2^nd ANNOUNCEMENT: NKS SEMINAR ON THE FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENT AND PERSPECTIVES FOR NORDIC REACTOR SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

NKS would like to announce a joint NKS-R and NKS-B seminar in Stockholm, which is scheduled to start at 13:00 on the 8^th of January and end in the late afternoon on the 9th of January 2013.

The objective of the seminar is to give an overview of the Fukushima accident, with emphasis on issues of relevance to the Nordic countries, and with respect to crisis management and lessons learned, both for nuclear safety and emergency preparedness. Further on, ideas and thoughts for future work and follow up from the industry, the authorities and NKS should be the outcome of the seminar, in particular focusing on issues where nuclear safety and emergency preparedness work can go hand in hand. 

A seminar programme is being formed with selected speakers that should guarantee a fruitful discussion.  International speakers include Abel Gonzales (ICRP), Wolfgang Weiss (UNSCEAR) and André-Claude Lacoste (ASN).

To register for this seminar, please go to the main NKS web page www.nks.org.  The deadline for registration is the 1^st of December 2012.  There is no registration fee.

More detailed information will follow in a later 3^rd announcement.