MONDAY, JUNE 9 • 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.

ICAPP ’08 Plenary 1: Planning for New Plant Construction

Session Chairs: Amir Shahkarami (Exelon-USA, Senior VP)

Speakers:

• Reactor Design Technology Selection and Decision Making Process, Amir Shahkarami (Exelon-USA, Senior VP)

• Material Availability and Infrastructure Challenges, Ed Cummins (Westinghouse-USA, VP, Regulatory Affairs and Standardization)

• Project Management Strategy, Lee Woo Bang (KHNP-Korea, Senior VP, New Plant Construction)

• GEH Construction Approach, John Higgins (GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy-USA, VP, Nuclear Plant Projects)

• The Global Infrastructure and Supply Chain, John Helmey (AREVA NP-USA, Director of Procurement for New Plants in North America)

 

TUESDAY, JUNE 10 • 8:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.

ICAPP ’08 Plenary 2: Regulatory Programs and Strategies for New Reactor Licensing

Session Chairs: Samim Anghaie (Univ of Florida-USA), Harri Tuomisto (Fortum Nuclear Services Oy-Finland)

 

Speakers:

• Gary Holahan (NRO/NRC-USA)

• In-Goo Kim (KNS-Korea)

• Kazuaki Matsui (IAE-Japan)

• Dave Watson (UK)

 

TUESDAY, JUNE 10 • 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.

ICAPP ’08 Plenary 3: Nuclear Fuel Cycle Strategies and Technology Options

Session Chairs: Mujid Kazimi (MIT-USA), Jean Claude Gauthier (AREVA-France)

Speakers:

• Phillip Finck (Idaho National Laboratory-USA, Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear Science and Technology)

• Takashi Nagata (JAEA-Japan, General Director of Advanced Nuclear System R&D Directorate)

• Franck Carre (CEA-France)

• Charles Forsberg (MIT)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 • 8:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.

ICAPP ’08 Plenary 4: Globalization of Nuclear Energy: Challenges and Opportunities

Session Chairs: Atam Rao (IAEA), Jong-In Lee (KNS-Korea) 

Speakers:

• The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, Buzz Savage (US DOE-USA)

• Developing Countries and Nuclear Power, Atam Rao (IAEA)

• Collaborative Development of Technology Options, Regis Matzie (Westinghouse-USA)

• Developing a Multinational Work Force, Phillippe Vivien (AREVA)

 

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11 • 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.

ICAPP ’08 Plenary 5: Infrastructure Issues

Session Chairs: Thomas Marcille (LANL-USA), Kumiaki Moriya (Hitachi-Japan)

Speakers:

• Pete Lyons (NRC-USA, Commissioner)

• Kiyoshi Yamauchi (MHI-Japan)

• Kevin Richards (South Texas Plant, Nuclear Operating Co., VP Units 3&4)

• Il-Soon Hwang (Seoul National Univ-Korea)  

• Adrian Heymer, (NEI-USA) 

THURSDAY, JUNE 12 • 8:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.

ICAPP’ 08 Plenary 6: New Plant Deployment – Lessons Learned

Session Chairs: Nils J. Diaz (ND2-USA), Franck Carre (CEA-France)

Speakers:

• Akira Maru (Hitachi Power Systems Group-Japan, President and CEO)

• Michael Johnson (NRC-USA, Director of the Office of New Reactors) 

• Marv Fertel (NEI-USA, Executive VP)  

• James Reisch (Bechtel Nuclear-USA, President and CEO)

• Harri Tuomisto (Fortum Nuclear Services Oy-Finland, President)