SESSION ONE: STRATEGIC DELIVERY FORUM – ON THE CRITICAL PATH

A panel of senior representatives from potential operators of new nuclear power stations in the UK will share with delegates their strategies for rising to key challenges along the path to realising a new fleet of reactors. Each speaker will give a 15 minute presentation followed by an extended question and answer session allowing delegates to engage with speakers on the crucial issues of the day:

• Structure of consortia: how will responsibility, liability and costs be attributed?
• Balancing conflicting pressures: integrating commercial concerns with safety and environmental standards
• Resourcing multiple complex regulatory processes: will there be bottlenecks?
• Moving from impact assessment to impact mitigation
• Timeframes for technology selection: towards the next stage in development partnership
• Laying the foundations for new build: what preparatory work is underway at sites?
• Outlining the scope of works on the sites: what are we getting done and when?
• What kind of external funding might be needed for these projects and at what stage?
• What is needed from the government and the supply chain to remove obstacles and optimise delivery schedules?

SESSION TWO: THE GDA AND SITE LICENSING

In this session the regulators will provide delegates with an update on the progress and recent developments at the HSE and Environment Agency, with regard to the crucial facilitative processes of the GDA and site licensing process. There will then be a response from a potential operator, outlining their experiences of the process. This will be followed by a panel discussion with delegate participation encouraged.

An update on regulatory progress at a time of great change and critical works

• Commencing step four of the GDA: keeping to schedule and ensuring resources are sufficient
• Reporting on progress of the Environment Agency’s consultation on step 3 of GDA
• Site licensing process: have applications been received? How long will they take to process?
• Creating a comprehensive foundation for site licensing: the role of the operators
• Achieving a timely and smooth transition to the Nuclear Statutory Corporation: managing change in the final stages of GDA
• What will be the implications of change for the GDA and the regulatory process?

SESSION THREE: PROCUREMENT FORUM – SUPPLY CHAIN AND SKILLS

LESSONS FROM EXPERIENCE

A chance for delegates to hear from the ‘men on the ground’ – project leaders outline the challenges and rewards of managing a new build project on a day-to-day basis, and share their experiences of building the reactors which look set to be developed and operated in the UK

SESSION FOUR: FOCUS ON FINANCE AND ECONOMICS

SESSION FIVE: WHERE NEXT FOR NUCLEAR?

SESSION SIX: KEY PLANNING PERSPECTIVES – PREPARING THE GROUND

SESSION SEVEN: EFFECTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES

In this session representatives from a nuclear operator, repository project, environmental regulation, site stakeholder groups and an NGO will each outline their experiences of community engagement, around sites for new build, sites under decommissioning, and potential host communities for the deep geological repository- what they feel is working well, and what remains to be done or improved.

These short perspectives will be followed by a panel discussion in which delegates are invited to pose questions and engage with the panellists.

SESSION EIGHT: THE NUCLEAR PLANT CYCLE