Program and time schedule
PART 1: Planetarium (16:30 – 20:00)
16.30: Registration starts at the Planetarium main entrance hall. Badges, covid-safe tickets control.
17:00-17:30: Opening Doors at the Planetarium projection room where the academic session takes place. Slide Show 50 Years of Nuclear in Belgium. Opening Words from the BNS Chairman Vincent Massaut
17:30-17:45: Film Planetarium: discovery of the season night sky. Doors will be closed during this short period (the conference room will be set in darkness).
17.45: Doors opening again.
17.45-19.45: Conference with 6 THEMES (15 minutes main speaker + 5 minutes video capsule)
- Theme 1: The broad policy environment: Nuclear Energy and Sustainability
Role of Nuclear in a sustainable energy mix: Samuele Furfari – Retired official EC DG ENER, member 100TWh and weCARE
Capsule: Nuclear in Europe and worldwide: William Magwood IV – NEA, Director General - Theme 2: From NPPs operation to Advanced Technologies
Perspectives from the Belgian Nuclear Industry: Denis Dumont – ENGIE Group (ENGIE/Electrabel/Tractebel)
Capsule: Advanced Reactors and SMRs: Tractebel engineering - Theme 3: Sustainable Management of Nuclear Waste
Developments in Belgium: Philippe Lalieux – Director, Ondraf Niras
Capsule: Implementing Deep Geological Repository in Finland: Posiva Finland - Theme 4: Nuclear in Medical Applications
An historical review from a Belgian perspective: Frank Deconinck – Prof VUB – SCK CEN SAC Member
Capsule: Protect, Enhance and Save Lives: IBA-Group - Theme 5: Nuclear from Science to Demonstration
MYRRHA – A Belgian New Frontier: Hamid Ait Abderrahim – MYRRHA Director SCK CEN
Capsule: Belgian contribution to Nuclear Fusion: Jef Ongena – ERM/KMS - Theme 6: “BNS@International”
BNS contribution to ENS: Fernando Naredo
Capsule: A view from the other side of the Atlantic – Steve Nesbit, ANS president.
19.45-20:00: Conclusion: BNS Chairman Vincent Massaut
PART 2: Atomium (20:00 – 24:00)
Keynote speaker
How the Belgian Section of the ANS came to life 50 years ago
Pierre Goldschmidt: Co-founder of the BNS, former DDG IAEA
Keynote speaker
Looking to the future
Fabio Nouchy: BNS Young Generation Chairman
Final Message by Vincent Massaut: BNS Chairman
Cocktail with Belgian food & drink specialties
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