E�ective O&M strategies to deliver e�ciencies, increase output and reduce outage times to improve ROI

May 25-26, 2011. Brussels, Belgium

Nuclear Maintenance and Plant Modernization Conference

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European Commission

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Preparing for Maintenance: Recognize the importance of predictive and preventative maintenance when planning repairs to ensure maintenance tasks run smoothly

Understand Costs and Optimize ROI: Discover how you can plan refurbishments and upgrades to improve operations and increase your annual income

Plant Reliability Assessment: Learn about plant equipment to ensure it will continue to perform to meet your expectations in the future

Safety & Regulatory Update: Ensure adequate safety margins and regulatory compliance and understand why this is critical to your customers, employees and shareholders

Resources & The Workforce: Understand the demand for personnel across the industry and how this may put a strain on your resources for O&M

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Section 1 – Operational Safety and Regulatory Issues

European Commission: Legislations for the Operating Nuclear Fleet• Understand current regulations and legislations in place to ensure safety during O&M tasks• Review the work that the European Commission are doing to aid the operating nuclear fleet• Lessons learned from past O&M projects to ensure optimum safety for your projectsMassimo Garriba, Legal questions & Euratom coordination, international relations – nuclear, European Commission

Assuring adequate safety margins after modification/modernization projects• Understand the attributes of a strong preliminary and final safety analysis• Learn about technical specifications for modernization projects • Assure sufficient safety margins during upgrade tasksHoa Hoang, Power Uprate Product Line Leader, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy

UK SAPS justification requirements for support of plant modifications • Fully understand the PWR safety margins and safety analysis requirements for plant modifications• Review the UK requirements for modifications and compare them with international practice• Hear about the necessities of compliance with current and new regulations and how this is critical to your customers, employees and shareholdersDr John Lillington, Serco

Section 2 - Utility Perspectives and Cross-Geographical Learning

Swiss Case Study: Strategy for long-term operation of the NPP Beznau Unit 1 and 2 (KKB) • Gain an understanding of the requirements and remits faced by AXPO when evaluating for extended operation at NPP Beznau• Hear how AXPO mitigated potential risks when planning their forward strategy and how this can be implemented on similar projects• Hear how AXPO managed plant staff and materials in order to ensure successful project execution• Simple steps you can take to ensure your future operations are economically Herbert Rust, Deputy Site Director, Axpo AG

Czech Republic Case Study: Long-term refurbishment planning at Dukovany NPP• Understand the importance of creating a forward plan looking at the history and maintenance records of your nuclear site• Understand the essentials of equipment replacement, material concerns and ageing management• Create a blueprint for capital increase before performing modernization tasksJaroslav Jakub, Maintenance Manager, Dukovany NPP, ČEZ

Swedish Case Study: Plant Modernization at Ringhals AB• Understand the key issues regarding heavy component replacement to help ensure your modernization projects run smoothly• Learn about the importance of digital instrumentation and control systems modernization when undertaking NPP upgrade workLars Eliasson, Vice President Ringhals AB, Vattenfall

Oskarshamn Case Study: Modernization of Unit 2• Review the safety and reliability aspects of work taking place at Oskarshamn 2• Take a look at the design and manufacturing work and how the challenges causing project delays have been overcome• Moving on to the final step: Looking forward to the completion of the project in 2013

USA Case Study: Cross-Geographical Learning• Hear about the business case drivers that support refurbishment work in the USA• Learn about OPPD’s Fort Calhoun Station refurbishment work including the replacement of its steam generators, pressurizer, reactor vessel head and low pressure turbines• Assess the effectiveness of the work – was the refurbishment a beneficial investment?Arun Mani, Partner - Global Energy Consulting Practice, PA Consulting

Section 3 – Business Case

Business case for aging management and life extension• Should we be investing in modernization now or focus our efforts elsewhere?• Understand all costs associated with operations and maintenance and whether refurbishment and modernization is a good financial option for your sites• Understand whether your plant modernization efforts will provide a sufficient return on investment?• Take a look at how you can plan refurbishments and upgrades to levelize your spendingJohn Fownes, Growth Leader, Aging Management, Westinghouse

Insurance• Evaluate nuclear insurance risk to aid future maintenance and refurbishment projects• Understand third party liability and how this will affect your projectsMark Tetley, Managing Director, Nuclear Risk Insurers LtdDr Mike Peach, Technical Manager, Nuclear Risk Insurers Ltd

Section 4 – Plant Reliability and Efficiency

Strategies for Make Up, Aging & Obsolescence• Discuss the different possible strategies for make up for aging & obsolescence with an in-depth look at: o components storage o cloning with FPGA (field-programmable gate array) o new system• Understand the benefits and drawbacks from Edf Edf

A long-term approach to operations after 40• Understand the evaluation of long-term operations to ensure future safe operations• Understand the financial impacts of life extensions and future operations • Review the work that Electrabel have been implementing to ensure long-term operationsGeert Backaert, Project Manager Long Term Operation, Electrabel

Equipment obsolescence • Hear how you can find replacement parts during refurbishment and ensure delays are avoided - Is the supplier for that system or component still in business?• How Investing heavily into equipment by utilities will help to avoid future difficulties during modernization attempts• Understand the importance of whether or not your plant system is able to operate reliably for future years without significant investment• Understand whether or not it is a better long-term investment to buy a new component or reverse-engineer the ones you have - can you obtain the parts?

Long-term refurbishment planning• Understand the importance of creating a 10 year plan looking at the history and maintenance records of your nuclear site• Understand the essentials of equipment replacement, material concerns and ageing management• Create a blueprint for capital increase before performing modernization tasksAreva

Reliability of a power plant• Are you confident that your equipment will continue to perform to meet your expectations in the future?• Understand how we can maintain the reliability of our plant• Hear tips on how to increase our time online to 95%-97% +Jaro Holubec, Head of Nuclear Generation, Slovenské elektrárne

Retrofitting – dealing with mechanical issues• Understand the importance of spending your money on retrofitting to deal with potential long-term issues• Take a look at some relevant case studies of retrofitting projects from around the globeAlstom Power

Preventive and predictive maintenance• Understand the importance of the following during modernization o Repair o Inspection o Surveillance o Workforce• The importance of predicative maintenance, why we need to do this and how to build our strategy towards this

Section 5 - Resources

The role of contractors• Understand what resources are needed from contractors for specific tasks and how they should be utilized• Understand whether or not contractors will have the resources available to you to ensure work is not delayed or postponedSteve McClure, Vice Chairman, Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster

Market Entry for New Companies• Fully understand the standards and quality levels that are required to gain entry into the nuclear market• Hear about the health and safety requirements that will be essential to help position your organization in the industry• Gain a clear understanding of the skills required for you to become active in the nuclear market

The French Resources Experience• Understand how the International Nuclear Academy are working to bridge the skills gap in France• Learn about the proactive initiatives being implemented by the French industry to overcome the lack of skills and resources within the industryAnne-Sophie Defay, Business Development O�cer, International Nuclear Academy

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Dear Colleague,

New build, new build, new build… What about the current fleet? With utilities in Europe taking huge strides to secure life extensions for their operating fleet, it is more important than ever to understand the options available for refurbishment, modernization and general maintenance. With the announcement from EDF to look at 60 year lifetimes for their current fleet in France, costing approximately €400 to €600 million per unit, maintenance issues are costly but necessary. Operation and maintenance costs are country-specific but depend heavily on the utility managing the plant. They include manpower costs, annual O&M investments, periodic equipment replacement, national and regional taxes, insurance and company overheads. O&M costs are a major slice of a utility’s spend and are estimated to be around 25% of a NPPs yearly budget. With 196 operating nuclear plants across Europe, there are a large number of owners who will be assessing the prospects of life extensions and the subsequent maintenance tasks that follow. It is more important than ever to learn from the experts who have implemented successful refurbishment strategies for their operating plants. Maintenance and modernization projects are costly and technically challenging. If costs and outage times are to be reduced then careful planning is required and common sense strategies must be put in place. In order to do that some of the following challenges will be faced: • Maintaining operational safety• Long-term operations strategy• Refurbishment planning• Makeup, aging and obsolescence• Reliability of equipment performance• Preventive and predictive maintenance• Resources and availability The Nuclear Maintenance and Plant Modernization Conference will supply your business with the critical intelligence and tools you need to understand e�ective O&M strategies to deliver e�ciencies, increase output and reduce outage times to improve ROI. Delivered by the best in the industry – you’ll be able to take away key lessons and real world action points that you can implement to save millions of €uro’s. The conference will be bringing together 150 operations and maintenance experts for two days of business critical intelligence, unrivalled networking and stimulating discussion. With senior level representatives from European utilities, lead contractors and equipment providers and specialist service companies – can you a�ord to miss out? I look forward to seeing you in Brussels in May. Kindest regards, Dean MurphySenior Industry AnalystNuclear Energy Insider Tel: +44 (0) 207 375 7204Email: dmurphy@eyeforenergy.com

Practical information and knowledge sharing are at the forefront of our Nuclear Maintenance and Plant Modernization Conference. We are committed to ensuring that you not only go away with new contacts but an up-to-date, relevant wealth of information so that you can leave knowing how your business is going to move forward…

Prepare for future maintenance projects by understanding predictive and preventative maintenance

Understand the full extent of costs for maintenance work to ensure that your plans will recoup an optimal return on investment

Assess the reliability of your plant to understand what equipment will continue to perform to meet your future expectations

Hear about the demand for new resources and ensure you have a suitable workforce to carry out future projects

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Section 1 – Operational Safety and Regulatory Issues

European Commission: Legislations for the Operating Nuclear Fleet• Understand current regulations and legislations in place to ensure safety during O&M tasks• Review the work that the European Commission are doing to aid the operating nuclear fleet• Lessons learned from past O&M projects to ensure optimum safety for your projectsMassimo Garriba, Legal questions & Euratom coordination, international relations – nuclear, European Commission

Assuring adequate safety margins after modification/modernization projects• Understand the attributes of a strong preliminary and final safety analysis• Learn about technical specifications for modernization projects • Assure sufficient safety margins during upgrade tasksHoa Hoang, Power Uprate Product Line Leader, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy

UK SAPS justification requirements for support of plant modifications • Fully understand the PWR safety margins and safety analysis requirements for plant modifications• Review the UK requirements for modifications and compare them with international practice• Hear about the necessities of compliance with current and new regulations and how this is critical to your customers, employees and shareholdersDr John Lillington, Serco

Section 2 - Utility Perspectives and Cross-Geographical Learning

Swiss Case Study: Strategy for long-term operation of the NPP Beznau Unit 1 and 2 (KKB) • Gain an understanding of the requirements and remits faced by AXPO when evaluating for extended operation at NPP Beznau• Hear how AXPO mitigated potential risks when planning their forward strategy and how this can be implemented on similar projects• Hear how AXPO managed plant staff and materials in order to ensure successful project execution• Simple steps you can take to ensure your future operations are economically Herbert Rust, Deputy Site Director, Axpo AG

Czech Republic Case Study: Long-term refurbishment planning at Dukovany NPP• Understand the importance of creating a forward plan looking at the history and maintenance records of your nuclear site• Understand the essentials of equipment replacement, material concerns and ageing management• Create a blueprint for capital increase before performing modernization tasksJaroslav Jakub, Maintenance Manager, Dukovany NPP, ČEZ

Swedish Case Study: Plant Modernization at Ringhals AB• Understand the key issues regarding heavy component replacement to help ensure your modernization projects run smoothly• Learn about the importance of digital instrumentation and control systems modernization when undertaking NPP upgrade workLars Eliasson, Vice President Ringhals AB, Vattenfall

Oskarshamn Case Study: Modernization of Unit 2• Review the safety and reliability aspects of work taking place at Oskarshamn 2• Take a look at the design and manufacturing work and how the challenges causing project delays have been overcome• Moving on to the final step: Looking forward to the completion of the project in 2013

USA Case Study: Cross-Geographical Learning• Hear about the business case drivers that support refurbishment work in the USA• Learn about OPPD’s Fort Calhoun Station refurbishment work including the replacement of its steam generators, pressurizer, reactor vessel head and low pressure turbines• Assess the effectiveness of the work – was the refurbishment a beneficial investment?Arun Mani, Partner - Global Energy Consulting Practice, PA Consulting

Section 3 – Business Case

Business case for aging management and life extension• Should we be investing in modernization now or focus our efforts elsewhere?• Understand all costs associated with operations and maintenance and whether refurbishment and modernization is a good financial option for your sites• Understand whether your plant modernization efforts will provide a sufficient return on investment?• Take a look at how you can plan refurbishments and upgrades to levelize your spendingJohn Fownes, Growth Leader, Aging Management, Westinghouse

Insurance• Evaluate nuclear insurance risk to aid future maintenance and refurbishment projects• Understand third party liability and how this will affect your projectsMark Tetley, Managing Director, Nuclear Risk Insurers LtdDr Mike Peach, Technical Manager, Nuclear Risk Insurers Ltd

Section 4 – Plant Reliability and Efficiency

Strategies for Make Up, Aging & Obsolescence• Discuss the different possible strategies for make up for aging & obsolescence with an in-depth look at: o components storage o cloning with FPGA (field-programmable gate array) o new system• Understand the benefits and drawbacks from Edf Edf

A long-term approach to operations after 40• Understand the evaluation of long-term operations to ensure future safe operations• Understand the financial impacts of life extensions and future operations • Review the work that Electrabel have been implementing to ensure long-term operationsGeert Backaert, Project Manager Long Term Operation, Electrabel

Equipment obsolescence • Hear how you can find replacement parts during refurbishment and ensure delays are avoided - Is the supplier for that system or component still in business?• How Investing heavily into equipment by utilities will help to avoid future difficulties during modernization attempts• Understand the importance of whether or not your plant system is able to operate reliably for future years without significant investment• Understand whether or not it is a better long-term investment to buy a new component or reverse-engineer the ones you have - can you obtain the parts?

Long-term refurbishment planning• Understand the importance of creating a 10 year plan looking at the history and maintenance records of your nuclear site• Understand the essentials of equipment replacement, material concerns and ageing management• Create a blueprint for capital increase before performing modernization tasksAreva

Reliability of a power plant• Are you confident that your equipment will continue to perform to meet your expectations in the future?• Understand how we can maintain the reliability of our plant• Hear tips on how to increase our time online to 95%-97% +Jaro Holubec, Head of Nuclear Generation, Slovenské elektrárne

Retrofitting – dealing with mechanical issues• Understand the importance of spending your money on retrofitting to deal with potential long-term issues• Take a look at some relevant case studies of retrofitting projects from around the globeAlstom Power

Preventive and predictive maintenance• Understand the importance of the following during modernization o Repair o Inspection o Surveillance o Workforce• The importance of predicative maintenance, why we need to do this and how to build our strategy towards this

Section 5 - Resources

The role of contractors• Understand what resources are needed from contractors for specific tasks and how they should be utilized• Understand whether or not contractors will have the resources available to you to ensure work is not delayed or postponedSteve McClure, Vice Chairman, Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster

Market Entry for New Companies• Fully understand the standards and quality levels that are required to gain entry into the nuclear market• Hear about the health and safety requirements that will be essential to help position your organization in the industry• Gain a clear understanding of the skills required for you to become active in the nuclear market

The French Resources Experience• Understand how the International Nuclear Academy are working to bridge the skills gap in France• Learn about the proactive initiatives being implemented by the French industry to overcome the lack of skills and resources within the industryAnne-Sophie Defay, Business Development O�cer, International Nuclear Academy

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Section 1 – Operational Safety and Regulatory Issues

European Commission: Legislations for the Operating Nuclear Fleet• Understand current regulations and legislations in place to ensure safety during O&M tasks• Review the work that the European Commission are doing to aid the operating nuclear fleet• Lessons learned from past O&M projects to ensure optimum safety for your projectsMassimo Garriba, Legal questions & Euratom coordination, international relations – nuclear, European Commission

Assuring adequate safety margins after modification/modernization projects• Understand the attributes of a strong preliminary and final safety analysis• Learn about technical specifications for modernization projects • Assure sufficient safety margins during upgrade tasksHoa Hoang, Power Uprate Product Line Leader, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy

UK SAPS justification requirements for support of plant modifications • Fully understand the PWR safety margins and safety analysis requirements for plant modifications• Review the UK requirements for modifications and compare them with international practice• Hear about the necessities of compliance with current and new regulations and how this is critical to your customers, employees and shareholdersDr John Lillington, Serco

Section 2 - Utility Perspectives and Cross-Geographical Learning

Swiss Case Study: Strategy for long-term operation of the NPP Beznau Unit 1 and 2 (KKB) • Gain an understanding of the requirements and remits faced by AXPO when evaluating for extended operation at NPP Beznau• Hear how AXPO mitigated potential risks when planning their forward strategy and how this can be implemented on similar projects• Hear how AXPO managed plant staff and materials in order to ensure successful project execution• Simple steps you can take to ensure your future operations are economically Herbert Rust, Deputy Site Director, Axpo AG

Czech Republic Case Study: Long-term refurbishment planning at Dukovany NPP• Understand the importance of creating a forward plan looking at the history and maintenance records of your nuclear site• Understand the essentials of equipment replacement, material concerns and ageing management• Create a blueprint for capital increase before performing modernization tasksJaroslav Jakub, Maintenance Manager, Dukovany NPP, ČEZ

Swedish Case Study: Plant Modernization at Ringhals AB• Understand the key issues regarding heavy component replacement to help ensure your modernization projects run smoothly• Learn about the importance of digital instrumentation and control systems modernization when undertaking NPP upgrade workLars Eliasson, Vice President Ringhals AB, Vattenfall

Oskarshamn Case Study: Modernization of Unit 2• Review the safety and reliability aspects of work taking place at Oskarshamn 2• Take a look at the design and manufacturing work and how the challenges causing project delays have been overcome• Moving on to the final step: Looking forward to the completion of the project in 2013

USA Case Study: Cross-Geographical Learning• Hear about the business case drivers that support refurbishment work in the USA• Learn about OPPD’s Fort Calhoun Station refurbishment work including the replacement of its steam generators, pressurizer, reactor vessel head and low pressure turbines• Assess the effectiveness of the work – was the refurbishment a beneficial investment?Arun Mani, Partner - Global Energy Consulting Practice, PA Consulting

Section 3 – Business Case

Business case for aging management and life extension• Should we be investing in modernization now or focus our efforts elsewhere?• Understand all costs associated with operations and maintenance and whether refurbishment and modernization is a good financial option for your sites• Understand whether your plant modernization efforts will provide a sufficient return on investment?• Take a look at how you can plan refurbishments and upgrades to levelize your spendingJohn Fownes, Growth Leader, Aging Management, Westinghouse

Insurance• Evaluate nuclear insurance risk to aid future maintenance and refurbishment projects• Understand third party liability and how this will affect your projectsMark Tetley, Managing Director, Nuclear Risk Insurers LtdDr Mike Peach, Technical Manager, Nuclear Risk Insurers Ltd

Section 4 – Plant Reliability and Efficiency

Strategies for Make Up, Aging & Obsolescence• Discuss the different possible strategies for make up for aging & obsolescence with an in-depth look at: o components storage o cloning with FPGA (field-programmable gate array) o new system• Understand the benefits and drawbacks from Edf Edf

A long-term approach to operations after 40• Understand the evaluation of long-term operations to ensure future safe operations• Understand the financial impacts of life extensions and future operations • Review the work that Electrabel have been implementing to ensure long-term operationsGeert Backaert, Project Manager Long Term Operation, Electrabel

Equipment obsolescence • Hear how you can find replacement parts during refurbishment and ensure delays are avoided - Is the supplier for that system or component still in business?• How Investing heavily into equipment by utilities will help to avoid future difficulties during modernization attempts• Understand the importance of whether or not your plant system is able to operate reliably for future years without significant investment• Understand whether or not it is a better long-term investment to buy a new component or reverse-engineer the ones you have - can you obtain the parts?

Long-term refurbishment planning• Understand the importance of creating a 10 year plan looking at the history and maintenance records of your nuclear site• Understand the essentials of equipment replacement, material concerns and ageing management• Create a blueprint for capital increase before performing modernization tasksAreva

Reliability of a power plant• Are you confident that your equipment will continue to perform to meet your expectations in the future?• Understand how we can maintain the reliability of our plant• Hear tips on how to increase our time online to 95%-97% +Jaro Holubec, Head of Nuclear Generation, Slovenské elektrárne

Retrofitting – dealing with mechanical issues• Understand the importance of spending your money on retrofitting to deal with potential long-term issues• Take a look at some relevant case studies of retrofitting projects from around the globeAlstom Power

Preventive and predictive maintenance• Understand the importance of the following during modernization o Repair o Inspection o Surveillance o Workforce• The importance of predicative maintenance, why we need to do this and how to build our strategy towards this

Section 5 - Resources

The role of contractors• Understand what resources are needed from contractors for specific tasks and how they should be utilized• Understand whether or not contractors will have the resources available to you to ensure work is not delayed or postponedSteve McClure, Vice Chairman, Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster

Market Entry for New Companies• Fully understand the standards and quality levels that are required to gain entry into the nuclear market• Hear about the health and safety requirements that will be essential to help position your organization in the industry• Gain a clear understanding of the skills required for you to become active in the nuclear market

The French Resources Experience• Understand how the International Nuclear Academy are working to bridge the skills gap in France• Learn about the proactive initiatives being implemented by the French industry to overcome the lack of skills and resources within the industryAnne-Sophie Defay, Business Development O�cer, International Nuclear Academy

Section 1 – Operational Safety and Regulatory Issues

European Commission: Legislations for the Operating Nuclear Fleet• Understand current regulations and legislations in place to ensure safety during O&M tasks• Review the work that the European Commission are doing to aid the operating nuclear fleet• Lessons learned from past O&M projects to ensure optimum safety for your projectsMassimo Garriba, Legal questions & Euratom coordination, international relations – nuclear, European Commission

Assuring adequate safety margins after modification/modernization projects• Understand the attributes of a strong preliminary and final safety analysis• Learn about technical specifications for modernization projects • Assure sufficient safety margins during upgrade tasksHoa Hoang, Power Uprate Product Line Leader, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy

UK SAPS justification requirements for support of plant modifications • Fully understand the PWR safety margins and safety analysis requirements for plant modifications• Review the UK requirements for modifications and compare them with international practice• Hear about the necessities of compliance with current and new regulations and how this is critical to your customers, employees and shareholdersDr John Lillington, Serco

Section 2 - Utility Perspectives and Cross-Geographical Learning

Swiss Case Study: Strategy for long-term operation of the NPP Beznau Unit 1 and 2 (KKB) • Gain an understanding of the requirements and remits faced by AXPO when evaluating for extended operation at NPP Beznau• Hear how AXPO mitigated potential risks when planning their forward strategy and how this can be implemented on similar projects• Hear how AXPO managed plant staff and materials in order to ensure successful project execution• Simple steps you can take to ensure your future operations are economically Herbert Rust, Deputy Site Director, Axpo AG

Czech Republic Case Study: Long-term refurbishment planning at Dukovany NPP• Understand the importance of creating a forward plan looking at the history and maintenance records of your nuclear site• Understand the essentials of equipment replacement, material concerns and ageing management• Create a blueprint for capital increase before performing modernization tasksJaroslav Jakub, Maintenance Manager, Dukovany NPP, ČEZ

Swedish Case Study: Plant Modernization at Ringhals AB• Understand the key issues regarding heavy component replacement to help ensure your modernization projects run smoothly• Learn about the importance of digital instrumentation and control systems modernization when undertaking NPP upgrade workLars Eliasson, Vice President Ringhals AB, Vattenfall

Oskarshamn Case Study: Modernization of Unit 2• Review the safety and reliability aspects of work taking place at Oskarshamn 2• Take a look at the design and manufacturing work and how the challenges causing project delays have been overcome• Moving on to the final step: Looking forward to the completion of the project in 2013

USA Case Study: Cross-Geographical Learning• Hear about the business case drivers that support refurbishment work in the USA• Learn about OPPD’s Fort Calhoun Station refurbishment work including the replacement of its steam generators, pressurizer, reactor vessel head and low pressure turbines• Assess the effectiveness of the work – was the refurbishment a beneficial investment?Arun Mani, Partner - Global Energy Consulting Practice, PA Consulting

Section 3 – Business Case

Business case for aging management and life extension• Should we be investing in modernization now or focus our efforts elsewhere?• Understand all costs associated with operations and maintenance and whether refurbishment and modernization is a good financial option for your sites• Understand whether your plant modernization efforts will provide a sufficient return on investment?• Take a look at how you can plan refurbishments and upgrades to levelize your spendingJohn Fownes, Growth Leader, Aging Management, Westinghouse

Insurance• Evaluate nuclear insurance risk to aid future maintenance and refurbishment projects• Understand third party liability and how this will affect your projectsMark Tetley, Managing Director, Nuclear Risk Insurers LtdDr Mike Peach, Technical Manager, Nuclear Risk Insurers Ltd

Section 4 – Plant Reliability and Efficiency

Strategies for Make Up, Aging & Obsolescence• Discuss the different possible strategies for make up for aging & obsolescence with an in-depth look at: o components storage o cloning with FPGA (field-programmable gate array) o new system• Understand the benefits and drawbacks from Edf Edf

A long-term approach to operations after 40• Understand the evaluation of long-term operations to ensure future safe operations• Understand the financial impacts of life extensions and future operations • Review the work that Electrabel have been implementing to ensure long-term operationsGeert Backaert, Project Manager Long Term Operation, Electrabel

Equipment obsolescence • Hear how you can find replacement parts during refurbishment and ensure delays are avoided - Is the supplier for that system or component still in business?• How Investing heavily into equipment by utilities will help to avoid future difficulties during modernization attempts• Understand the importance of whether or not your plant system is able to operate reliably for future years without significant investment• Understand whether or not it is a better long-term investment to buy a new component or reverse-engineer the ones you have - can you obtain the parts?

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NUCLEAR MODERNIZATION – THE FACTS! To celebrate the launch of our inaugural Nuclear Maintenance and Plant Modernization Conference 2011, I’m giving away access to a presentation from Nuclear Energy Insider’s Power Uprate conference from June 2010.

Modernization and Power Uprates in Nuclear Power PlantsIn this presentation, Mr Alejandro Merino Teillet, Project Manager with Iberdrola Ingenieria y Construccion gives a unique insight into:

• Project engineering and the importance to power uprates

• The importance of implementation of equipment modifications and retrofitting during projects

• Lessons learnt from IBERDROLA on the experience they have learned from outages during modification tasks

These views are based on a wealth of experience with Alejandro being the Manager of the Engineering

Department for Nuclear Power Stations with the responsibility of the development of Flamanvile, Iter and Cofrentes projects, among others.

I hope you enjoy the presentation and find much value in it for your business. If you have any comments or questions please contact me on the details below.

Kind Regards,

Dean MurphySenior Industry Analyst Nuclear Energy Insider

Email: dmurphy@eyeforenergy.com Phone: + 44 (0) 207 375 7204

www.nuclearenergyinsider.com/maintenance

Long-term refurbishment planning• Understand the importance of creating a 10 year plan looking at the history and maintenance records of your nuclear site• Understand the essentials of equipment replacement, material concerns and ageing management• Create a blueprint for capital increase before performing modernization tasksAreva

Reliability of a power plant• Are you confident that your equipment will continue to perform to meet your expectations in the future?• Understand how we can maintain the reliability of our plant• Hear tips on how to increase our time online to 95%-97% +Jaro Holubec, Head of Nuclear Generation, Slovenské elektrárne

Retrofitting – dealing with mechanical issues• Understand the importance of spending your money on retrofitting to deal with potential long-term issues• Take a look at some relevant case studies of retrofitting projects from around the globeAlstom Power

Preventive and predictive maintenance• Understand the importance of the following during modernization o Repair o Inspection o Surveillance o Workforce• The importance of predicative maintenance, why we need to do this and how to build our strategy towards this

Section 5 - Resources

The role of contractors• Understand what resources are needed from contractors for specific tasks and how they should be utilized• Understand whether or not contractors will have the resources available to you to ensure work is not delayed or postponedSteve McClure, Vice Chairman, Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster

Market Entry for New Companies• Fully understand the standards and quality levels that are required to gain entry into the nuclear market• Hear about the health and safety requirements that will be essential to help position your organization in the industry• Gain a clear understanding of the skills required for you to become active in the nuclear market

The French Resources Experience• Understand how the International Nuclear Academy are working to bridge the skills gap in France• Learn about the proactive initiatives being implemented by the French industry to overcome the lack of skills and resources within the industryAnne-Sophie Defay, Business Development O�cer, International Nuclear Academy

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Section 1 – Operational Safety and Regulatory Issues

European Commission: Legislations for the Operating Nuclear Fleet• Understand current regulations and legislations in place to ensure safety during O&M tasks• Review the work that the European Commission are doing to aid the operating nuclear fleet• Lessons learned from past O&M projects to ensure optimum safety for your projectsMassimo Garriba, Legal questions & Euratom coordination, international relations – nuclear, European Commission

Assuring adequate safety margins after modification/modernization projects• Understand the attributes of a strong preliminary and final safety analysis• Learn about technical specifications for modernization projects • Assure sufficient safety margins during upgrade tasksHoa Hoang, Power Uprate Product Line Leader, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy

UK SAPS justification requirements for support of plant modifications • Fully understand the PWR safety margins and safety analysis requirements for plant modifications• Review the UK requirements for modifications and compare them with international practice• Hear about the necessities of compliance with current and new regulations and how this is critical to your customers, employees and shareholdersDr John Lillington, Serco

Section 2 - Utility Perspectives and Cross-Geographical Learning

Swiss Case Study: Strategy for long-term operation of the NPP Beznau Unit 1 and 2 (KKB) • Gain an understanding of the requirements and remits faced by AXPO when evaluating for extended operation at NPP Beznau• Hear how AXPO mitigated potential risks when planning their forward strategy and how this can be implemented on similar projects• Hear how AXPO managed plant staff and materials in order to ensure successful project execution• Simple steps you can take to ensure your future operations are economically Herbert Rust, Deputy Site Director, Axpo AG

Czech Republic Case Study: Long-term refurbishment planning at Dukovany NPP• Understand the importance of creating a forward plan looking at the history and maintenance records of your nuclear site• Understand the essentials of equipment replacement, material concerns and ageing management• Create a blueprint for capital increase before performing modernization tasksJaroslav Jakub, Maintenance Manager, Dukovany NPP, ČEZ

Swedish Case Study: Plant Modernization at Ringhals AB• Understand the key issues regarding heavy component replacement to help ensure your modernization projects run smoothly• Learn about the importance of digital instrumentation and control systems modernization when undertaking NPP upgrade workLars Eliasson, Vice President Ringhals AB, Vattenfall

Oskarshamn Case Study: Modernization of Unit 2• Review the safety and reliability aspects of work taking place at Oskarshamn 2• Take a look at the design and manufacturing work and how the challenges causing project delays have been overcome• Moving on to the final step: Looking forward to the completion of the project in 2013

USA Case Study: Cross-Geographical Learning• Hear about the business case drivers that support refurbishment work in the USA• Learn about OPPD’s Fort Calhoun Station refurbishment work including the replacement of its steam generators, pressurizer, reactor vessel head and low pressure turbines• Assess the effectiveness of the work – was the refurbishment a beneficial investment?Arun Mani, Partner - Global Energy Consulting Practice, PA Consulting

Section 3 – Business Case

Business case for aging management and life extension• Should we be investing in modernization now or focus our efforts elsewhere?• Understand all costs associated with operations and maintenance and whether refurbishment and modernization is a good financial option for your sites• Understand whether your plant modernization efforts will provide a sufficient return on investment?• Take a look at how you can plan refurbishments and upgrades to levelize your spendingJohn Fownes, Growth Leader, Aging Management, Westinghouse

Insurance• Evaluate nuclear insurance risk to aid future maintenance and refurbishment projects• Understand third party liability and how this will affect your projectsMark Tetley, Managing Director, Nuclear Risk Insurers LtdDr Mike Peach, Technical Manager, Nuclear Risk Insurers Ltd

Section 4 – Plant Reliability and Efficiency

Strategies for Make Up, Aging & Obsolescence• Discuss the different possible strategies for make up for aging & obsolescence with an in-depth look at: o components storage o cloning with FPGA (field-programmable gate array) o new system• Understand the benefits and drawbacks from Edf Edf

A long-term approach to operations after 40• Understand the evaluation of long-term operations to ensure future safe operations• Understand the financial impacts of life extensions and future operations • Review the work that Electrabel have been implementing to ensure long-term operationsGeert Backaert, Project Manager Long Term Operation, Electrabel

Equipment obsolescence • Hear how you can find replacement parts during refurbishment and ensure delays are avoided - Is the supplier for that system or component still in business?• How Investing heavily into equipment by utilities will help to avoid future difficulties during modernization attempts• Understand the importance of whether or not your plant system is able to operate reliably for future years without significant investment• Understand whether or not it is a better long-term investment to buy a new component or reverse-engineer the ones you have - can you obtain the parts?

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DATE & LOCATION:May 25-26, 2011. Brussels, Belgium

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Long-term refurbishment planning• Understand the importance of creating a 10 year plan looking at the history and maintenance records of your nuclear site• Understand the essentials of equipment replacement, material concerns and ageing management• Create a blueprint for capital increase before performing modernization tasksAreva

Reliability of a power plant• Are you confident that your equipment will continue to perform to meet your expectations in the future?• Understand how we can maintain the reliability of our plant• Hear tips on how to increase our time online to 95%-97% +Jaro Holubec, Head of Nuclear Generation, Slovenské elektrárne

Retrofitting – dealing with mechanical issues• Understand the importance of spending your money on retrofitting to deal with potential long-term issues• Take a look at some relevant case studies of retrofitting projects from around the globeAlstom Power

Preventive and predictive maintenance• Understand the importance of the following during modernization o Repair o Inspection o Surveillance o Workforce• The importance of predicative maintenance, why we need to do this and how to build our strategy towards this

Section 5 - Resources

The role of contractors• Understand what resources are needed from contractors for specific tasks and how they should be utilized• Understand whether or not contractors will have the resources available to you to ensure work is not delayed or postponedSteve McClure, Vice Chairman, Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster

Market Entry for New Companies• Fully understand the standards and quality levels that are required to gain entry into the nuclear market• Hear about the health and safety requirements that will be essential to help position your organization in the industry• Gain a clear understanding of the skills required for you to become active in the nuclear market

The French Resources Experience• Understand how the International Nuclear Academy are working to bridge the skills gap in France• Learn about the proactive initiatives being implemented by the French industry to overcome the lack of skills and resources within the industryAnne-Sophie Defay, Business Development O�cer, International Nuclear Academy

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