAB, ICARUS@LNGS, XMASS@Kamioka …) have maximized our capability to translate a customer’s needs and expectations into cost-effective and reliable solutions.

In 2016 CAEN founded the division CAEN SyS (System and Spectroscopy) which relies upon an extremely strong foundational knowledge of nuclear measurement instrumentation in developing Radiation Measurements Systems and Spectroscopy Solutions. These systems and solutions are perfectly suited to operations involving Nuclear Fuel Facilities, Nuclear Power Plants, Measurements Laboratories, and Security Applications.

CAEN SyS Systems & Spectroscopy Division is committed to delivering exceptional nuclear measurement instrumentation, expertise, and technical support as well as performing cutting-edge R&D on these topics: a key example is the European H2020-EURATOM project “MICADO”, where CAEN is the the project coordinator and which is devoted to the development of a cost-effective solution for non-destructing characterization of nuclear waste, implementing a digitization process that could become a referenced standard facilitating and harmonizing the methodology used for the in-field Waste Management and Dismantling & Decommissioning operations.

The MICADO project involves some key EU players with major knowledge in nuclear waste having all in common the interest to converge in technologies, methods and implementing a full digitization process applied to nuclear waste management.

Websites:

www.caen.it

www.caensys.com

www.micado-project.eu

Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, serving a broad range of customers, regardless of your lifting needs, Konecranes is committed to providing you with lifting equipment and services that increase the value and effectiveness of your business.

The nuclear industry depends on equipment that is designed to operate safely, reliably, and in compliance with stringent quality and regulatory requirements. With more than a half-century of nuclear industry experience adhering to the standards for the design of lifting equipment at nuclear facilities; Konecranes has the experience to meet the most stringent requirements.   Konecranes can expertly provide all nuclear material handling equipment, engineering services, onsite services, spare and replacement parts, and equipment modernizations worldwide with a capability of servicing any manufacturers’ equipment within nuclear power plants, nuclear waste storage and fuel processing facilities including the most critical safety-related lifting equipment.

The Konecranes organisation brings the expertise of Konecranes Nuclear Equipment & Services (KNES) to provide equipment designed specifically for nuclear applications combined with our UK experience in providing cost effective designs with shorter delivery periods using our state of the art COTS crane components (especially suited to Decommissioning Applications).

Service & Modernization – our extensive network services all makes and models of material handling equipment worldwide to support the nuclear industry. Services include outage support, inspections, repairs, and maintenance. We provide any OEM parts for any brand of overhead crane or hoist including re-engineered & re-manufactured parts (motor rewinds, brakes, etc.).

RailQ generates 3D and 2D graphs of the runway rails and identifies misalignment and other problems of your cranes.

RopeQ wire rope inspection – visual and Non-Destructive (NDT) rope inspection service that examines what you cannot see with a visual only inspection.

www.konecranes.com/industries/nuclear

In 2020, DSi, Scannix and Technord joined their expertise to develop site remediation equipment and services combining x-ray inspection and radio-isotopic characterization of radioactive wastes.
Syscade combines, in a mobile and compact laboratory, tools for inspection and characterization of waste produced by the nuclear industry all around the world.
This process can be applied for the characterization of Very Low Level Waste and Low Level Waste.
Syscade is aimed to tackle so-called “historic” waste that needs to be characterized and for which the use of non-destructive techniques is particularly suitable.
Syscade offers a wide range of applications, from Nuclear Waste Assay, to Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D) and nuclear safeguards to research laboratories.
Syscade mobile lab is equipped with 2 state-of-the art technologies :
• A high-definition Non-Destructive Evaluation radiography equipment to inspect and characterize the composition of drums and box contents and to provide detailed images and analysis.
• A high-resolution gamma spectroscopy system with HPGe detector to determine which isotopes are present in the inspected wastes and evaluate the activity levels. This characterisation system can be used in 3 modes:
• “In Situ” measurement mode to estimate the total activity content in each drum
• SGS (Segmented Gamma Scanning) mode to determine the activity content from bottom to top of each drum
• SGS mode combined with angular measurement to localise the homogeneity with respect to the axial distribution.
Syscade is the solution for Non-Destructive Inspection and for Characterization of nuclear wastes produced by the nuclear industry.

www.mobile-radiography.com

Phoenix Dosimetry Ltd is a specialist Dosimetry company; we are the UK and Irish Distributor for the Thermo Scientific range of Health Physics instruments – RadEye, Mini Instruments and Installed Monitors together with the provision of all Harshaw TLD materials, Readers and accessories. We have also recently been appointed as the UK and Irish Distributor for the PHDS HPGe portable spectrum analysers, which include advanced imaging capability on the GeGl. These instruments are ideal for decommissioning projects. We are sharing our stand at SRP with our principal ‘Thermo Fisher Scientific’ and we look forward to welcoming you. Phoenix Dosimetry Ltd is based in Sandhurst and we have extensive workshop/repair facilities and also offer fast repair/calibration services for both Mini Monitors and NE Legacy Products via our engineering staff. As a company we also represent John Caunt Scientific for the ‘Aegis ED3 Extremity Dosemeter’, this is ideal for monitoring extremity doses in Nuclear Medicine and associated departments; the Aegis ED-3 will be on display at the Phoenix Dosimetry stand. Phoenix Dosimetry Ltd offer ‘on-site’ demonstrations of equipment and/or peripherals, as required. We welcome visitors to our demonstration facilities in Sandhurst for presentations of equipment and solutions.

We also run TLD Training courses, so please ask us for further details if this might be of interest.

We look forward to seeing you at our stand!

Mike Sweeney

For Phoenix Dosimetry Ltd

www.phoenix-dosimetry.co.uk

www.thermofisher.com

Berthold Technologies is a privately held technology leader in life sciences, process control and radiation protection maintaining sales and distribution operations worldwide.
Our extensive range of analytical system solutions made in Germany has been trusted by scientists and engineers since 1949.
We provide solutions that solve complex analytical challenges in a wide variety of industries, academia as well as federal and local government agencies.
We enable our customers to improve life in meaningful ways.

www.berthold.com

Baltic Scientific Instruments (BSI) was established in 1994 on the basis of Riga Research and Development Institute for Radio-Isotope Apparatus (RNIIRP, est.1966), which belonged to the Ministry for Atomic Energy of the former Soviet Union.  RNIIRP had Union-wide responsibility for the development of instruments for radiation detection and measurement for the atomic energy industry, mining, oil and gas industries, space and military applications.  RNIIRP developed a broad range of products, and the highest level of technical knowledge and skills to meet the most sophisticated technological demands of the Soviet Union. These are the foundations of the capabilities that BSI now brings to global markets.

Since its founding as a private enterprise BSI has specialized in the development and fabrication of devices for spectrometric analysis based on semiconductor and scintillation radiation detectors. Our products are applied in multiple industries: nuclear power; environmental monitoring; geophysics and the mining industry; medicine and healthcare; research including space sciences; security systems and customs control; and other spheres.  To succeed in global markets for radiation detection and analysis equipment BSI has mastered the most demanding quality standards in each market where we have chosen to compete.

www.bsi.lv

ACI has put together a range of packages to suit your requirements. These range from branding options, to full scale partner solutions and can be tailored to meet your objectives and budgets.

If you are launching a new product or service and wish to gain visibility and brand recognition within your industry, contact us today!

For commercial opportunities, please contact:

Hubert Sosnowski

Tel: +48 (0) 61 646 7059

Email: [email protected]

At the event we strive not only to bring you to the same location at the same time as your customers/suppliers/peers, we strive to ensure you meet face-to-face with each and every one of your target contacts and to provide you with the time you need to have multiple unhurried conversations with them and build a lasting business relationship:

• A pre-event informal introduction the evening before the conference
• A minimum of five hours’ networking built into the two day conference agenda
• A networking grid which enables you to make your target contacts aware you are looking for them
• The option to join either social drinks or dinner during the evening of Day One
• ACI’s on-site team will assist you in locating your hard-to-find target contacts & make face-to-face introductions

Of course, if there is anybody you are unable to meet over the two days, ACI’s event team will do their best to initiate contact after the event.

ACI is doing everything to ensure that all its events go ahead as advertised, returning to the much-missed and valuable face-to-face interaction as soon as possible.  In order to ensure the events are delivered as safely as possible, venues are chosen and procedures are adjusted in line with the relevant local and regulations and guidelines.

These have been exceptionally challenging times with very fast-moving updates. As we get closer to an event we look at each one individually, paying careful heed to local regulations, but without ignoring the international situation. Whatever happens, ACI will safeguard the investments that attendees have made by either automatically moving it to the new dates of the event or a full credit will be provided for use when booking a future ACI event.