The SNEC Day November 25, 2014 Palmstedtsalen, Chalmers

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1 The SNEC Day 2014 November 25, 2014 Palmstedtsalen, Chalmers Sustainable Nuclear Education, or how to maintain competences and knowledge in the nuclear area when the economic, political, and societal conditions have a strong influence on the future of the industry. chalmers.se/snec

2 SNEC 2014 Convention Moderator for the entire day Anette Runsteen, Business Leadership Partners, Sweden Annette Runsteen (M.Sc. in Engineering Physics, Chalmers University (1984) and BSc in Occupational and Organizational Psychology, University of Gothenburg (2011)). She started her career within the Volvo group and moved into AstraZeneca where she held a number of management positions in the global Clinical Research organisation. After finishing her studies in Organizational Psychology, she dedicated her life to leadership development. She is now an executive coach, leadership trainer, author and speaker. 09:30 10:00 Registration and coffee 10:00 10:10 Introduction Palmstedtsalen, Chalmers Christian Ekberg, SNEC, Chalmers, Sweden Morning session: How to guarantee competences and knowledge in countries where nuclear power might not be part of the future energy mix some European examples 10:10 10:40 The Swiss situation Martin Zimmermann, PSI, Switzerland martin.zimmermann@psi.ch LinkedIn: Martin Zimmermann (Dipl. Phys. ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland) is Acting Head of the Nuclear Energy and Safety Department (NES) at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) in Switzerland. His current job responsibilities include: Management of the department with its 5 research laboratories and the hot laboratory nuclear facility. Development and implementation of a new strategy responding to the situation after the government s decision to phase out nuclear. Strengthening the links to the PSI large user facilities. 10:40 11:10 The Dutch situation Jan-Leen Kloosterman, TU Delft, the Netherlands J.L.Kloosterman@tudelft.nl LinkedIn: YouTube channel: UCi-0od2nkp7fUWZlUwTuO6Q Homepage: Jan-Leen Kloosterman (PhD in Nuclear Reactor Physics, TU Delft, 1992) is Associate Professor of Nuclear Reactor Physics at the Reactor Institute Delft/NERA, Delft University of Technology. Assoc. Prof. Kloosterman is Director of Education Sustainable Energy Technology (SET) and is Head of Section Nuclear Energy & Radiation Applications (NERA) at Delft. 11:10 11:40 The German situation Thomas Schulenberg, KIT, Germany schulenberg@kit.edu Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Schulenberg graduated in Physics and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe, and obtained a Doctoral thesis at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe in He has worked 14 years for gas turbine development for conventional power plants with Siemens. Since 2000, he is head of the Institute for Nuclear and Energy Technologies at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Germany, where he is also teaching nuclear and conventional power plant technologies at KIT. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Schulenberg is also the Chair of the Steering Committee for Supercritical Water Cooled Reactors in the Generation IV International Forum. 11:40 12:00 Cooperation in education in nuclear chemistry in Europe Teodora Retegan, Chalmers, Sweden tretegan@chalmers.se LinkedIn: Homepage: Teodora Retegan (PhD in Chemistry with specialization Nuclear Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology, 2009) is a researcher at Chalmers University of Technology since 2010 where she conducts research related to extraction and separation of metals by means of solvent extraction from different streams like: spent nuclear fuel, electronic waste (WEEE), mining industry (primary and secondary 1 The SNEC Day 2014 The SNEC Day

3 sources) and secondary waste from industrial processes. She has been working in close relation with industry and is leading or contributing to numerous projects related to industrial applications. On the nuclear related research, she is actively researching on safety related issues, especially on fuel-coolant interactions (currently Pb and LBE for Gen IV systems). Also, she is actively involved in teaching Nuclear Chemistry and is active in the second round of Cooperation in education and training In Nuclear Chemistry project (CINCH-II). 12:00 13:00 Lunch (for registered participants) Afternoon session: How to guarantee competences and knowledge in Sweden 13:00 13:25 The utility perspectives and the role of the Swedish Centre for Nuclear Technology SKC in education Farid Alavyoon, the Swedish Centre for Nuclear Technology, Sweden Homepage: Dr. Farid Alavyoon (PhD in Hydromechanics from KTH, Sweden) is Director of SKC, and it is in this quality that Dr. Alavyoon participates to the seminar. Dr. Alavyoon is also the manager of the Office of structural integrity (FTM) at Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB. FTM has 24 employees who are specialized in fluid dynamics, thermal hydraulics, strength of materials, fracture mechanics, material and weld engineering, vibration analysis and non-destructive testing. 13:25 13:50 The industry perspective in the area of nuclear fuel/plant manufacturing and nuclear services Anders Andrén, Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB, Sweden Anders Andrén holds a PhD from Uppsala University, Sweden, and is also a Docent at Uppsala University. He is a Consulting Engineer for BWR Europe which is a part of the Westinghouse Engineering Services segment. Engineering Services belongs to the Equipment and Major Projects (EE&MP) product line. In this role he is responsible for the Västerås office Engineering Services technology development. Westinghouse Västerås is the Westinghouse BWR Center of Excellence, serving the Nordic NPPs of which they are the OEM, supporting the US BWR organization on the US market, cooperating with the Toshiba Corporation. Assoc. Prof. Andrén is also responsible for coordination of critical skills transfer, and the Technical Excellence program. Finally, he represents Westinghouse Sweden on the SKC board as well as on the CEKERT board. 13:50 14:15 The industry perspective in the area of back-end fuel cycle Arne Larsson, Studsvik Nuclear AB, Sweden arne.larsson@studsvik.se Arne Larsson (BSc) has long experience in radioactive waste and decommissioning technology and has currently a role as senior advisor on international projects as well as a role as VP Technology within the Studsvik Consultancy Services. He has earlier been production manager for the Studsvik radioactive waste treatment facilities, head of waste management within Studsvik Nuclear as well as general manager for Studsvik Consultancy services. He was project manager for the development of a joint practice and training program for clearance within the Swedish nuclear industry. The clearance handbook was published in He is currently responsible for waste acceptance criteria (WAC) for two international radioactive waste processing and disposal projects. Arne Larsson is chairman of OECD-NEA WPDD projects on Strategies for Radiological Characterisation in Decommissioning, and is member of OECD-NEA WPDD. 3 The SNEC Day 2014 The SNEC Day

4 14:15 14:40 Nuclear education at Chalmers University of Technology Anders Nordlund, Chalmers Homepage: Anders Nordlund (Ph. D. in Physics, University of Lund, Sweden, 1995; qualification for Docent, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, 2002) is an Associate Professor at the Division of Nuclear engineering, Department of Applied physics, Chalmers University of Technology. At present, he is master program coordinator for the Nuclear engineering education at Chalmers, and he is also head of the Division of Nuclear Engineering. 14:40 15:00 Coffee break 15:00 15:25 Use of e-learning/teaching methods for maintaining competences across different countries Christophe Demazière, Chalmers, Sweden LinkedIn: Twitter: Homepage: multiphysics/pages/default.aspx Christophe Demazière holds a PhD in reactor physics from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, where he is a Professor. Prof. Demazière is leading a cross-disciplinary task force called DREAM (Deterministic REActor Modelling), which gathers expertise in neutron transport, fluid dynamics and heat transfer, mathematical and numerical methods. The aim of this task force is to develop beyond state-of-the-art high fidelity modelling techniques for nuclear reactors. Prof. Demazière is also lecturing on the physics and the modelling of nuclear reactors. In this respect, he has developed a unique course, in a 100% web-based format, on the deterministic modelling of nuclear reactors, where the algorithms and their limitations are presented for neutron transport, fluid dynamics and heat transfer. 15:25 16:15 Panel discussion Martin Zimmermann, PSI, Switzerland Thomas Schulenberg, KIT, Germany Anders Andrén, Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB, Sweden Arne Larsson, Studsvik Nuclear AB, Sweden Anders Nordlund, Chalmers, Sweden Christophe Demazière, Chalmers, Sweden And Håkan Talts, Oskarshamns Kraftgrupp AB (OKG), Sweden Håkan Talts (M.sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Linköping) has been working for OKG nuclear power plant since 1993 in a number of positions including appointed Engineering manager and also as Maintenance manager for the entire plant. Presently he is working as sub project manager and deputy project manager in the OKG project Kent that deals with the aftermath of the Fukushima event. Nils Sandberg, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM), Sweden Nils Sandberg (PhD in Theoretical Physics, KTH 2002, Docent in Nuclear materials, KTH 2011), Senior Scientific Secretary at SSM and also affiliated faculty at the Physics department, KTH. Current work responsibilities include planning, coordination and evaluation of research activities at SSM and environmental scanning of research in Sweden and internationally with bearing on SSM areas of responsibility. Dr. Sandberg is also Swedish representative in the OECD/NEA Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI). Research activities at KTH include modeling of radiation damage and ageing in materials. 16:15 16:30 Conclusions Anders Ådahl, Leader of the Energy Area of Advance at Chalmers 5 The SNEC Day 2014 The SNEC Day

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