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Nuclear Decommissioning Supply Chain Conference

Day One– 12th April 2010

8:45am Nuclear Energy Insider Welcome

8:50am Chairpersons Welcome, Sue Quint - Company Secretary - BNFL

Section 1: Market Overview and the Decommissioning Supply Chain

9:00am Overview of the Nuclear Decommissioning Supply Chain

• Understand key information regarding the NDA, its stakeholders and the importance of the supply chain to gain a clear insight into the current position of the decommissioning industry
• Learn how to work best with the Site Licence Companies to help ensure future site contracts
• Discover how to create opportunities for new market entrants in the decommissioning sector and to help provide a more flexible and efficient supply chain
• Understand the Supply Chain Charter and future developments for the decommissioning supply chain in the UK market

Daniel Grosvenor - Director, Corporate Finance – Deloitte

9:30am Regulation, Decommissioning and the Supply Chain - Fit for the future?

• Understand the global and national social, political and industrial environment with regards to nuclear decommissioning
• Learn about the changes in International and National regulation and gain an understanding of what this means for you
• Discover what the implications are for the UK and its supply industry with regards to decommissioning
• Find out what the way forward is regarding regulation, decommissioning and the nuclear supply chain from the HSE

Dr Mike Weightman – HM Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations - Health and Safety Executive

10:15am Contractor Management

• Learn how to fully utilise contractors regarding new practice in order to ensure decommissioning targets are achieved
• Understand best practice for SLCs and contractors to work together in order to identify opportunities and improve performance under current agreements
• Uncover the ways to preserve contractors’ innovative ideas whilst ensuring they are rewarded for sharing them when not in contract
• Gain an understanding of how you can achieve aggregation and long-term contracts with large contractors to reduce your first tier supplier base

Helen Simms - Nuclear Services Director – AMEC

10:45am Morning Coffee Break

11:15am Case Study: The Optimisation of Decommissioning Cutting Techniques

• Evaluation of existing cutting techniques used in decommissioning / segmentation and understand their pros and cons
• Determination of the mostsuitable techniques based on project constraints and past experience
• Understand how to perform a comprehensive qualification program to validate technical choices
• Learn how to perform a risk assessment and identification of measures in order to mitigate risk

Joseph Boucau - Global Director for Decommissioning Services - Westinghouse

John Merrell - UK Decommissioning Manager - Westinghouse

12:00pm Our Contingent Liability: Your Contingent Asset - Managing Decommissioning Finances

• Gain an understanding of the size of the addressable nuclear market to understand where your company lies in the industry
• Evaluate the financial complexities of the nuclear decommissioning supply chain and ensure you are up-to-date with the industry
• Understand how to finance nuclear decommissioning and achieve value for money
• Learn how to address financial uncertainty through the supply chain and help to achieve nuclear decommissioning targets

Gary Nicholson - Partner - Ernst & Young

12:30pm Nuclear Decommissioning and Oil & Gas - Parallel Learning

• Understand and utilise knowledge from disciplines outside of the nuclear industry in order to improve decommissioning efforts
• Delve deeper into North Sea Decommissioning best practice and learn from oil and gas experiences to discover how their findings can help the nuclear industry
• Address the technological gaps in the decommissioning industry that could be solved with technology – how far away are we from this?
• Discover what transferrable technology can be utilised from other industries in order to fill the current gaps in the nuclear industry

Brian Twomey - Managing Director - Reverse Engineering

1:00pm Networking Lunch Break

Section 2: On-Site Safety and Cleanup

3:00pm Opportunities to Optimise Decommissioning Cleanup

• Understand the regulatory frameworks regarding decommissioning cleanup from the Environment Agency
• A highlight of the opportunities that exist for the supply chain through the Environment Agency
• Evaluate supply chain contribution in the nuclear industry and how we can improve in order to optimise decommissioning cleanup
• Understand the fundamentals of supply chain involvement and innovation to ensure cleanup

Dr Juliet Long – Team Leader - Power, Defence and Disposal Sites - Environment Agency

3:30pm Reducing Waste Disposal Costs at a Stroke

• An understand of using the waste hierarchy and where everything fits it
• Discover how to use LLWR (Low Level Waste Repository) in a more effective way
• Integrating waste management solutions by providing a range of treatment services
• Understand the importance of co-treatment and co-disposal of waste and how this can help regarding nuclear waste

Dr Peter Bleasdale - Chief Executive Officer - Inutec Ltd

4:00pm Afternoon Coffee Break

4:30pm Allocation and handling of Key Risks

• Evaluate site condition, radiological and non-radiological contamination risks in decommissioning to ensure good site safety
• Evaluate where the allocation of risks lie pursuant to the Nuclear Installations Act 1965
• Discover how to comply with existing licence conditions and gain a good understanding of planning permission and other regulatory consents
• Understand indemnities to and from the site licence holder and the engagement with and the intervention of the regulator

Paul Rice - Partner - Pinsent Masons

5:00pm Tier 1 Contractor and Supply Chain Teaming Approach for Enhanced Safety Performance

• Gain a mutual understanding of the relationship and flow down of requirements to guarantee a more efficient supply chain
• Learn how to ensure that the supply chain understands the site safety culture and expectations for performance
• Evaluate the effective methods in working together to ensure safe execution of work within the decommissioning field
• Gain awareness of tier 1 contractor programs to ensure effective safe implementation of supply chain scope

John Lehew – President and Chief Executive Officer - CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company

5:30pm Chairs Closing Remarks, Sue Quint - Company Secretary - BNFL

5:40pm Networking Drinks Party

Nuclear Decommissioning Supply Chain Conference

Day Two – 13th April 2010

8:50am Chairpersons Welcome, Sue Quint - Company Secretary - BNFL

Section 3: Nuclear Decommissioning Advancements and Technology

9:00am Approach to Nuclear Decommissioning Contracts

• Learn how to create the ideal Tier 2 contract and meet the need for innovation when drafting contracts
• Understand how to provide an incentives model in order to reward waste minimisation
• Evaluate the concerns with target cost & time arrangements to ensure you have a solid foundation of knowledge on how to best structure a decommissioning contract
• Discover how to draft contracts in order to avoid disputes

Hamish Lal – Partner and London Head of Construction - Jones Day

9:30am Nuclear Decommissioning - What's in it for me?

• Uncover what ‘value’ is in the decommissioning marketplace and why you should be involved
• Understand the advancements of decommissioning and get a real idea about the benefits of being involved in this market
• Realism, optimism, pragmatism - help or hindrance?
• Understanding whether there should be a priority over improving delivery or improving procurement

Peter Lutwyche – Nuclear Operations Director – Jacobs

10:00am Nuclear Decommissioning Advancements

• Learn how to ensure decommissioning advancements and prevent the nuclear plant from standing still
• Understand how to reduce necessary large fixed maintenance costs whilst ensuring the site is kept safe, secure and environmentally sound
• Ensure you manage your projects effectively in order to gain the best decommissioning results every time
• Evaluate how to be more financially efficient when spending your annual budget to ensure optimum decommissioning advancements

Stephen White - Director of Business Strategy – UKAEA

10:30am Morning Coffee Break

11:00am Using Technology to Provide Cost-Effective Solutions to Cleanup and Decommissioning

• Discover which technology approaches can be used for clean up and plant decommissioning
• Gain insight into examples of innovative technology and how these can reduce costs and accelerate your decommissioning project
• Understand what technologies will be made available in the future to help fill any current technological gaps
• Discover how these future technologies can be applied to your nuclear decommissioning projects and how they can help your business

Graham Fairhall – Chief Science and Technology Officer - National Nuclear Laboratories

Section 4: Socio Economics and The Next Generation

11:30pm Socio-Economics in Nuclear Decommissioning

• Understand the socio-economic factors related to nuclear decommissioning
• Learn how to work with the community to ensure a good relationship throughout decommissioning and enhance opportunities for local people
• Discover how to retain skilled workers when decommissioning projects have been completed
• Learn how to ensure minimum impact on the community when decommissioning projects are completed

Steve Wheeler – Director of Nuclear Development – Serco

12:00pm Networking Lunch Break

1:30pm Socio Economics Panel Session - Receive Industry Insight Into Improving Socio Economics

• Do you have enough guidance on how you go about engaging in socio-economicactivity?
• Do you think you receive enough credit for the work you do in the community?
• How do you assess what proportion of your budget/activities go into socio-economic activity?
• Do local companies in the nuclear industry do enough?

Chairperson: Steve McClure - Director - West Cumbria Business Cluster

Andy Beeforth - Director - Cumbria Community Foundation

Dick Raaz - Managing Director - LLWR (Low Level Waste Repository)

Gary McKeating - Head of Socio Economics – Nuclear Management Partners (PBO for Sellafield)

Paul Scott - Managing Director - Shepley Engineering Ltd

2:30pm Afternoon Coffee Break

3:00pm Supplying the Next Generation for the Nuclear Industry

• Understand what the Nuclear Industry skill needs are for future years
• Learn how to effectively utilise the nuclear workforce in order to help advance decommissioning efforts
• Discover what education and training is available to the industry and how this can help your business
• Understand how to deliver training to the next generation of nuclear workers to ensure well-trained personnel are available to the industry

Jean Llewellyn – Chief Executive - National Skills Academy for Nuclear

Clive Smith – Skills Director for Nuclear - Cogent SSC

3:40pm Providing SQEP resource to the Nuclear Industry

• Recognise and utilise the SQEP workforce in the current nuclear decommissioning workforce
• Understand the challenges facing a SQEP decommissioning workforce in the changing nuclear industry
• Take away an understanding of the training and development strategy for maintaining a SQEP decommissioning workforce
• Discover how to transfer the workforce from other industries and understand the pros and cons

Raj Thakor - HR Business Partner (Training & Development) – Nuvia

4:10pm Chairs Review, Sue Quint - Company Secretary – BNFL

4:20pm End of Conference