Dear Colleagues,

below please find the First Announcement and Call for Papers for the Joint Czech, Slovak and German Conference on Nuclear Power “NUSIM 2007”. The Conference is organised to be a continuation of the successful annual common meeting of specialists in the field of peaceful use of the nuclear energy.

CONFERENCE PURPOSE é

To exchange information on all aspects of safety upgrading, modernization, reliable and economically competitive long-term operation of NPPs in the Central European Countries. Main target of the Conference is to analyze current experience in operation of the plants and discuss future plans and potential issues.

TARGET AUDIENCE é

Owners, operators, regulatory bodies, architect-engineers, manufacturers, and suppliers of nuclear power plants. Organizations involved in plant upgrade programs as well as new NPP concepts.

CANDIDATES FOR PRESENTATION é

Operators and owners of nuclear power plants are invited to present experience in operating and the modernizing their units.
Regulatory bodies are expected to speak about their practice in safety review and licensing procedures of upgrade and life extension projects.
Designers and research institutions are invited to present results of their activities contributing to the implementation and management of VVER innovation and safety enhancement projects.

SCOPE OF TOPICS TO BE COVERED BY PAPERS é

Safety upgrading, modernization and long-term operation of NPPs
- Programs for safety upgrading and modernizations of NPPs
- Experience with the performance of Periodic safety reviews (PSR) at NPPs
- Preparations for long-term operation of NPPs (legislation, programs of life management of systems, structures and components, program of the IAEA-SALTO)
- Influence of nuclear industry activities to environment

CALL FOR PAPERS é

Abstracts
Authors are asked to submit abstracts in English before January 31, 2007. The abstracts should be submitted as an e-mail attachment sent to cns.csvts@seznam.cz
Preferred format is MS Word.

Abstracts have to be in English and should include:
1. The title of the paper.
2. Full names of the authors (the presenting author should be underlined), the business address and e-mail of the speaker.
3. The extent of the summary should not exceed one normalized page.

PRESENTATIONS é

Extent of your paper is not limited, however the time for oral presentation will be strictly limited up to 20 minutes including discussion. A copy of the Book of Abstracts will be distributed at the conference.

Papers have to be in English and should include:
• full names of the authors (the main author should be underlined)
• company name
• the title of the paper
• abstract
• full text (extent is not limited)
• at the end of the paper contact information about the main author (full name, company, address, phone, e-mail)

Authors are kindly asked to bring some copies of their papers for distribution during the conference. Proceedings will be published in a CD form after the conference and sent to the participants.

Posters

There is a possibility to use tables and blackboards for posters. Details concerning format and extent of posters will be given later.

DEADLINES é

Abstract due January 31, 2007.

During the registration before the meeting opening the authors are asked for submitting 1 exemplar of the paper both in the electronic form (3½” diskette or CD-ROM) and “paper form” (for check before the proceedings issue). Some version of the Microsoft Office is recommended.

MEETING LANGUAGE é

The working languages of the Conference is English. No translation will be provided.

EXHIBITION é

Modular panel 2m (high) x 1m (width) with table
at a price 100 EUR
will be available in the Foyer of the Conference Hall.

For further information please contact the National Organizing Committee Secretariat TERIS, a.s.

MEETING FEE é

Registration Fee valid for registration made before
January 31, 2007………….………………………… 150 EUR
Registration Fee valid for registration made after
January 31, 2007……………… …………………… 200 EUR

No refund will be made for cancellation after February 2, 2007. For cancellation before that date, a handling fee of 30EUR will be retained.

TECHNICAL TOUR

Wednesday March 7, 2007
DIAMO COMPANY, Uranium mining region, Stráž pod Ralskem
Half-day tour approx. 4 hrs, price 25 EUR/person
(presentation of Straz/Hamr Uranium mining region and remediation, ISL fields and Chemical Plant, Remediation technologies – Evaporation Plant, Aluminium Sulphate Production Unit, Tailings Pond of former Mill and its new usagein remediation process).

PROGRAM é
 

Time	Author(s)	Title
MONDAY	March 5, 2007
10.00 - 13.00		Registration
13.00 - 13.20		Opening Ceremony
	Larisa Dubská (ČNS), Czech Republic	Welcome Address of ČNS
	Kurt Fischer, KTG Representative, Germany	Welcome Address of KTG
	Vladimír Slugeň (SNUS), Slovak Republic	Welcome address of SNUS
13.20 - 15.30	Vladimír Slugeň	Section 1: Situation in Member States
	Kurt Fischer	The Situation of Nuclear Power in Germany
	Zdeněk Linhart	Dukovany NPP in 2006 and Perspectives of Further Development
	Vladimír Hlavinka	Temelín NPP in 2006 and Perspectives of Further Development
	AndrejHanzel	Nuclear Power in Slovak Republic. Discussion
15.30 - 16.00		Coffee break
16.00 - 18.00	Frantz Hilbert	Section 2: Operational experience and performance improvement 1
	Vladimír Slugeň	International nuclear research and Slovakia
	Laplatney Jere, Landefeld Ronald, AREVA NP	Outage Optimization –The Four Areas and the AREVA Role
	Ladislav Horáček, Martin Zelenka, Ivan Buldra, Jiří Uhlíř	Improvement of ISI programme effectiveness using NDT qualification and RI ISI on VVER type piping systems
	Petr Hoření	ISSPD System – Management of Operating Documentation
	Ladislav Nový, Martin Pokorný	Modernisation of Power Control System for Control Rods at Temelin NPP
	Juraj Nozdrovický, Milan Žmindák, Milan Prandorfy	Lifetime Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Structures of VVER 440 Type NPPs
		Discussion
19.00 -	Daneš Burket	Welcome Cocktail
THUESDAY	March 6, 2007
9.00 - 10.30	Radek Svoboda	Section 3: Safety upgrading and modernizations of NPPs
	Rüdiger Leverenz	The EPR - Taking Us Into the Future
	Karl-Heinz Wiening, Ulrich Bork	Radiation Monitoring System in EPR: Evolution from German Konvoi-NPPs to EPR
	Jiří Pliska	Process Information Systems and Thermal Performance Evaluation
	Jana Kubinova	“Upgrading of Control Room Panels” Leningrad NPP modernisation project results
		Discussion
10.30 - 11.00		Coffee break
11.00 - 13.00	Kurt Fischer	Section 4: Operational experience and performance improvement 2
	Jiří Macek	Validation of the System Codes on Integral Test Facilities
	Václav Hajšman	CAE system for design and management of complex cable systems
	Karel Beber, Petr Dvořák, Daniel Ernst, René Ernst, Radek Svoboda	Current Experience with VVANTAGE-6 Fuel at Temelín NPP
	Zdeňka Pávková	Fuel Rods Monitoring and Evaluation
	Ľubor Kučák, Peter Muškát	Verification of Coolant Temperature Measurements in a Pressure Water Nuclear Reactor in Connection to Increasing Fuel Assembly Loads
		Discussion
13.00 - 14.00		Lunch
14.00 - 15.10	Jozef Valovič	Section 5: Preparations for long-term operation of NPPs (legislation, programs of life management of systems, structures and components, program of the IAEA-SALTO)
	P. Uhrik, J. Čepček, I. Šarvaic	Ageing And Lifetime Management
	Bohumil Bartoníček	Equipment Qualification and Long Term Operation
	Július Filo, Juraj Klepáč, Ľudovít Faguľa	Methodology for Periodic Safety Review at Bohunice V-2 NPP
		Discussion
15.10 - 15.40		Coffee break
15.40 - 16.40	Konstantin Jacoby	Section 6: Operational experience and performance improvement 3
	Viliam Amerstein, Vladimír Škopík	Selected Works of VUEZ a.s. in the Field of Nuclear Safety, Upgrading and Improvement of Operation in NPPs in the Slovak Republic
	Haščík Ján, Slugeň Vladimír, Hinca Róbert	Nuclear engineering education at STU & In-cervices training at Slovak NPPs
	Jan Trojáček	"World Nuclear School of Uranium Production“ in the Czech Republic
		Discussion
16.40 - 17.40	Martin Přeček	Section 7: Young Generation presentations
	Marek Miklos	On-line monitoring system of nuclear fuel leak tightness in wet interim spent fuel storage facility
	Vladimir Krsjak	Positron-annihilation study of advanced materials for nuclear technologies.
	Martin Přeček
		Discussion
		Section 8: Influence of nuclear industry activities to environment
Poster	Eduard Hanslík, Diana Ivanovová, Eva Juranová, Martina Brtvová, Pavel Šimonek	Impact of Temelin NPP Operation on Hydrosphere
17.40 - 18.00	Dubská, Slugeň, Hilbert	Closure of the Conference
		Invitation to NUSIM 2008
		Final discussion
19.00 -		Official Dinner sponsored by ČEZ, a.s.
WEDNESDA	Y  March 7, 2007	TECHNICAL TOUR to Uranium mines
9.00		Departure to Stráž pod Ralskem
10.00 - 12.00		Excursion in DIAMO
13.00		Departure to Liberec

CONFERENCE VENUE é

Grandhotel ZLATÝ LEV****
Gutenbergova 126/3
460 01 Liberec
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 485 256 700
Fax: +420 482 710 270
e-mail: info@zlatylev.cz

The hotel was built in 1906 and opened personally by the Austrian caesar Franz Josef on the occasion of the Bohemian-German exhibition in Liberec. This classical hotel with its rich history offers our guests a quiet and enjoyable atmosphere in the park zone, practically in the downtown of Liberec. When the caesar could have stayed in our hotel, why couldn't you? The hotel has got 147 beds in 79 rooms.
 

About LIBEREC é

The North Bohemian district town of Liberec is located in the valley between the Ještěd Ridge and the Jizera Mountains. Its history goes back to the times of merchant paths leading through this area. As the crossing of the Ještěd Ridge was highly demanding, it was necessary to create a resting place for travelling merchants. Therefore Liberec was gradually established as an open market settlement and it was this fact which determined the character of the town. During the 15th and early 16th centuries this small settlement, first mentioned in 1352, gradually changed into a feudal town, its rights confirmed in writing by Emperor Rudolf II in 1577. The end of the 16th century brought exceptional development to the town. The first stone edifices were built then and for a long time characterized the town.
New, more prominent changes took place in the second half of the 18th century. At this time, the centre of Liberec consisted of brick houses in the classical style. The beginning of the 19th century saw the growth of the textile industry which brought about the development of industrial architecture. This fact lead to the town acquiring independent status. At that time, many representative edifices were built and lent the town a majesty corresponding to its importance - Liberec used to be, after Prague, the second biggest town in Bohemia. There were three consulates, 50 textile factories, and 60 factories connected with the metal industry, amongst which there were also those producing RAF cars.
Liberec is sometimes called "the town under Ještěd," whose peak, rising to 1012m, is crowned by a modern tower which has become a dominant feature of the town. The project for this original construction in the shape of a rotating hyperboloid was designed by the architect Karel Hubáček and awarded the prestigious Perret's prize. The building, housing a communications tower and a hotel with a restaurant, was opened on 21. 9. 1973, and has become a symbol of the remarkable town which lays underneath.
Now a days, Liberec offers many interesting sites. In downtown there are many buildings which are the pride of the town - for example, the townhall built in neo-renaissance style and finished in 1893. Behind the town hall, there is the Theatre of František Xaver Šalda dating from 1893, a museum, chamber of commers and a building society originating from 1901-02, with their grandeur and clarity of style, form the jewels in the crown of the historical part of the town.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION é
HOTEL PRICELIST

Grandhotel ZLATÝ LEV****
Gutenbergova 126/3, 460 01 Liberec
SGL room 70 EUR
DBL room 80 EUR

Hotel IMPERIAL***
Tř. 1. máje 29, 460 01 Liberec
SGL room 55 EUR
DBL room 65 EUR

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION PAYMENT AND PAYMENT CONDITIONS é

1. Use enclosed Accommodation Form to order the accommodation.
2. Accommodation Form has to be signed by you and sent by fax or by e-mail to the National Organizing Committee office TERIS, a. s. company.
3. To guarantee your reservation we need the credit card details (see Accommodation Form).
4. TERIS, a. s. will handle your reservation and will send you the confirmation directly.
5. Payment of your accommodation will be done in EUR (or CZK) at the registration meeting desk of the conference.
6. For further information concerning your hotel reservation, please contact:

Mirka PŘIBYLOVÁ
TERIS, a. s.
Štětkova 18, 140 68 Prague 4, Czech Republic
Fax: 00420 261 218 992
Tel: 00420 261 210 325
E-mail: pribylova@teris.cz, http://www.teris.cz

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION AND CANCELLATION CONDITIONS é

1. Cancellation of the hotel reservation has to be made in writing to TERIS, a. s. Company before February 2, 2007.
2. If you cancel your hotel reservation after February 2, 2007 or cancellation will not be done by you, you have to pay the one night accommodation price. The invoice will be sent to your company or withdrawn from your credit card.

SPOUSE PROGRAMME é

Welcome dinner – Monday, March 5, 2007
Official dinner with cultural program – Tuesday, March 6, 2007

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