• Webinar #1 – National Market Perspectives Regarding SMR Market Development – Emerging Countries Have a Conversation on Deployment

          Date: June 2, 2020, 14:00 – 15:30 CEST

Chaired by Shi Lishan, Deputy Director-General of the National Energy Administration of China & IFNEC Steering Group Vice-Chair.

Opening remarks by Suzanne Jaworowski, Senior Advisor. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Nuclear Energy & IFNEC Steering Group Chair

Keynote by William D. Magwood, IV, Director-General, OECD NEA:

How SMR can Enhance Embarking Country Access to Nuclear

Panel discussions with: 

• Prof. Kamal Araj - Vice Chairman & Commissioner for Nuclear Power Reactors, Jordan Atomic Energy Commission

          Jordan’s Nuclear Power Perspective for SMR Deployment

• Erick Ohaga - Director, Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Development, Nuclear Power and Energy Agency, Kenya

          SMR and Kenya grid appropriateness

• Zbigniew Kubacki - Nuclear Energy Department, Ministry of Climate, Poland & IFNEC IDWG Co-Chair

          Polish approach to advanced nuclear technologies - SMR perspective

• Kalev Kallemets - CEO and cofounder, Fermi Energia

          First EU SMR deployment: Estonia

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• Webinar #2 – SMR Financing – Private and Public Options

          Date: June 9, 2020, 14:00 – 15:30 CEST

The second event of our SMR Webinar Series will be chaired by Kenji Totoki, Deputy Director-General for Nuclear Energy Policy at Cabinet Office - Japan & IFNEC Nuclear Supplier and Customer Countries Engagement Group Co-chair. 

Satoshi Mikita from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) will be moderating the panel discussion featuring: 

• Jan Keppler - Senior Economist at OECD Nuclear Energy Agency

     Financing Nuclear New Build: Reducing Costs through Suitable Risk-Sharing between Private and Public Stakeholders 

• Paul Murphy - Founder & Managing Director, Murphy Energy & Infrastructure Consulting, USA

          Financing an SMR Project:  Considerations from the Financial Community 

• Yiming Li - General Manager Assistant of Credit Financing Department, CGN Finance Co., Ltd, China

          Financing Experience of the Taishan NPP Project 

• Amjad Ghori – Managing Director, AGIAS Advisory Limited

          Government Support in the Design, Development, Financing and Deployment of SMRs:  The UK Experience

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• Webinar #3 – SMR Licensing: Sharing Experiences on Regulatory Collaboration

          Date: June 16, 2020, 14:00 – 15:30 CEST

Chaired by Mollie Johnson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Low Carbon Energy Sector, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

Opening remarks by William D. Magwood, IV, Director-General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency

Global challenges of SMR licensing

Panel discussions with:

• Greg Rzentkowski - Director of Nuclear Installation Safety Division, International Atomic Energy Agency

Regulation of Small Modular Reactors: Multilateral Cooperation Supported by the IAEA 

• Hugh Robertson - Director General, Regulatory Improvement and Major Projects Management, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)

CNSC Perspectives on Regulatory Collaboration 

• Reno Alamsyah – Principal Regulator, Badan Pengawas Tenaga Nuklir (BAPETEN) 

Regulatory Infrastructure and Collaboration in Indonesia

• Rachna Clavero - Deputy CEO, CANDU Owners Group (COG)

COG SMR Activities 

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• Webinar #4 – SMR Vendor Forum – An Open Discussion with Global Vendors to Review Designs and Benefits

          Date: June 23, 2020, 14:00 – 16:00 CEST

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• Webinar #5 – Energy Synergy (nuclear and renewable) and Hybrid System

          Date: June 30, 2020, 14:00 – 15:30 CEST

This webinar session will be chaired by Tomaž Žagar, IFNEC RNFSWG co-chair, Slovenia

Opening remarks by Suzanne Jaworowski, Senior Advisor. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Nuclear Energy & IFNEC Steering Group Chair

Panel discussions with:

• Danijel Levičar, Business Director, GEN energija, Slovenia

Experience with Operating 99 % CO2 free generation fleet of nuclear and hydro

• Juan Pablo Ordoñez, Undersecretary of Energy Planning, Secretary of Energy, Argentina 

Energy Transitions and the Role of Nuclear Energy

• Shannon Bragg-Sitton, Lead, Integrated Energy Systems, Idaho National Laboratory, USA

Integrated Energy Systems: Moving from Models to Reality with Near-Term Nuclear-Hydrogen Demonstration Projects

• Kamil Tuček, EC Joint Research Centre, Petten, EU 

European research and initiatives on hybrid systems including cogeneration

• Aiden Peakman, NNL, Chair of NEA ARFEM, UK

The role of advanced reactor systems in meeting future market needs

• Hossam Gabbar, Ontario Tech University, Canada 

Implementation Strategies of Resilient Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems

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