Youth Future Nuclear May 31th 2013 Spring Issue N 05 IYNC Bulletin “New Horizons” IN THIS ISSUE: New Horizons IYNC2012 Thoughts Interviews: Dr. Ralf Güldner François Harari Philippe Samama IYNC2014 Update Post-Fukushima Education Programmes International Youth Nuclear Congress Youth Future Nuclear IYNC Bulletin Committee Bulletin coordinator: Lavinia Rizea 1. Editorial. “New Horizon” Editorial: Nicolas Anciaux Interview: Pierre-Henry Dhaene 2. Interviews Alumni: Miguel Millan 3. Alumni Section IYNC 2014: Rahul Srinivasan 4. IYNC Network news Country Report: Lavinia Rizea Future Event: Emilia Janisz 5 IYNC2014 update Technical Articles: Alexandru Pavelescu 6. Countries Reports 7. Future Events 8. Technical Articles Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Youth Japan, Kenya, Korea, Lithuania, Mexico, Malaysia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Nuclear Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, United Kingdom, Ukraine, United States. Future www.iync.org International Youth Nuclear Congress Youth Future Nuclear Editorial Dear IYNC community, It’s my pleasure to present to you this year’s first IYNC bulletin. New horizons are opening for IYNC and the nuclear community in general. After our last two congresses on the African and American continents and the next one which will be on the European continent, it’s time for IYNC to expand its network East. Besides historical participants such as Japan and South Korea, IYNC is now being contacted by more and more Asian countries. I had the chance to give a speech about the importance of knowledge transfer and the IYNC at this year’s WANO general meeting in Moscow. I met young nuclear professionals from countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan or China who wanted to get involved in IYNC. The Indian Nuclear Society is showing interest in building a Young Generation Network. I observed on Twitter that Indonesia is organizing its Nuclear Youth Summit with a lot of participants. The population in those developing countries keeps growing, requesting an always higher demand in energy. Some of those countries have taken the decision to intensively invest in the building of new nuclear power plants. As you will read in the interview of François Harari, the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) could be the nuclear reactors of the future. This type of reactors would open new markets for the nuclear industry in several nations in the Middle East and North Africa. Countries such as Morocco, Egypt or Vietnam are possible customers interested in SMR. Africa is also paying attention to the nuclear technology. Pamella Kageliza reports that Kenya has a need for sustainable sources of energy to become a newly-industrialized, middle income country by the year 2030. The Kenyan Ministry of Energy has drafted a national energy policy and energy bill which recognizes nuclear energy as a potential source of energy. Dr. Ralf Güldner explains in his interview that some of the European countries have taken the opposite decision. They are going to phase out. The future of our industry could depend on the success of the German Energiewende which will be a good test to see if the world can sustain without nuclear energy. This international expansion is a good sign. Our industry is getting more global and it’s becoming usual to work on the same team with a South African, a French, a Russian and an American for example. François Harari also highlights the fact that New Build activities will offer to the young generation a real exciting international environment. Building a strong relationship with our colleagues from different countries and companies at an early stage in our career will help to internationally cooperate for the rest of our career. Finally, the IYNC team is busy organizing next congress in Burgos, Spain on July 6-12. We are building a group of about 50 people from all around the globe. Working in such an international environment is fascinating. Whichever horizon, country or company you’re coming from, let’s not forget that we are all one nuclear family. Sincerely Yours, Nicolas Anciaux, IYNC President IYNC Bulletin 1 Section 1: Editorial International Youth Nuclear Congress Youth Future Nuclear Interviews Officers introduction President: Nicolas Anciaux. "Nicolas Anciaux is 31 years old a Senior Engineer at Westinghouse Electric Belgium. He received a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Université Catholique de Louvain (2006) focusing on energy and finite elements analysis. Nicolas has worked for two years at LMS-Siemens as Structural Analyst before starting working in February 2009 at Westinghouse Electric Belgium. Nicolas leads engineering projects on European power plants and the AP1000 design. Nicolas was responsible for the communications of the Belgian Nuclear Society Young Generation for two years where he helped the belgian nuclear industry to be more transparent. Nicolas has been elected President of the International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC) in August 2012 for a 2 years term with the program to develop IYNC’s communication through social media, expand the IYNC network to Asia, collaborate with other international nuclear associations and organize the best IYNC ever in Spain in 2014. Nicolas believes that Young Generation Networks and IYNC in particular provide the best environment to build a strong network, learn about the different aspects of the nuclear sector and form the future international leaders of our great industry.." Vice President, Melissa Crawford Melissa Crawford has been working in the nuclear industry since her time as a student. Notably with summer internships at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the U.S.A in 2005 and 2006. This work was focused on non-destructive identification of the mass and enrichment of Plutonium isotopes in oxide samples. This was performed as a joint project between ORNL and the Joint Research Center in Ispra, Italy. Also during this time Melissa focused her studies on Monte Carlo simulations and neutron transport theory. After finishing the Nuclear Engineering program at the University of Florida, Melissa started working on Instrumentation and Control projects with Siemens in the power industry. Both analog to digital modernization projects in existing plants and digital design for new build nuclear power plants. For the past year Melissa has been on delegation at the Siemens Energy headquarters in Erlangen, Germany working with the global power market in product management. Melissa has always had an active interest in international collaboration. When she received IYNC’s call for Finance Chair and US Representative from the American Nuclear Society, she knew she wanted to help out. IYNC2012 took place in Charlotte USA and was hosted by the North American Young Generation in Nuclear. This was the largest congress held to date, and now Melissa is happy to take on more responsibilities working with the IYNC network officers in her term as Vice President. IYNC Bulletin 2 Section 2: Interviews International Youth Nuclear Congress Youth Future Nuclear Treasurer:. Dan O’Connor. "Dan O'Connor is currently an engineer at Limerick Generating Station - outside of Philadelphia, PA, USA - which is owned and operated by Exelon Generation. He serves as an early career leader in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and he is the Recruiting Chair of the Exelon-East Chapter of North American Young Generation in Nuclear. Prior to joining Exelon, Dan worked as an intern at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria, an intern and contractor at Westinghouse Electric Company near Pittsburgh, PA, and a Teaching Assistant in the Energy Systems Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin (UW) -Madison. He has also been active as a volunteer with Engineers Without Borders and as a Policy Fellow with Americans for Energy Leadership. Dan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from the College of the Holy Cross - having studied abroad for a year at Oxford University - a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Certificate in Energy Analysis and Policy from UW-Madison, and is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration from Villanova University." Executivy Secretary: Lavinia Rizea. “Lavinia Rizea is the current Executive Secretary of IYNC network. She has been working in the nuclear field since 2007, as Public Relations Specialist for Nuclearelectrica company in Romania. Her responsibilities in the communication field include public information campaign in the support of nuclear power, media relations, stakeholder communication, event planning and managing. Since 2008, Mrs. Rizea become a member of the Romania Nuclear Energy Association and of the Romanian Young Generation Network. In 2011 she was elected President of the Romanian YG. In this position, she was actively involved in organizing events and activities to further knowledge transfer between generations and also to promote nuclear power in Romania. Lavinia Rizea was a member of IYNC 2012 Executive Committee, charged with Public Relations and Communication, with the goal of promoting the conference and gathering participants. She was appointed by IYNC Board as Executive Secretary with a two year term. Mrs. Rizea is also a member of Women in Nuclear organization and a member of NucNet Board. She strongly believes in the mission and