2015 Conference
The third ENSREG conference was held from Monday 29 June to Tuesday 30 June 2015 in Brussels.
The summary report of the conference can be consulted here.
The presentations and speeches are posted below.
Opening Session: The EU approach to nuclear safety
ANDREAS MOLIN - President of the Conference /Director - Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
Management, Austria Conference President: Objectives for the conference
PATRICK MAJERUS - Head of Department of Radiological Protection - Ministry of Health, Luxembourg: Upcoming EU Presidency's representative - speech
ANDY HALL - Chief Nuclear Inspector - Office for Nuclear Regulation, UK: ENSREG Chair - speech
Public engagement
JAN HAVERKAMP - Consultant on nuclear energy - Greenpeace: Public engagement - the benefits and challenges of openness and transparency
ELIOT BRENNER - Chair of the NEA Working Group on Public Communication and Director - Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, USA: Public engagement - the benefits and challenges of openness and transparency
RICHARD ADAMS - European Economic and Social Committee: Public engagement - the benefits and challenges of openness and transparency
Session 1: Operation of nuclear plants
HANS WANNER - Director-General - Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, Switzerland: Safety requirements for long term operation or ageing aspects of nuclear plants beyond original design lifetime and for new design, construction and operation of nuclear power plants
ANTONIO MUNUERA - Nuclear Safety Director-General - Nuclear Safety Council, Spain: Outcomes of the 2nd workshop on National Action Plans, follow-up of European stress tests
GUOHAN CHAI - Chief Engineer of Nuclear Safety Centre - National Nuclear Safety Administration, People's Republic of China: IAEA safety action plans - The global response in comparison to the European stress tests - A challenge to the international community
LUC VANHOENACKER Chairman - European Nuclear Installation Safety Standards Initiative, Belgium: Elements for a possible Commission Recommendation on harmonised conditions for safe long-term operation of nuclear power plants in the EU
Session 2: New legislation and peer reviews - maximising benefits and minimising costs
MASSIMO GARRIBBA - Director for Nuclear Safety and Fuel Cycle - Directorate General for Energy, European Commission: Nuclear Safety Directive 2009-2014: reinforcing the EU safety requirements
PIERRE-FRANCK CHEVET - President of the Nuclear Safety Authority, France: Expectations and experiences of IRRS Missions: IRRS feedback from the mission in France; proposals to improve the effectiveness of IRRS missions
KUN-WOO CHO - Senior Advisor for Radiation Protection and Safety - Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety, Republic of Korea: Topical peer reviews, ARTEMIS and other approaches to peer review
CHRISTOS HOUSIADAS - Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission in Greece Expectations and experiences of IRRS Missions: IRRS feedback from the mission in France proposals to improve the effectiveness of IRRS Missions
DIETER MAJER - Consultant in nuclear safety (formerly Director and Deputy Director-General of Safety of Nuclear installations Directorate - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety), Germany: Maximising the benefit of peer reviews for nuclear safety and regulators
Session 3: Spent fuel, decommissioning and radioactive waste management
FERNANDO CASTELLO - Commissioner Nuclear Safety Council, Spain: Safety focused strategies on disposal options - licensing
JUSSI HEINONEN - Head of Nuclear Waste and Material Regulation - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Finland: Experience of waste management and long term disposal
MAURIZIO BOELLA - Head of Unit, Nuclear Energy Technology, Nuclear Waste and Decommissioning Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission: Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management Directive - the overall European position and use of regulatory resources
Session 4: Emergency preparedness and response
CHRISTIAN GREIPL - Director, Radiological Protection - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany: Emergency preparedness in the early phase of severe accidents - the German perspective
GEORGES PILLER - Head of Division for Radiation Protection Emergency Preparedness and Organisation - Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, Switzerland: Regulators' approach to cross-border emergency preparedness (HERCA/WENRA paper)
BOJAN TOMIC - Managing Director - ENCO, Austria: Review of current off-site nuclear emergency preparedness and response arrangements in EU member states and neighbouring countries
NADJA ŽELEZNIK - Vice President - Nuclear Transparency Watch, Slovenia: One year investigation on emergency preparedness and response in Europe
EU Strategy - the role of nuclear energy
MIGUEL ARIAS CAÑETE - European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy: Address by the European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy
Closing Session
ANDREAS MOLIN - Director - Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Austria: - Conference President's closing remarks