TUESDAY, 3 February 2009
0800 Registration (Coffee from 0830)
Session 1: OPENING SESSION - Dr John Cooper, Deputy Director, Health Protection Agency
1000 Welcome (Dr John Cooper, Deputy Director, Health Protection Agency) Chair of Organising Committee
1015 The ICRP Recommendations (Annie Sugier, Chairman of ICRP Committee 4 and Adviser of the General Director of IRSN)
1100 Protection of Non-human Species – Implications for Radiation Protection (David Copplestone, Principal Scientist, Environment Agency)
1130 Current Regulatory Issues in the Nuclear Sector (Ian Robinson, HM Superintending Inspector of Nuclear Installations)
1200 Discussion
1230 LUNCH
Session 2: IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEW ICRP RECOMMENDATIONS - Dr Monty Charles, University of Birmingham
1400 Implications for the Euratom Basic Safety Standards (Augustin Janssens, Head of Radiation Protection Unit, European Commission)
1430 Implications for the Global Nuclear Industry (Sylvain Saint-Pierre, Director for Environment and Radiological Protection)
1500 Optimisation, Detriment and Proportionality - The need for Checks and Balances (Gregg Butler, Professor of Science in Sustainable Development, University of Manchester and Director, Integrated Decision Management Ltd)
1530 TEA
1600 Implications for Emergency Preparedness and Response (Wolfgang Weiss, BfS, Germany)
1630 Nuclear New Build and Evolving Radiation Protection Challenges (Ted Lazo, Deputy Head for Radiation Protection, Division of Radiation Protection and Radioactive Waste Management, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency)
1700 Implications for Medical Exposures (Steve Ebdon-Jackson, Head of Medical Exposure Department, Health Protection Agency)
1730 Discussion
1800 FINISH
WEDNESDAY, 4 February 2009
SESSION 3: BASES FOR CURRENT STANDARDS - Professor Richard Wakeford, Dalton Institute, University of Manchester
0900 Mechanisms for Radiation Induced Carcinogenesis (Julian Preston, Acting Associate Director for Health, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory)
0930 What Epidemiology tells us about Radiation Risks (John Boice, Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine)
1000 COFFEE
1030 Non-Cancer Effects (Mark Little, Reader in Statistics, Imperial College)
1100 Ethical Basis for Standards (Sven Ove Hansson, Professor and Head of Department, KTH)
1130 Discussion
1200 LUNCH
SESSION 4: PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF THE MANAGEMENT OF LOW LEVELS OF RADIONUCLIDES - Mr Stuart Cripps, AMEC Nuclear
1330 NDA Site Lifetime Plans and Final State (Michael Calloway, Strategy and Engineering Manager, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority)
1400 Clearance and Exemption Developing the UK Code of Practice (Chris Fayers, Head of Business Improvement (Magnox North Ltd, Energy Solutions)
1430 Advances in the Measurement of Low Levels of Radionuclides (Peter Burgess, Principal Consultant - Radiation Metrology, Nuvia Limited)
1500 TEA
1530 Dose Implications of VLLW Radioactive Waste Disposal (Roger Wilmot, Senior Consultant, Galson Sciences Ltd)
1600The Role of the Stakeholder (Annie Sugier, Chairman of ICRP Committee 4 and Adviser of the General Director of IRSN)
1630 Discussion
1700 FINISH
7pm for 8pm Conference Dinner at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens
THURSDAY, 5 February 2009
SESSION 5: ADVANCES IN DOSIMETRY AT LOW DOSES - Dr Chris Perks, Landauer Europe
0930 Internal Dosimetry – Recent Developments (John Harrison, Head of Dose Assessments Departments, Health Protection Agency)
1000 Advances in Personal Dosimetry (Dr Chris Perks, Landauer Europe)
1030 Discussion
1100 Coffee
SESSION 6: LONG-LIVED WASTE – LONG-LIVED PROBLEM? - Dr Mike Thorne
1130 The DOE License Application for a HLW Repository at Yucca Mountain and the Technical Response from the State of Nevada (Mike Thorne, Consultant)
1200 LUNCH
1330 Environmental Regulation of Long-Lived Radioactive Waste (Bob Smith, EA)
1400 Practical Implementation of Management Options for Long-Lived Radioactive Waste (Magnus Westerlind, SKB)
1430 Discussion
1500 Closing Address (George Sallit, President of SRP)
1515 CLOSE
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