Frank Deconinck
European Nuclear Society President

WELCOME ADDRESS
Tomihiro Taniguchi
Deputy Director General, Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, International Atomic Energy Agency

9.45 - 10:15

“GLOBAL ENERGY OUTLOOK: WHAT ROLE FOR NUCLEAR?”

The “World Energy Outlook” series provides energy demand and supply projections by fuel and by region, up to 2030. It analyses the implications of trends for global energy markets, international oil and gas prices and energy security, trade and investment, quantifies energy-related carbon dioxide emissions and assesses policies designed to reduce them. The 2005 focus is on the Middle East and North Africa. What lessons must be learned if we are to have a nuclear future?

10:45 - 11:30

Mikhail Balonov

Head, Radioactive Discharges Unit, International Atomic Energy Agency; Scientific Secretary of the Chernobyl Forum and Conference (Forum including the International Atomic Energy Agency, World Health Organisation and United Nations Development Programme)

“CHERNOBYL: THE TRUE SCALE OF THE ACCIDENT”

20 years on, a UN report provides definitive answers. A study of health, environmental and socio-economic impacts: What is the "Chernobyl legacy”?

Bruno Comby
Founder and President of Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy

“FROM CONFRONTATION TO CONSENSUS: THE CASE FOR NUCLEAR FROM AN ENVIRONMENTALIST’S POINT OF VIEW”

An environmentalist’s view on the role of nuclear in the future energy package.

• Mikhail Balonov, International Atomic Energy Agency, Scientific Secretary of the Chernobyl Forum and Conference: Follow-up of the plenary presentation “Chernobyl – The true scale of the accident”
  
• Rick Jones, OECD / Nuclear Energy Agency: “Stakeholders and radiation protection: Lessons from Chernobyl after 20 years””
  
• Contribution from the Nuclear Information Committee Energy (representatives from the European Nuclear Society and FORATOM): Tellervo Taipale, Chairwoman, WANO Paris (introduction) and John Shepherd, NucNet, Switzerland
  
• Attila Aszódi, University of Technology and Economics, Hungary; Tamás Pázmándi, Atomic Energy Institute; Judit Silye, Hugarian Atomic Energy Authority: “Expedition to the 30 km Chernobyl exclusion zone and the utilization of its experience in education and communications”

Moderator: Torsten Bohl, Ringhals, Sweden

The nuclear industry conforms to the very strictest of international safety standards and procedures. That goes without saying. But how we communicate on issues like, safety, risk evaluation and incident management certainly needs to be said - public confidence and trust depends upon it. But, how well the industry communicates when things go wrong is the acid test that all nuclear communicators must pass. PIME focuses on what messages about safety need to be articulated – whether in a time of crisis or not - and on the mechanics of crisis management.

• Rejane Spiegelberg Planer, International Atomic Energy Agency: “The International Nuclear Event Scale (INES): Enhanced reporting on nuclear and radiological events”
  
• Anni Bölenius, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management (SKB), Sweden: “Incident management routines. Implementation and practice”
  
• Julien Duperray, COGEMA LOGISTICS (AREVA Group), Fred Yapuncich, TRANSNUCLEAR Inc/PACTEC (AREVA Group), and Rose Cummings, DCS Group, France: “Communication activities on the Eurofab project”
  
• Dan Serbanescu, Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Company, South Africa: “Understanding and communicating on risks”
  
• Visit of the Incident and Emergency Centre of the International Atomic Energy Agency, , the 24 hour contact point for notification of and request for assistance with a nuclear accident or radiological emergency anywhere in the world
  

Moderator: Sten Kjellman, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management (SKB), Sweden

We live in the age of the stakeholder. All sections of civil society with an interest in a local industrial project must be fully involved in the local democratic decision-making processes. Stakeholder groups increasingly set the communications agenda. Empowerment, involvement and governance are commonly expressed concepts that define how good local community relations should be conducted. By focusing on specific case studies, this workshop shows how good communications with local stakeholders can make all the difference, with greater public acceptance the ultimate prize.

• Radko Istenic and Igor Jencic, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia, “Enhanced communications strategy of the Ljubljana Nuclear Information Centre”
  
• Metka Kralj and Nadia Železnik, Agency for Radwaste Management (ARAO), Slovenia, “Response of local communities to their volunteering for repository sitting in Slovenia”
  
• Marie Dufkova, Czech Power Company (CEZ), Czech Republic: “To pay or not to pay? The pitfalls of supporting nuclear regions”
  
• Valery Safutin, Igor Rybalchenko and V. Sorokin, Project and Scientific Research Institute of Complex Power Technology (VNIPIET), Russian Federation; C. Lindberg and H. Johansson, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management (SKB), Sweden; C. Bergman, Swedish Regulatory Inspectorate, Sweden: “International cooperation for solving radwaste disposal problems in the Leningrad region of Russia. Dialogue for an optimal solution”
  
• Teodor Chirica, Mihaela Stiopol and Luminita Stanciu, SN Nuclearelectrica, Romania: “Communications prospects on Cernavoda NPP site – A balance between internal and external tools”
  

Workshop organised by Women In Nuclear (WIN),
moderated by Helen Spencer, Canadian WIN Chapter, Ontario Power Generation, Canada

Every stakeholder group has its own particular concerns, priorities and guiding principles. This workshop, organized by WIN looks closely at how tailor-made communications activities that target specific audiences can help the nuclear industry to better understand its target audiences, to reach out to a broader range of stakeholders and to state its case with greater conviction. A good opportunity for communicators, both men and women, to focus on targeted communications.

• Junko Ogawa, WIN President, Japan Atomic Power Company, Japan, “The challenge facing the Japan Atomic Power Company: Establishing a multiple communications network in the community”
  
• Susan Brissette, Canadian WIN Chapter, Bruce Power, Canada, “Pioneering gender-based marketing in Canada’s nuclear industry to build support for nuclear power amongst women opinion leaders”
  
• Cheryl Boggess, American WIN Chapter, Westinghouse, USA, and Patricia Bryant, WIN Global: “US women in nuclear – A journey from vision to reality”