The event venue: European Commission – Charlemagne Building – Room Sicco Mansholt – Brussels
Programme
08:30 – 09:00
Registration and welcome coffee
09.00 – 10.15
Introduction by Ms. Ditte Juul-Joergensen, EC DG Energy Director General
and European SMR pre-Partnership Steering Committee members:
- Mr Yves Desbazeille, nucleareurope, Chair
- Mr Bernard Salha, SNETP – The role of research
- Mr Marco Brugmans, ENSREG – The role of EU Regulators
Chairs to present main outcomes of their Workstreams and to reply to the main comments from the consultation and questions from the floor.
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10.15 – 10.30
The way forward
Mr Yves Desbazeille, nucleareurope, Chair of the European SMR pre-Partnership
10.30 – 11.00
Q&A
11.00 – 11.30
Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30
SMRs as a tool to reach Net-zero objective? – Policy makers perspectives
Topics: SMR needs at EU level (decarbonisation, energy transition and security of supply, industrialisation, innovation etc.)
Moderator: Mr Jean Bergevin, Senior Expert – Hydrogen and Energy Intensive Industries Directorate I – DG GROW
EU Member States representatives:
- Mr Nicolas Clausset, Deputy Director Direction générale de l’énergie et du climat (DGEC), Ministère de la Transition Energétique, France
- Mr Tomáš Ehler, Director General, Energy and Nuclear Energy Sources Section, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic
European Parliament views on SMRs:
- Mr Cristian Bușoi, MEP, ITRE Committee chair (EPP, RO) – video message
- Ms Tsvetelina Penkova, MEP (S&D, BG)
Q/A
12.30– 13.30
Lunch
13.30– 14.30
SMRs and cross sectorial innovations
Topics: innovation sectors to benefit from SMR development
Moderator: Ms Rosalinde van der Vlies, Director Directorate C – DG RTD
- Supply chain needs: Mr Massimiliano Tacconelli, Walter Tosto
- Digital transition: Mr Par Lansaker, Vattenfall
- SMRs for district heating: Mr Ville Valtavirta, VTT
- Cross sectorial innovation: Mr Bernard Salha, SNETP
Q&A
14.30 – 15.45
Societal impact of SMR development and deployment
Topics: Social impact of SMR development in the EU (education and training, jobs, public acceptance, etc.)
Moderator: Ms Alena Mastantuono, Vice-President Section for Transport, Energy,
Infrastructure and the Information Society – EESC
Public acceptance
- Ms Patricia Lorenz,Friends of the Earth Europe
- Ms Myrto Tripathi, The Voice of nuclear
- Ms Meritxell Martell, Group of European Municipalities with Nuclear Facilities (GMF)
Q/A
Competence Building
- Ms Michèle Coeck, SCK-CEN – Belgium
- Mr Jean-Philippe Sandrock – GIFEN, France
Q/A
15.45 – 16.15
Coffee Break
16.15– 17.15
Wrap-up and conclusions
- Industry Energy Intensive users representative: Mr Nicola Rega, Executive Director Climate Change and Energy, CEFIC
- National civil nuclear programme – Italy: Prof. Marco Ricotti, Politecnico di Milano
- Regulator’s perspective: Mr Marco Brugmans, ENSREG Vice-Chair
- European Commission: Mr. Jan Panek, Director Directorate D, DG ENER
17.15– 17.30
Closing remarks
Mr Yves Desbazeille, nucleareurope, Chair of the European SMR pre-Partnership
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