Join us for this respected and senior-level conference taking place in London on Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 March 2010, to network with your peers and uncover tried-and-tested solutions to these and other critical issues you face.
With country case studies and presentations from industry figureheads involved in new nuclear build and construction, can you afford to miss out?
1. Organised by:
2nd Annual
Nuclear Build In association with:
Construction Challenges
Meeting the new build challenges of the nuclear revival in Europe head on
Tuesday 9th March and Wednesday 10th March 2010, London, UK
HEAR CASE STUDIES AND GET TAKE-HOME SOLUTIONS UNCOVER THE LATEST STRATEGIES FROM:
FROM TOP SPEAKERS, INCLUDING:
➤ Iberdrola ➤ RWE npower
Stefanie Murphy, Judith Hackitt
Head of Strategy for the Chair ➤ Centrica ➤ Essent
Office for Nuclear HSE
Development, DECC
Magnus Reinsjo
➤ Enel ➤ Vattenfall
Mark Futyan Project Leader
Nuclear New Build Manager VATTENFALL ➤ E.ON ➤ Environment
CENTRICA Agency
Paul Campbell
Davide Delvecchio Head of Nuclear
Purchasing Director COSTAIN
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3 REASONS TO BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW:
Martin Murray
Joanna Woolf Manager, Nuclear Regulation 1. Gain an exclusive insight into Britain’s
CEO Group South
COGENT ENVIRONMENT AGENCY 2020 nuclear vision
Jenny Kisalu Dr. Harri Tuomisto 2. Hear the latest on the EDF/Centrica
Nuclear Development Manager Senior Advisor new build programme
RWE NPOWER FORTUM POWER
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2. Programme Day One Tuesday 9 March 2010
08:30 Registration LeGAL, hse AND ReGULATORY chALLeNGes
09.00 Opening remarks from the Chair 14.30 Health and safety challenges for nuclear construction
● Delivering the new Health and Safety Strategy for Great Britain
09.15 Update on OND progress: a shift from policy to practical ● Driving forward openness and transparency in the industry
implementation ● The need for highly reliable quality of supply
● Reviewing how the role of the OND has developed over the last year ● Locating a suitably qualified and experienced workforce in the UK
and how it plans to evolve in 2010 and overseas
● Overcoming supply chain challenges to meet new build objectives ● Investigating regulatory imperatives for licensees to build up their
● Government initiatives to increase the skills level in the UK - comparing capabilities to oversee projects
this to other European countries Judith Hackitt, Chair, HSE
● The 2020 nuclear vision for the UK – plotting a routemap to achieve
the OND’s goals 15.00 An update on the environmental regulatory challenge
Stefanie Murphy, Head of Strategy, OND, DECC associated with Nuclear New Build
● Regulatory challenge – what drives an environmental regulator
The LATesT eUROpeAN DeveLOpmeNTs when making critical decisions?
09.55 New nuclear build: a pan European view ● The range of the Environmental Regulation associated with Nuclear
● Establishing a new community framework for safety New Build and
● Building on the principle of safety standards and harmonisation ● Assessing the environmental risks associated with the
across the EU Construction process
● Clarifying the new nuclear European Directive Martin Murray, Manager, Nuclear Regulation Group South,
● Underlining the steps taken to become a global nuclear pioneer ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
Geoffroy de Caritat, Policy Officer, EUROPEAN COMMISSION
15.30 Networking Break
10.35 Networking break
OpeRATORs’ NUcLeAR OBjecTIves
11.05 Establishing partnerships to deliver results in nuclear 16.00 Reviewing the joint venture between E.ON and RWE:
new build projects are partnerships the future?
● Pinpointing the current drivers for the formation of consortia to ● Revealing the progress of the relationship to date
develop new build projects in the UK ● Delivering at least 6GW of new nuclear build in the UK
● Explaining the rationale for Centrica’s deal with EDF ● Detailing the successes and failures of the joint venture and
● Laying out the scope and strategy for the EDF/Centrica new build implementing plans to ensure a smooth working affiliation
programme ● Providing significant investment to the UK nuclear power industry
● Reviewing the challenges faced in forming the joint venture and how to allow for future development and consolidation in a tough
they were overcome economic climate
● Making it work: managing the ongoing relationship ● Detailing the key strategies to reduce CO2 emissions for both companies
Mark Futyan, Nuclear New Build Manager, CENTRICA ● Considering the long term focus of the plan
Chief Operating Officer, HORIZON NUCLEAR POWER (tbc)
11.45 Getting ready for licensing: a nascent nuclear utility's
view of getting ready to make a nuclear site licence 16.30 Taking nuclear power to the next level: how Finland is
application in the UK leveraging nuclear facilities to fulfil multiple functions
● Key elements to be addressed in the site licence application ● Reviewing current nuclear facilities in Finland and their contribution
and beyond to national infrastructure
● An overview of timescales ● Establishing frameworks and processes on a plant and national level
● Discussion of differences in approach from the past to effectively dispose of nuclear waste
● An overview of risks ● The licensing situation in Finland: what challenges do new units face?
Jenny Kisalu, Nuclear Development Manager, RWE NPOWER ● Country-wide objectives for new nuclear builds
● Making the case for combined nuclear heat and power production:
12.25 Lunch comparing costs vs results
● Assessing the challenges of transporting heat over a long distance
13.30 PANEL DISCUSSION: Overcoming the challenge of Harri Tuomisto, Vice President for Nuclear Development, FORTUM POWER
licensing new plants
● Outlining the regulatory landscape and the process for licensing new 17.00 Benchmarking construction technologies: drawing
plants in Europe experiences from recent nuclear projects to ensure
Overviewing the key licensing process issues
●
best practice
● Assessing the areas that are presenting particular licensing challenges.
● Status of potential new nuclear build world-wide
● Discover some of the most pressing issues on the licensing
● Survey of conventional and advanced construction methods used in
process horizon
past and recent projects
● What does the future hold?
● Pros and cons for these technologies
Jenny Kisalu, Nuclear Development Manager, RWE NPOWER
● Implications for countries planning on embarking on new nuclear build
Mark Futyan, Nuclear New Build Manager, CENTRICA
Bismark Tyobeka, PhD, IAEA
17.30 End of conference day one
heRe’s whAT LAsT YeAR’s ATTeNDees ThOUGhT OF The cONFeReNce:
“Brought together a wide range of new nuclear build topics “Good networking opportunity” Director of Nuclear, COSTAIN
in a co-ordinated way, overall very good” Vice President UK, WESTINGHOUSE “The conference was very valuable, it was very informative regarding the
“Good talks, useful contacts made, well run conference" status of Nuclear Civil Plans, offered an excellent opportunity to inform
Business Development Manager, SIEMENS TRANSMISSION & others about my company and its activities and provided a very good
DISTRIBUTION LTD networking opportunity”
Group Director, SHEFFIELD FORGEMASTER INTERNATIONAL LT
3. Programme Day Two Wednesday 10 March 2010
08:30 Registration 14.00 Developing a sound and effective procurement
strategy for your nuclear new build project
09.00 Opening remarks from the Chair ● The Italian nuclear renaissance plan and Enel-Edf approach
The NexT sTeps TO Be TAkeN ● Understanding the many factors involved including:
● Experience of the developer
09.10 Overcoming construction challenges and increasing the ● The balance between cost-certainty and nuclear programme
scope for innovation in your new build plant ● Achieving the highest standards of quality and a safety as the
● Identifying current weaknesses in the construction process and highest requirement
prioritising areas for improvement ● Considering the willingness of the supply chain to embrace
● Pinpointing how innovative strategies and processes can help you ● investments and innovative risk-sharing models
bring in a project ahead of schedule ● Supply chain developing strategy
● Establishing KPIs and metrics to ensure innovative strategies help, Davide Delvecchio, Purchasing Director, ENEL
rather than hinder, overall construction quality
● Getting the right skills mix on your project to ensure a balance of 14.40 Current arrangements and future challenges for
experience and innovation controlling construction on the Sellafield site -
Paul Campbell, Head of Nuclear, COSTAIN a licensee’s perspective
● Ensuring overall visibility of construction works across the plant
09.50 Lessons to learn from nuclear construction projects ensure effective cost management
● Uncovering key challenges between contractors for streamlined ● Meeting strict HSE requirements
nuclear construction projects ● Working with contractors and managing relationships
● Discover the major processes required for economic and time and requirements to ensure the best results
effective infrastructure development ● Planning for future construction needs and building flexibility into
● Optimising effective supply chain management to ensure your schedule to meet ad hoc needs
project success Andy Cumbor, Construction Capability Lead, SELLAFIELD LTD
● How would implementation of a national carbon policy change
financial community behaviours and how long is government
15.20 Break
support needed to sustain new nuclear development?
Humberto Werdine, Director of New Nuclear Projects, IBERDROLA
15.50 Vattenfall: gearing up internal resources to meet
FUNDING NUcLeAR pOweR nuclear new build objectives
10.30 Financing nuclear build in the current economic climate ● An overview of Vattenfall’s nuclear objectives
● Debating development and financing challenges in nuclear power ● Comparing the nuclear situation in Sweden and the UK: where do
projects in Europe the opportunities lie?
● Key strategies on improving the financing prospects of a nuclear power ● Regenerating new build capacity in an organisation which has not
project and ensuring your nuclear project gets off the ground built a new nuclear plant for almost 30 years
● Investigating whether the market can solve the financing challenges ● Allocating skill resources across the company to ensure
without future government support adequate allocation for ongoing interests as well as expertise
● Should the risk be shared between the public and private sectors? on site for new projects
● Exploring the role government has to play in facilitating the ● Reviewing the benefits of EPC contractors against internal project
development of nuclear power in Europe management: how to reach a decision
Reserved for our event sponsor Magnus Reinsjo, Project Leader, VATTENFALL
11.10 Networking break 16.30 Examining the impact of increased nuclear capacity
11.40 Examining the impact of an ageing human nuclear on the energy trading market
● And the implications for your new build
workforce and skills shortage ● Managing and optimizing a diverse portfolio of generation
● Explaining the lack of engineering staff coming through the ranks
capacity across Europe
● Highlighting the importance of this issue in the current
● Trading in physical energy-related, logistical and financial contracts
economic climate
● Structuring complex energy products and services; across
● The potentially serious long term consequences
commodities, markets and segments
● Attracting workers to the nuclear industry
Senior representative from ESSENT
● Navigating ways around the problem
Leveraging technology to improve human resource
●
17.00 Closing remarks from the Chair
Joanna Woolf, CEO, COGENT
12.20 PANEL DISCUSSION: How will a lack of skilled workers
affect construction objectives and what can the
industry do to tackle the problem?
● Examining the root causes for a lack of UK skills
● What measures has the industry put in place to counteract the problem?
● Comparing the UK situation to that of other industrialised countries:
where do the gaps lie?
● Exploring the need for recruiting outside the UK and the challenges
this will pose
Led by: Joanna Woolf, CEO, COGENT
13.00 Lunch
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4. About the conference
Who should attend:
• Senior representatives from utility owners and operators
• Civil engineers
• Architects/designers
• Construction contractors / construction industry
representatives
• Licence renewal and regulatory managers
• Team leaders in technical services
• Project managers
• International nuclear agencies
• International operational consultancies
• Construction and engineering consultancies
• Senior government officials
• Manufacturers / equipment suppliers
• Energy consultants
• Academics and professional associations
What’s new for 2010
1. More case studies from top developers: with 7 leading
utilities on the conference agenda, you can be sure to get
a good picture of the developments taking place in the
industry across Europe. Find out what challenges your peers
are facing and hear the tried-and-tested solutions you can
implement straight away.
2. Increased focus on supply chain: ensure you get the
answers to your supply chain and procurement challenges
at the 2010 event
3. Hear from the DECC: get direct insight into government
strategy and put the UK’s plans into context with their
European partners
4. Top-level discussion on HSE challenges: make sure your
operations conform to HSE targets through a systematic
understanding of governmental expectations and objectives
5. More interactivity with your peers: take time over coffee,
at lunch, between sessions or during high-level panel
discussions to speak to your peers and benchmark against
them for your plans in 2010 and beyond
If you want to be a part of this successful
event, we have a number of sponsorship
opportunities available.
Nuclear Build Construction Challenges is the most
comprehensive European nuclear build conference in the
industry. Sponsorship offers a wide range of benefits irrespective
of the size of your company and the level of your current market
presence.
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for new developments, products or services. With delegates
and the media in attendance, new stories of interest always
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We can build a tailored package to help you meet your business
objectives at the conference. Get in touch to find
out more. Email hassangani@arena-interntional.com or call
+44 (0)20 7915 9615
5. Sponsors & media partners
Silver sponsor
Costain is an international engineering and
construction group with a reputation for
technical excellence founded on more than
140 years of experience. Costain Nuclear is a
multi-discipline engineering design and build
contractor providing a full range of services from
consultancy and conceptual studies, engineering, design, project
management, procurement, construction, commissioning and
decommissioning. www.costain.com
Co-Sponsors
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this dynamic industry. Up-to-date news & information, a fully
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Power Technology is a procurement and
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