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Programme of the Conference ! - CHANGES ISTC PROGRAMME ISTC “SAFETY ASSURANCE OF NPP WITH VVER” OKB «GIDROPRESS» Tel.: (+7495) 502-79-10, (+74967) 54-25-16 Fax: (+74967) 54-27-33, (+74967) 69-97-83 E-mail: [email protected] 21, Ordzhonikidze Street, Podolsk, Moscow region, 142103, RF May 21-24, 2019 2019 www.gidropress.podolsk.ru Podolsk, Russia THE CONFERENCE IS HELD WITH PARTICIPATION OF XI International Scientific and Technical Conference “SAFETY ASSURANCE OF NPP WITH VVER” PROGRAMME TECHNICAL SUPPORT INFORMATION SPONSORS May 21-24, 2019 OKB “GIDROPRESS” Podolsk, Russia The 11th International Scientific and Technical Conference May 21-24, 2019, Podolsk, Russia “Safety Assurance of NPP with VVER” SCHEDULE OF THE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE OF THE CONFERENCE 21 May (1st day) 24 May (4th day) 09.00 – 10.00 Registration of participants (entrance hall) 09.00 – 11.00 Presentation of section papers 10.00 – 10.20 Opening ceremony (conference hall) 11.00 – 11.20 Coffee break 10.20 – 11.20 Plenary session (conference hall) 11.20 – 13.00 Presentation of section papers 11.20 – 11.40 Coffee break 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch 11.40 – 13.00 Plenary session (conference hall) 14.00 – 15.00 Summarizing the Conference results. Closing ceremony 13.00 – 14.30 Lunch (conference hall) 14.30 – 15.50 Plenary session (conference hall) 15.50 – 16.10 Coffee break Conference rules: presentation of paper (including questions) - 20 minutes. 16.10 – 18.10 Plenary session (conference hall) 18.20 Cheese-and-wine reception (canteen on the 2nd floor) 22 May (2nd day) 09.00 – 11.00 Presentation of section papers 11.00 – 11.20 Coffee break 11.20 – 12.40 Presentation of section papers 12.40 – 13.00 Presentation of poster papers (lobby of the conference hall) 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch 14.00 – 15.40 Presentation of section papers 15.40 – 16.00 Coffee break 16.00 – 18.00 Presentation of section papers 23 May (3rd day) 09.00 – 11.00 Presentation of section papers 11.00 – 11.20 Coffee break 11.20 – 13.00 Presentation of section papers 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch 14.00 – 15.40 Presentation of section papers 15.40 – 16.00 Coffee break OKB “GIDROPRESS” 2019 OKB “GIDROPRESS” 16.00 – 18.00 Presentation of section papers Schedule of the conference 4 5 The 11th International Scientific and Technical Conference May 21-24, 2019, Podolsk, Russia “Safety Assurance of NPP with VVER” PLENARY SESSION SPEAKERS Vladimir RAZIN First Deputy Director General on Business Operations, JSC “Atomenegromash”. Vladimir ASMOLOV Graduated from the Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School. Adviser of Director General of State Atomic Energy Corporation The key milestones of his labour activities “Rosatom”, DSc (Eng), Professor. Deputy Chairman of the Rosatom STB Presidium. 1979–2005 - Vladimir Razin worked at Elektrostal Machine-Building Plant (OJSC TVEL), positions: from the developer of the main design Graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI). documentation up to Director General. An author of more than 200 scientific articles and monographs. 2005–2009 - Director General at Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Scientific activity Plant (OJSC TVEL). Nuclear power engineering, safety of nuclear power engineering, 2009–2012 - Director for development, OJSC Energopromservice, study of severe accidents at NPP, thermal-and-physical properties Elektrostal. of substances, thermohydraulics and heat transfer in nuclear power Since 2012 Vladimir Razin has been working for Atomenergomash. installations. Scientific and social activities Chairman of STB “Nuclear reactors and nuclear power engineering” of the State Corporation “Rosatom”. Chairman of STB of JSC “Concern Rosenergoatom”. Member of the Board of Nuclear Society of Russia. Jozef MISAK Member of international nuclear safety advisers group (INSAG) Vice-president for Strategy, Dr., Czech Technical University, Faculty of under IAEA Director General. Nuclear Science and Engineering, UJV Řež, a.s., Czech Republic. Scientific activity Development and application of safety assessment tools applicable in design and operation of NPPs, in development of IAEA Safety Standards. Management and coordination of nuclear safety matters Alexander SHUTIKOV in connection with major projects of the institute nationally and First Deputy Director General, JSC “Concern Rosenergoatom”. internationally. Candidate of Technical Sciences. Scientific and social activities Graduated from the Tomsk Polytechnic Institute. A member of President’s Council for Nuclear Energy Safety of The key milestones of his labour activities Armenia. 1984–1987 - an engineer for production management at A member of Nuclear Safety Council of the Slovak Nuclear Krasnoyarsk Mining and Chemical Complex. Regulatory Authority. A member of State Examining Commission and of the Commission 1987–1991 - a senior reactor control engineer, reactor department for PhD Degrees of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the shift supervisor, Khmelnitsky NPP Unit shift supervisor. 1991–2009 - a Shift Supervisor at the Concern “Rosenergoatom” Slovak Technical University. branch Balakovo NPP, Deputy Chief Engineer for operation and A member of Board of Directors of the Center for Reactor afterwards - the Chief Engineer at Balakovo NPP. Information, Argonne, USA. 2009–2015 - the First Deputy Director for NPP production and A member of Governing Board of the European Sustainable Nuclear operation, Deputy Director General - Director for NPP production Energy Technology Platform. and operation at the Concern “Rosenergoatom”. A member of the Board of the European Stress Tests Peer Review On the 6th of April 2015 Alexander SHUTIKOV was appointed to and Topic leader for Severe Accident Management. the position of the First Deputy Director General of the Concern A member of Slovak Nuclear Society. “Rosenergoatom”. A member of the Presidium of Slovak Nuclear Forum. OKB “GIDROPRESS” 2019 OKB “GIDROPRESS” Plenary session speakers 6 7 The 11th International Scientific and Technical Conference May 21-24, 2019, Podolsk, Russia “Safety Assurance of NPP with VVER” Francesco D’AURIA Vladimir PIMINOV Full Professor, Prof. PHD, University of Pisa, Italy Designer General at OKB “GIDROPRESS”. The key milestones of his labour activities Graduated from the Bauman Moscow Higher Technical School. 1978 - MSc in Nuclear Engineering, University of Pisa. An author of more than 100 scientific articles and several patents. 1980 - PHD in Nuclear Reactor Safety, University of Pisa. Scientific activity Since 1980 - Assistant professor at University of Rome. Nuclear power engineering, strength and service life of critical Since 1990 - Associate professor at University of Rome. equipment and pipelines at NPPs. Since 2000 till now – Full professor at University of Pisa. Scientific and social activities Scientific and social activities IAEA expert. ANS member, member of working groups at EC, IAEA and Participation in many international programs on analysis and OECD/NEA, CSNI. validation of VVER reactor vessel service life under irradiation. Foreign Member of Argentinean Academy of Science in Buenos Development of annealing process to extend the reactor vessel Aires (Argentina). service life; material science studies of vessel steels to specify the Founder and Editor in Chief of the Journal Science and Technology models of their radiation-induced embrittlement. of Nuclear Installations (STNI). Elaboration and introduction of up-to-date methods for calculation General Chair of ANS NURETH-15 Conference in Pisa (Italy) 2013 and analyses of reactor vessels for brittle fracture resistance. of ENS TopSafe Conferences in Dubrovnik (Croatia) 2008, Helsinki Creation of new vessel steels. (Finland) 2012, and Vienna (Austria) 2017. Editor and key Author of the Elsevier Book “Thermal Hydraulics of Water Cooled Nuclear Reactors”. Ivo KOUKLIK Nuclear Island Director, Fennovoima Oy, Finland The key milestones of his labour activities October 2014 - present – Nuclear Island Director, Fennovoima. October 2011- September 2014 – Vice President at RUSATOM OVERSEAS. Pal VINCZE 2011-IAEA consultant. 2009-2011 – Chairman of the Board at CEZ Bohunice, New Nuclear Power MSc., Head of Nuclear Power Engineering Section, the Department of Plant Build Project Manager and Technical Director, JESS Board Vice Nuclear Energy, the International Atomic Energy Agency. Chairman, CEZ. Graduated from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, Russia. 2006-2009 – New CEZ Nuclear Power Plant Build Projects Director, CEZ. 2008 – Technical leader for the due diligence process in Cerna Voda Scientific activity NPP(Romania) and in Belene NPP (Bulgaria), CEZ. Experience in manufacturing and construction of nuclear mechanical 2003-2007 – a Member of the Czech State Radioactive Waste Agency Board equipment, operations, maintenance, outage management, quality 2004-2006 – Engineering Division Director, CEZ. 2004 – Nuclear Division Safety Director, CEZ. control, QA/QC and management systems. 1986-2003 – Dukovany NPP, from Unit 3 Shift Supervisor to Dukovany NPP Scientific and social activities Station Director, CEZ. Co-ordinated all FORATOM activities concerning comparison of Scientific and social activities IAEA and ISO documents on QA. Expert of IAEA missions – OSART, ASSET, PROSPER - and WANO Participated in development of IAEA documents from 1987: 50-C-Q/ missions, IAEA consultant for newcomers countries new build SG-Q1-Q14; TECDOC-1182, - “Comparison between ISO9000:1994 programs. and IAEA Code and Guides on Quality Assurance”. 30 years of first-hand experience of pressurize water nuclear Organizer and workshop co-director of 10 IAEA
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