Making Concrete Plans Experts Meet to Discuss NPP Infrastructure Development

Making Concrete Plans

Experts Meet to Discuss NPP Infrastructure Development

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About 100 nuclear policymakers and senior managers will gather from 11 to 14 February 2013 at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, to discuss nuclear power infrastructure development, with a particular focus on countries starting nuclear programmes and their specific needs.
The objective of the weeklong Technical Meeting on Topical Issues of Infrastructure Development: Nuclear Power Project Development in Emerging Nuclear Power States is to serve as a forum for sharing experiences especially regarding the management of nuclear power projects.
Participants will discuss siting, feasibility studies, contracting, construction and stakeholder involvement.
In addition, experiences with using IAEA reviews services such as the Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR), Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS), Emergency Preparedness Review (EPREV), International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS), International State System of Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Material Advisory Service (ISSAS) will be shared.
The Technical Meeting will also cover nuclear safety. Participants will examine case studies, good practices and lessons learned during the process of implementing a nuclear power programme. Panel discussions on future trends will also be included.
Attendees, mostly from countries preparing to build their first nuclear power plants, will be policymakers and senior managers engaged in the implementation of national nuclear power programmes and projects, senior managers developing national strategies, future owner/operator organizations and nuclear regulators.
Background
Since 2006, the IAEA has organized an annual Technical Meeting (TM) on Topical Issues of Infrastructure Development aimed at providing a platform for exchanging best practices in developing the required infrastructure and identifying the main issues that need to be considered when introducing nuclear power.
Previous meetings focused on knowledgeable decision-making and awareness building, infrastructure development and the implications of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.
-- By Sasha Henriques, IAEA Division of Public Information