Senior Regulators Meeting

The Senior Regulators Meeting is an annual event organized by the Agency during the General Conference. It is a forum for the exchange of information on current regulatory issues and trends among senior government officials involved in regulatory matters in the fields of nuclear, radiation, transport and radioactive waste safety and security.

GENERAL CONFERENCE: SENIOR REGULATORS' MEETING
22 September 2011
 Austria Center Vienna (ACV), Meeting Hall E2, Ground Floor
 Provisional Programme

 

09:00–09:15

Opening Remarks by DG Amano

Chairperson: Piet Müskens (Netherlands)

09:15–10:30

Session I: Regulatory Challenges During and Following a Major Safety or Security Event

  • In managing the event
  • In assessing the event and its evolution
  • In determining how to prevent recurrence and enforce implementation of safety/security enhancement provisions
  • In addressing public confidence issues
    • Presentations from G. Jaczko (USA ), M. Iqbal (Pakistan) and O. Mykolaichuk (Ukraine)

10:30–11:00

Coffee Break

11:00–12:30

Panel Discussion: How to Address the Safety and Security Challenges Resulting from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident in a Synergistic Manner?

K. Nakamura (Japan), M. Iqbal (Pakistan), V. S. Bezzubtsev (Russia), C. Price (UK), G. Jaczko (USA), O. Mykolaichuk (Ukraine), D. Flory (IAEA)

12:30–14:00

Lunch Break

14:00–15:10














15:10–15:30

Session II: Safety and Security Aspects of the Management of High Level Waste and Spent Fuel

How does the disposal option, as opposed to long term storage, improve both safety and security?

15:30–16:00

Coffee Break

16:00–17:00







17:00

Panel Discussion: Disposal of High Level Waste and Spent Fuel - The Preferred Approach for Improving Safety, Security and Public Acceptance

A. González (Argentina), R. Jammal (Canada), U. Blohm Hieber (EC), T. Pather (South Africa), J. Anderberg (Sweden), P.-S. Hahn (IAEA), K. Mrabit (IAEA)

Chairperson’s summary

 

 

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