All keynote addresses, presentations and interventions of the a highly successful IENE/ROEC conference on "The Nuclear Option for SE Europe” are available and can be accessed by IENE members through a special microsite
All keynote addresses, presentations and interventions of the a highly successful IENE/ROEC conference on "The Nuclear Option for SE Europe” are available and can be accessed by IENE members through a special microsite. This one-day conference took place on May 6, 2015, and was organized by IENE in co-operation with the Romania Energy Center (ROEC) in Bucharest.
The microsite co-ordinates have been already been sent to all IENE members and associates who can also visit the microsite by accessing the Members Area using their password.
Central to the theme of the conference were the challenges and opportunities for nuclear power generation in SE Europe in view of the ongoing debate on energy security and Climate Change. Many European countries, with some of them belonging to SE Europe and its broader region - including Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary and Turkey - are building or planning to build new nuclear power plants.
Mr. David Hu Zhuo, Assistant General Director of China’s General Nuclear Power Group (CGN), the president of Belgium’s Westinghouse, Mr. Yves Brachet, and Mr. John Saroudis, Regional Vice President of Canada’s SNC Candu Energy Inc. spoke on latest nuclear projects in the region and discussed their investment and implementation policies. Additionally, Mr. Ayhan Evrensel, Senior Communication Adviser at the Office of the Deputy Director General (Department of Nuclear Energy), representing the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), analyzed legal, safety and regulatory issues, whereas Dr. Theodor Chirica, Chief Executive Officer of EnergoNuclear and Executive Board Member of the European Atomic Forum (FORATOM), presented the views of the Brussels -based industry association for the nuclear power sector.
It should be noted that, in total, representatives from 8 different countries, i.e. Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Greece, Hungary, Romania and Turkey, participated in this regional event, with some 16 contributing authors.
Romania’s Nuclearelectrica was the conference’s supporter, while media partners included the Energia.gr and See News portal.
