Sample Programme  and Faculty

Below is the WNU SI 2011 programme. Whilst the exact schedule changes each year depending on topic relevance and feedback, this sample programme should you some idea of how the topics are covered during the Summer Institute and who leads these topics.

WEEK 1: Global Setting  
WEEK 2: Nuclear Industry  
WEEK 3: Technical Tour 
WEEK 4: Non-Proliferation and safeguards - Nuclear Safety - Radiation Protection - Regulation  
WEEK 5: Communication - Economics - Law   
WEEK 6: Setting Up Nuclear Programes - Knowledge Management - Forum Issues - Summing UP  
 
  Faculty 2011 

 

Programme 

WEEK 1: Global Setting  
Overview of non-power applications of nuclear technology  Alan Waltar (ex-PNNL) 
Global Survey of Nuclear Energy Politics  Bertrand Barre (Areva) 
Global Survey of Nuclear Energy Politics II  Bertrand Barre (Areva) 
Alternative Nuclear Energy Futures:
Hydrogen, Liquid Fuels, and Peak Electricity 
Charles Forsberg (MIT) 
Fukushima - lessons learned  François Perchet (EDF/WNA) 
World Energy Demand & Supply: the current situation  Ian Hore-Lacy (WNA) 
World Energy Demand & Supply: looking forward  Ian Hore-Lacy (WNA) 
Presentation of OECD / NEA  Janice Dunn Lee (OECD/NEA) 
WNU and the Summer Institute  John Ritch (WNU/WNA) 
Climate Change: Science and Summits  Jonathan Cobb (WNA) 
Climate Change: Controversies  Jonathan Cobb (WNA) 
Leadership  Sigval Berg (ex-INPO) 
Fukushima - what happened?  Toshio Konishi 
Fukushima - immediate impacts  Toshio Konishi 

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WEEK 2: Nuclear Industry   
Invited leader presentation  Adrian Montague (Ex-BE) 
Invited Leaders Presentation  Bill Magwood (NRC) 
Deep geological nuclear waste disposal   Charles McCombie (Arius) 
Societal factors in waste management  Charles McCombie (Arius) 
Uranium mining  Dara Hryzak-Leiffers (Cameco) 
Decommissioning  David Bradbury (Bradtec) 
Next generation nuclear reactors  Frank Carre (CEA) 
Invited Leader presentation  Gerald Grandey (Cameco) 
Nuclear fuel cycle and radioactive waste  Gregg Butler
(IDIM University of Manchester 
Nuclear transport  Jack Edlow (Edlow International) 
Invited leader presentation  Pete Lyons (US DOE) 
Gen III reactors  Radek Skoda (Texas A&M) 
Overview of Uranium Enrichment  Robert Van Namen (USEC) 
Uranium market  Steve Kidd (WNA) 
Fuel cycle, importance of fuel, trade and transport  Steve Kidd (WNA) 

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WEEK 3: TECHNICAL TOUR  

One week field trip to a variety of nuclear and industrial facilities. 

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  WEEK 4: Non-Proliferation and safeguards - Nuclear Safety - Radiation Protection - Regulation  
Radiation protection: epistemology of radiation effects  Abel Julio González (ICRP) 
International radiation protection paradigms  Abel Julio González (ICRP) 
Chernobyl  Abel Julio González (ICRP) 
Safety: the first priority  Annick Carnino (ex-IAEA) 
Development of Nuclear Regulations and Guides in the UAE  Barry Kaufer (FANR, UAE) 
Regulation/Standardisation  Bernard Fourest (ex-EdF) 
Safeguards implementation: review of hot cases  Bruno Pellaud (ex-IAEA) 
Safety: an operator's perspective  François Perchet (EDF/WNA) 
Invited Leader Presentation  Fuming Jiang (CNNC) 
Post-Fukushima WANO: the safety culture challenge  George Felgate (WANO) 
Invited leader presentation  James Ellis (INPO) 
Principles of a strong nuclear safety culture  Jim Lynch (INPO) 
Non-proliferation and safeguards: legal framework  Laura Rockwood (IAEA) 
Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP)  Lawrence Burkhart (OECD/NEA) 
Safeguards implementation: concepts & practices  Malik Derrough (IAEA) 
Case study introduction: Columbian shuttle accident I  Robert Gossman (INPO) 

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WEEK 5: Communication - Economics - Law  
The economic background to nuclear power I  Adrian Ham 
Fukushima: the Canadian response  Ali El-Jaby 
Public communications I  Ann Bisconti (Bisconti Research) 
Fukushima action plan in Korea  Byung Koo Kim 
Supply Chain  Jeff Merrifield (Shaw) 
Public communications II  Scott Peterson (NEI) 
The economic background to nuclear power II  Steve Kidd (WNA) 
Fusion: the Era of Burning Plasmas  Steven Cowley (UK AEA Culham) 
Nuclear law: safety and security  Wolfram Tonhauser (IAEA) 
Nuclear Law: introduction and key issues  Ximena Vásquez-Maignan (OECD/NEA) 

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WEEK 6: Setting Up Nuclear Programes - Knowledge Management - Forum Issues - Summing UP  
Setting up nuclear programmes: international support  Anne Starz (IAEA) 
Setting up nuclear programmes  Hamad Al Kaabi (UAE) 
Action planning overview  Jenny Clarke 
Invited Leader presentation  John Ritch (WNU/WNA) 
Invited Leader presentation  Laurent Stricker (WANO) 
Knowledge management  Yanko Yanev (IAEA) 
Invited Leader presentation  Zack Pate (ex-WANO) 

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Faculty 2011

Abel Julio González (ICRP) 
Adrian Ham 
Adrian Montague (Ex-BE) 
Alan Waltar (ex-PNNL) 
Ali El-Jaby 
Ann Bisconti (Bisconti Research) 
Anne Starz (IAEA) 
Annick Carnino (ex-IAEA) 
Barry Kaufer (FANR, UAE) 
Bernard Fourest (ex-EdF) 
Bertrand Barre (Areva) 
Bill Magwood (NRC) 
Bruno Pellaud (ex-IAEA) 
Byung Koo Kim 
Charles Forsberg (MIT) 
Charles McCombie (Arius) 
Dara Hryzak-Leiffers (Cameco) 
David Bradbury (Bradtec) 
François Perchet (EDF/WNA) 
Frank Carre (CEA) 
Fuming Jiang (CNNC) 
George Felgate (WANO) 
Gerald Grandey (Cameco) 
Gregg Butler (IDIM University of Manchester) 
Hamad Al Kaabi (UAE) 
Ian Hore-Lacy (WNA) 
Jack Edlow (Edlow International) 
James Ellis (INPO) 
Janice Dunn Lee (OECD/NEA) 
Jeff Merrifield (Shaw) 
Jenny Clarke 
Jim Lynch (INPO) 
John Ritch (WNU/WNA) 
Jonathan Cobb (WNA) 
Laura Rockwood (IAEA) 
Laurent Stricker (WANO) 
Lawrence Burkhart (OECD/NEA) 
Malik Derrough (IAEA) 
Pete Lyons (US DOE) 
Radek Skoda (Texas A&M) 
Robert Gossman (INPO) 
Robert Van Namen (USEC) 
Scott Peterson (NEI) 
Sigval Berg (ex-INPO) 
Steve Kidd (WNA) 
Steven Cowley (UK AEA Culham) 
Toshio Konishi 
Wolfram Tonhauser (IAEA) 
Ximena Vásquez-Maignan (OECD/NEA) 
Yanko Yanev (IAEA) 
Zack Pate (ex-WANO) 

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