The 20th annual PLIM & PLEX conference, held in Paris on May 11-12, 2010, focused on optimizing plant life management and approaches to license extension in the nuclear power sector. The agenda featured distinguished speakers, case studies, workshops, and panel discussions addressing critical issues such as aging materials, safety strategies, and regulatory challenges. Key highlights include opportunities for meeting regulators, discussions on innovative technologies, and strategies to address skills shortages in the industry.

1. 20th Annual
A European perspective on optimising plant life management
and an e ective approach to licence extension
11th – 12th May 2010, Paris, France
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Distinguished speakers include: 3 business critical reasons
to attend:
1. Ramon Almoquera, Licensing 5. Tord Sterner, Licensing
Manager, IBERDROLA Manager, OSKARSHAMN EON ■ Discover the latest developments
2. Roger Millis, Head of Safety 6. Alan Wylie, HM Principal in ageing materials research
Engineering, BRITISH ENERGY Inspector, UK HSE ■ Hear international licence
7. Martin Luthander, Head of Fleet extension case studies
3. Uwe Kleen, Head Nuclear
Management, VATTENFALL ■ Understand how to implement an
Strategies, VATTENFALL
8. Herbert Rust, Site Director, NOK e cient plant life management
4. Jozsef Varga, VP Engineering,
9. Senior Representative, WANO strategy throughout the whole
PAKS NPP
business
Mix and Match! With 3 workshops to choose NEW FOR THIS YEAR!
from and a two day conference, build your own
conference menu to meet your exact requirements. Regulator roundtables – meet with all the
This year includes a site visit to the Materials Ageing key European regulators in an informal
Institute in Paris, a safety workshop led by WENRA and setting to discuss the most pressing
an evening masterclass on materials ageing modelling issues you face
Top represented companies:
1. EDF
2. EON
3. WANO
4. PAKS NPP
5. VATTENFALL
Organised by:
The 20th Annual PLIM & PLEX conference returns to Europe!

2. Day One 11 May 2010
08.30 Co ee and registration 14.30 Case study: Demonstrating the Russian RPV
09.00 Chair's opening remarks annealing process and assessing the potential for
Jim Varley, Managing Editor, MODERN POWER SYSTEMS and global applications
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL ● Explaining the process from start to finish
● Understanding how the process was developed and if the
09.15 Keynote presentation: Understanding the strategic desired e ect has been achieved
importance of plant life extension in driving ● Revealing the costs involved compared to other methods
European nuclear power forward ● Evaluating opportunities to apply this process to other
● Highlighting the ageing status of Europe’s NPP stock plant types and locations
● Evaluating the progress with life extension across Europe Jozsef Varga, VP Engineering, PAKS NPP
compared to the rest of the world
15.00 Co ee and networking
● Understanding the level of new build and licence extension
required to fulfil future energy requirements 15.30 E ectively monitoring and replacing ageing cabling
● Discussing the drive for political change in licensing as an and electronic components
enabler for nuclear power ● Monitoring existing equipment for the early detection of
Ki- Sig Kand, Technical Head (PLiM/LTO), Nuclear Power faults
Engineering Section, INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY ● The latest thinking on the deterioration of high voltage
AGENCY cabling and electronic components
● Developing a detection and maintenance strategy
09.45 Case study: 40 years and beyond in Europe ● Cost e ective methods of maintenance particularly in
● Revealing the key challenges in meeting the 40 year restricted areas
benchmark Roger Millis, Head of Safety Engineering, BRITISH ENERGY
● Demonstrating the long term strategy in PLIM in order to
achieve this extension 16.00 Developing a cost e ective maintenance and repair
● What are the next steps for this plant? strategy in order to improve plant life management
● Applying lessons learnt to future licence extension projects e ciencies
Herbert Rust, Site Director, NOK ● Highlighting the high cost areas of plant life management
and where savings can be made
10.15 Keynote Sponsor Presentation
● Revealing the latest technologies that increase
10.45 Refreshments and networking break management e ciencies
● Identifying the long term approaches that can reduce your
11.15 Understanding and improving the relationship costs in the short term
between plant life management and licence ● Evaluating the pros and cons of long term vs short term
extension approaches
● Pinpointing and rectifying the weak points in the link Uwe Kleen, Head Nuclear Strategies, VATTENFALL
between PLIM and PLEX
● Ensuring an e ective long term approach to PLIM for 16.30 Chair's Closing remarks and end of day 1
smooth planning towards PLEX
● Understanding all the key elements involved in both PLIM
and PLEX
Ramon Almoquera, Licensing Manager, IBERDROLA TESTIMONIALS:
11.45 Panel session: Engaging the entire business in a
long term approach to plant management and life Kamreddine Ohlidderen, Inspector expert nuclear facilities.
Federal Agency for nuclear control:
extension
● Highlighting the crucial elements to ensure they are Excellent presentations and shared experiences
fulfilled for long term plant life management
● Reviewing alternative strategies for company-wide plant
life management Victor Abelairis, Manager technical services, GE Hitachi:
● How far in advance can you plan?
Very interesting with lots of relevant experience
● Understanding the key inhibitors to a unified approach to
PLIM and PLEX to PLIM & PLEX
Martin Luthander, Head of Fleet Management, VATTENFALL
Herbert Rust, Site Director, NOK, Jozsef Varga, PAKS NPP
Lloyd Wright, Manager, performance monitoring,
12.30 Lunch and networking break Southern California Edison:
13.30 Examining strategies to overcome the challenge of Great opportunity to hear what’s going on in the
radiation embrittlement and ageing concrete within industry and interact with peers.
NPPs
● Ensuring a cohesive approach to evaluation, prediction
and monitoring of critical components
● Revealing the latest strategies to overcome radiation
embrittlement If you want to be a part of this successful event, we have a number
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● Discussing the opportunities to prevent and mitigate the
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Jean Jacques, Head of Nuclear Maintenance, EDF

3. Day Two 12 May 2010
08.30 Co ee and Registration 12.00 Panel session: E ective talent management:
09.00 Chair's Opening Remarks Overcoming the challenge of an industry skills
shortage
09.15 Meet the regulators round table session It is clear that there is a serious shortage of new talent
During this session you will have the opportunity to attend and expertise within nuclear PLIM and PLEX. With nuclear
one of 5 round table sessions to discuss the regulatory issues engineering being such a critical part of the industry it is
surrounding PLIM and PLEX. Each round table will be led by imperative that we e ectively utilise the existing workforce
di erent key regulator so you will receive the most important and continue to attract newcomers. Our panel of experts will
and relevant information. The round tables this year will be discuss their experiences and strategies to overcome this
led by challenge and reveal their perspective of how the changing
● FRANCE
economic climate is impacting the industry workforce.
Jean Pierre Hutin, Inspectorate Advisor, ASN Tord Sterner, Licensing Manager, Oskarshamn, EON
● UK
Oscar Vallejo, Plant Manager, ENDESA
Alan Wylie, HM Principal Inspector of Nuclear Installations, Mathew Walsh, Industrial Safety Engineer, BRITISH ENERGY,
Health and Safety Executive HEYSHAM
● NRC
Mark Lanen, Chief of Licence Inspections, US NRC 12.45 Lunch and networking
● INTERNATIONAL
Senior Representative, WORLD ASSOCIATION OF NUCLEAR 13.45 Sponsored presentation
OPERATORS 14.15 Revealing techniques and technologies to deal with
access issues for the replacement of components
10.00 Case study: Examining a licence renewal application ● Assessing di erent strategies for inaccessible repairs –
from start to finish including robots, plant shutdown and major replacement
● Understanding the key drivers for this project and why ● Evaluating the costs of di erent approaches to determine
PLEX was chosen over new build which is most cost e ective
● Highlighting the key challenges with the licence extension ● What new techniques and technologies are emerging that
and how they were overcome could make this possible?
● Evaluating the costs involved and if there were Paul Spence, Nuclear Engineer, EDF
opportunities to be more e cient that were missed
● If we had to do it again? – Discussing how this project
14.30 Understanding the role and maximising the benefits
would have been di erent given the opportunity to of I&C in plant management and monitoring
do it again ● Discussing the latest developments in control room
Tord Sterner, Licensing Manager, Oskarshamn, EON technology
● Understanding the impact on maintenance a high tech I&C
10.30 Preparing for an e cient periodic safety inspection systems may have
and understanding its role in licence extensions ● Cost e ectively utilising data collected for future analysis
● What exactly is involved – examining the current factors and prediction
involved and emerging issues that must be tackled ● Evaluating regulatory issues and equipment qualification
● Evaluating how far in advance you can begin preparing for Hordor Arnanson, I&C Manager, LANDSVIRKJUN HF
the inspection and the benefits of doing this
● Understanding the hidden costs involved and how these
15.00 Refreshment and networking break
can be mitigated 15.30 Case study: Implementing a 360 degree approach to
● Revealing what exactly the inspectors are looking for and
plant life management
how to most e ectively achieve your licence extension
● Highlighting the company-wide approach and exactly what
required
it entails
Mathew Walsh, Industrial Safety Engineer, BRITISH ENERGY,
● What have been the key challenges in creating a company-
HEYSHAM
wide approach?
11.00 Refreshment and networking break ● Revealing the benefits of a cohesive approach both in
terms of cost and e ciencies
11.30 Engaging the entire organisation to conduct a cost ● Discussing how this has been incentivised and strategies
e ective, 360 degree approach to annual in-service for full buy in from the team
inspections Pedro Rias Joao, Head of PLIM, EDP
● Making annual in-service inspections part of everyday life
● Understanding the challenges of engaging the entire 16.00 An insurer's perspective of the ageing European
workforce and how this can be overcome Nuclear Power industry
● Identifying potential areas for cost savings
● Discussing the impact of an ageing plant on liability
● Maximising time e ciency with e ective monitoring and
insurance
reporting ● Understanding the changing attitude to ageing nuclear
Oscar Vallejo, Plant Manager, ENDESA power and the impact this has on claims
● What an insurer now looks for in order to provide the best
service to the nuclear power industry
16.30 Close of conference
Mark Henry Salley, Liaison Officer, US NRC

4. 10, 11, 13 May 2010
1 AGENDA PRE CONFERENCE 2 AGENDA EVENING
3 AGENDA DAY THREE
WORKSHOP TH MAY MASTERCLASS TH MAY
TH MAY
Nuclear Safety Demonstrating Materials
in the context the latest Ageing Institute
of PLIM & PLEX research into site visit
Anyone involved in plant life
the modelling The Materials Ageing Institute is
management or licence extension
will know that safety is absolutely
of material a utility oriented research centre
founded in January 2008 by
integral to fulfilling either of these
objectives.
behaviours Electricité de France (EDF), the Tokyo
Electric Power Corporation (TEPCO)
and the US Electric Power Research
This pre-conference workshop This evening masterclass will Institute (EPRI). The key purpose
will focus on the key aspects of be a focussed session for those of the MAI is to direct e orts in
safety in the context of PLIM & concerned with the prediction of research and development towards
PLEX to enable you to e ciently lifetimes for ageing materials and ageing of materials used in electrical
demonstrate your compliance maintenance planning. This crucial power facilities. This initiative by the
to the regulators and company masterclass will be led by experts world’s biggest nuclear operators
stakeholders. in the field of ageing predictions is motivated by the conviction that
and modelling. sharing research, experimental
Delegates are invited to attend this results, feedback and scientific
Workshop agenda: information will significantly
workshop alongside an informal
13.00 Registration bu et dinner where you will be able contribute to our understanding
to ask questions directly related to of the ageing processes in various
13.30 Understanding the
your projects. materials employed in both nuclear
harmonization goals of
and non-nuclear power plants.
WENRA and the progress with
international regulators Masterclass agenda:
The main objectives of WENRA are
to develop a common approach to 17.30 Bu et Dinner Site Visit Schedule:
nuclear safety and to be a network 09.00 Depart conference hotel
18.00 Presentation 1
of chief nuclear safety regulators in
Europe exchanging experience and 18.45 Presentation 2 10.00 Tour of the Materials
discussing significant safety issues. Ageing Institute
The committees have now finished 19.30 End of masterclass
their work compiling a set of safety Harald Markam, Nuclear 11.00 Short presentation and
reference levels. The first half of Engineer, ATOMINSTITUTE Q&A with key research
this workshop will highlight exactly OF THE AUSTRIAN personnel
what these safety parameters are UNIVERSTITIES
12.00 Return to conference
and the progress that has been
hotel
made across Europe to meet these
amongst individual regulators.
This site visit is a brand new feature
15.00 Co ee and refreshment
of this years PLIM & PLEX agenda
break
and is a must for those concerned
15.30 Preserving the long with improving their knowledge of
term safety requirements of ageing materials in nuclear power
key components and systems plants. You will be able to meet with
within ageing nuclear facilities the leading industry experts carrying
16.00 Close of Workshop out the latest research in ageing
materials and discover the most
Celia Melin, Chief Executive,
recent developments in R&D.
WENRA

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