Resilience and Security of Spent Fuel in North-East Asia Working Group Meeting April 13-15, 2012
Agenda
12 April
6:30 PM Informal dinner for interested participants
13 April
9:30 Meet in Lobby of Hotel to Walk to Venue
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee/Tea
10:15 Welcome and Introductions-Peter HAYES, Nautilus Institute Executive Director, and YI Kiho, Director, Center for Peace and Public Integrity at Hanshin University.
10:30 – 10:45 Brief Overview of Project and Goals for the Workshop, with an Introduction to Sessions 1 and 2-David VON HIPPEL, Nautilus Institute Senior Associate
10:45 SESSION 1: Country Updates and Summaries
10:45 – 11:30 The ROK Energy Sector, Energy Policies, and the ROK LEAP Modeling Effort– KIM Hoseok, Global Green Strategy Research Center
11:30 – 12:15 The Japanese Energy Sector, Energy Policies, and the Japan LEAP Modeling Effort-TAKASE Kae, Governance Design Laboratory
12:15 – 13:00 Working LUNCH
13:00 – 13:45 The Chinese Energy Sector, Energy Policies, and the China LEAP Modeling Effort– WANG Yanjia and GU Alun, Tsinghua University
13:45 – 14:30 Country teams meet to discuss implications for their data-set.
14:30 – 14:45 BREAK
14:45 SESSION 2: Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Development
14:45 – 15:30 Japan’s Nuclear Energy Development and Spent Fuel Management Plans and Options- Tomoko MURAKAMI, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan
15:30 – 16:15 China’s Nuclear Energy Development and Spent Fuel Management Plans and Options –LIU Xuegang, Tsinghua University
16:15 – 17:00 The ROK’s Nuclear Energy Development and Spent Fuel Management Plans and Options -KANG Jungmin, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
17:00 – 17:30 Country teams meet to discuss implications of reports on nuclear development and spent fuel on their country datasets
17:30 – 18:00 Deep Borehole Storage of Nuclear Fuel : An Overview of Activities for Day Two-David VON HIPPEL
18:00 Group Dinner
14 April
8:30 Meet in Lobby of Hotel to Walk to Venue
9:00 – 9:15 Coffee/Tea
9:15 – 9:45 Introduction to Day Two Activities –David VON HIPPEL, Nautilus Institute Senior Associate
9:45 SESSION 3: Deep Borehole Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel
9:45 – 10:20 The Potential for and Challenges Facing Geologic Disposal of Spent Fuel in China-ZHOU Yun, Harvard University Managing the Atom Project
10:20 – 11:10 The Potential for and Challenges Facing Geologic Disposal of Spent Fuel in the ROK– KANG Jungmin, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
11:10 – 11:30 BREAK
11:30 – 12:15 The Potential for and Challenges Facing Geologic Disposal of Spent Fuel in Japan-Tomochika TOKUNAGA, University of Tokyo
12:15 – 13:00 LUNCH in meeting room
13:00 – 13:30 Opportunities and Challenges for Deep Borehole Disposal of Nuclear Spent Fuel in East Asia and Elsewhere: Comments on Session 3-Allison MACFARLANE, George Mason University and Belfer Center, Harvard University
13:30 – 14:15 Discussion on Prospects for and Challenges Facing Deep Borehole Disposal of Spent Fuel and other Nuclear Waste Materials in East Asia Country teams discuss the implications of the data presented and begin work integrating the reports on borehole disposal into their datasets.
14:15 SESSION 4: Radiological Risk Assessment for Attack on or Accident at Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities
14:15 – 14:45 Assessing the Risk of Radiological Attack on Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities: Next Steps in the Project-David VON HIPPEL, Nautilus Institute Senior Associate
14:45 – 15:45 Spent Fuel Management and the Reduction of Radiological Risk of Accidents at or Attacks on Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities: Presentation of Draft Analytical Methodology-Gordon THOMPSON, Institute for Resource and Security Studies
15:45 – 16:45 Discussion
16:45 – 18:00 National Teams Begin Discussions on Integrating Country Level Energy and Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities Data and Scenarios within Each Nation and Across the Region
18:00 – 18:15 Assessing the Risk of Radiological Attack on Nuclear Facilities: An Overview of Activities for Day Three-David VON HIPPEL
18:15 End of Second Day of Working Group Meeting/Free evening
15 April
8:30 Meet in Lobby of Hotel to Walk to Venue
9:00 – 9:15 Coffee/Tea
9:15 SESSION 5: Assessing the Risk of Radiological Attack on Nuclear Facilities
9:15 – 9:45 Brief Reminder of Plan for Day Three Activities and Overview of Project Next Steps-David VON HIPPEL, Nautilus Institute Senior Associate
9:45 – 16:00 Working Session to Adapt and Discuss Need for Country-level Data for Use with Draft Methodology for Assessment of the Radiological Risk of Accidents at or Attack on Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities
National teams will begin the process of adapting the data they have gathered for use with the draft methodology for assessing the radiological risk of attack on nuclear facilities as prepared by Gordon Thompson. This will involve working with Dr. Thompson and Nautilus staff to determine to what extent the data gathered by the teams is compatible with the methodology, and determining what additional information will need to be developed by the teams or by Nautilus, and/or what modifications to the methodology may be needed. As a part of this Working Session, country teams will work with the experts on Deep Borehole Disposal and Nuclear Power Development from their country to expand their dataset to further incorporate scenarios for nuclear fuel cycle management, including scenarios involving deep borehole disposal of nuclear materials, into their energy models and LEAP pathways.
16:00 – 17:00 Meeting Wrap-up and Discussion, led by Peter HAYES and David VON HIPPEL, Nautilus Institute
17:00 End of Working Group Meeting, followed by Informal Group Dinner