International conference organized

 by

the Association of Polish Electrical Engineers and Polish Nuclear Society

in co-operation with:

International Atomic Energy Agency

National Atomic Energy Agency

Polish Power Grid Company

Polish Committee of World Energy Council

Polish Chamber of Power Industry and Environment Protection

Economic Society Polish Power Stations

Committee for Energy Studies - Polish Academy of Sciences

Institute of Power Engineering

Energy Market Agency

Institute of Atomic Energy

under the patronage of:

Prime Minister of Polish Government

Minister for Economic Affairs

Convention of National Societies of Electrical Engineers of Europe - EUREL

Main Sponsor:

Sponsors:

Mediumistic patronage:

NPPP 2006 Program Committee

• Zbigniew Bicki - Chairman
• Stefan Chwaszczewski - Vice chairman
• Zdzislaw Celinski - Vice chairman
• Tadeusz Wójcik - Scientific Secretary
• Jacek Baurski
• Halina Bownik-Trymucha
• Mirosław Duda
• Marek Jaczewski
• Sławomir Krystek
• Stanislaw Latek
• Krzysztof Lipko
• Jacek Marecki
• Andrzej Mikulski
• Jan Solinski
• Andrzej Strupczewski
• Roman Trechcinski
• Hanna Trojanowska
• Jacek Wankowicz
• Krzysztof Wieteska
• Hans Holger Rogner - Foreign Expert MAEA
• Stella Brozek - Foreign Expert FORATOM

NPPP 2006 Organizing Committee

• Roman Trechcinski - Chairman
• Jacek Baurski
• Jerzy Chmielewski
• Anna Czarnecka
• Zbigniew Jedrzejczyk
• Klemens Kruszewski
• Tadeusz Madany
• Marek Rabinski
• Tadeusz Wójcik
• Anna Wójcikowska

Objectives:

Technical and economic comparison of selected types of nuclear power plants proposed for construction in Poland with the start-up deadline in year 2021 - a voice in the social debate on introduction of nuclear power in Poland.

The conference is not related to commercial negotiations.

Programme of the conference NPPP 2006

I Day of the conference

June 1 (Thursday)

08:00 - 09:15 Registration of participants

Session I - Inaugural

09:15 - 10:00 Opening of the conference. Addresses of invited personalities.

10:00 - 10:30 Why there is a necessity to build nuclear power plants in Poland? (J. Marecki, Committee for Energy Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Duda, Energy Market Agency, Poland)

10:30 - 10:50 Coffee break

11:20 Press conference (room E)

Session II - Nuclear Power development in the world

10:50 - 11:10 Nuclear Power: Global Trend and Outlook (H.-H. Rogner, D. Weisser, IAEA, Austria)

11:10 - 11.30 The Nuclear Energy Renaissance in Europe (S. Tulonen, FORATOM, Belgium)

11:30 - 11:50 Experience in nuclear power plant operation: WANO’s view (L. Mampaey, WANO, United Kingdom)

11:50 - 12:10 Achievements in the Safety Upgrading of Nuclear Power Plants (S. M. Modro, M. W. Jankowski, IAEA, Austria)

12:10 - 12:30 Competitiveness of nuclear energy - an international viewpoint (E. Bertel, NEA/OECD, France)

12:30 - 12:50 The fifth nuclear power reactor in Finland (V. Ryhänen, TVO, Finland)

12:50 - 13:10 The French nuclear power program: EDF’s experience (B. Roche, EDF, France)

13:10 - 14:10 Lunch break (Restaurant - bottom floor in this building)

14.10 - 14:30 A comparative Assessment of Electricity Generation Options from an ecological and Sustainability viewpoint (A. Voss, University of Stuttgart, Germany)

14:30 - 15:00 Discussion period after session II

15:00 - 15:20 Coffee break

Session III - Selected nuclear power plant designs

15:20 - 16:00 Design of EPR (B. Debontride, AREVA, France)

16:00 - 16:40 Design of the AP1000 Power Reactor (B. Doehnert, Westinghouse Electric, Belgium)

16:40 - 17:20 Design of the ESBWR reactor (C. Maslak, A. Carlson, J. Segarra, General Electric, USA)

17:20 - 17:40 Nuclear power plant with VVER-1500 reactor (S. I. Antipov, M. F. Rogov, P. V. Novak, Rosenergoatom, Russian Federation)

17:40 - 18:00 Advanced CANDU technology and ACR-1000 (A. Alizadeh, AECL, Canada)

18:00 - 18:20 Siemens - the turbine island for NPP (M. Ernst, Siemens, Germany)

18:20 - 18:50 Discussion period after session III

19:00 Reception (Restaurant - bottom floor in this building)

 

09:00 - 09:10 Address by Mrs. E. Herczog, Member of the European Parliament

Session IV - Legal, environmental, education and training aspects

09:10 - 09:30 Poland: principles for the NPP licensing process and radioactive waste management concepts (P. Korzecki, J. Niewodniczanski, National Atomic Energy Agency - NAEA, Poland)

09:30 - 09:50 Legal framework for the nuclear power in the EU.
(J. Kaniewski, NAEA, Poland)

09:50 - 10:10 Education and Training for the NPP Workforce (R. Long, Nuclear Stewardship, LLC, USA)

10:10 - 10:40 Discussion period after session IV

10:40 - 11:00 Coffee break

Session V - Information and communication with the public

11:00 - 11:20 The level of support for nuclear energy in Poland (S. Latek, NAEA, Poland)

11:20 - 11:40 French experience on information and communication with the public on nuclear power (A. Bucaille, AREVA, France)

11:40 - 12:00 Evolution of Public Opinion on Nuclear Energy in the United States (A. S. Bisconti, Bisconti Research, Inc., R. L. Long, Past President, American Nuclear Society, USA)

12:00 - 12:20 Swedish programs of information on nuclear energy and evolution of the public opinion (H. Ehdwall, Vattenfall, Sweden)

12:20 - 12:40 Discussion period after session V

12:40 - 13:40 Discussion period on the subject: What next?

13:40 Lunch (Restaurant - bottom floor in this building)

Information for authors of papers :

Papers, drawn in English, should be sent to the address of the Organizing Committee - dead line: 1 February 2005.

The papers should not exceed 10 pages A4 format and should contain:

• full author’s name (s),
• author’s affiliation (with the institution represented be the author),
• title of the paper,
• key words (up to three),
• text of the papers.

The papers should be written in MS Word 97 - 2003 or Word Perfect format, line spacing 1.5 , font height 12 pt., bordered 2.5 cm, and ought to be sent in electronic form.

All drawings should be black and white.

All pages should be numbered at the bottom.

Conference languages

The conference languages will be English and Polish with simultaneous interpretation between both. Conference papers will be published in English.

Conference venue and date

The conference will be held in Warsaw, 3/5 Tadeusza Czackiego str., III Floor, Room A and B (secretary’s office), from May 25th (Thursday) to 26th (Friday), 2006.

Hotels

We are suggesting accommodation in four hotels :

Tourist programme

Local excursions in Warsaw and outside the city can be booked in:

Furnel Travel International
3, Kopernika str.
00-367 Warsaw, Poland
tel.: +48 22 826-45-50 or +48 22 826-69-46
fax: +48 22 826-01-35
e-mail: furnel@furnel.pl

Registration and fees

Please complete the attached Registration Form and send it by mail/fax/e-mail before 1^st March, 2006. The confirmation will be sent immediately after receiving the form.

The conference fee of 450 € will cover conference proceedings and two lunches during the conference. You will be also invited by the Organizing Committee to social party on the 1^th June 2006.

The fee should be transferred before 1st March

Please make sure that the name(s) of the participant(s) and that acronym of the Conference “NPPP 2006” are quoted on transfer documents. Payments must be free of bank charges to the receiver.

Contacts

Scientific Secretary: Tadeusz Wójcik
c/o: Roman Trechcinski

address: SEP, 00-050 Warszawa, ul. Swietokrzyska 14
e-mail: ot.sep@sep.com.pl

fax: +48 22 556 43 01

tel.: +48 22 556 43 10, 556 43 09.

Visit the website http://www.sep.com.pl

and http://www.nuclear.pl

to read current information on the NPPP 2006 conference.

Registration Form