A conference organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Beijing from 27 to 31 October 2014 will focus on challenges faced by technical and scientific support organizations (TSOs) in providing assistance for nuclear and radiation safety and security to regulators and operators. The event aims to assess and review ways to further improve the effectiveness of TSOs, also taking into account lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.
Journalists are invited to attend the opening session of the conference, set to start at 9:00 on 27 October in the Beijing Friendship Hotel, 1 South Zhongguancun Street, Hai Dian. A press conference will take place on 30 October at 17:30 in the Beijing Friendship Hotel’s Conference Room 5. Other conference sessions are closed to the media.
The press conference will include the following speakers:
- Denis Flory, IAEA Deputy Director General, Head of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security;
- Liu Hua, Chief Engineer, Nuclear Safety and Vice Administrator, National Nuclear Safety Administration;
- B. De Boeck, Conference President and General Manager, BEL V, Belgium; and
- Jacques Repussard, Director General, Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety, France.
The International Conference on Challenges Faced by Technical and Scientific Support Organizations (TSOs) in Enhancing Nuclear Safety and Security – Strengthening Cooperation and Improving Capabilities, is the third in a series of meetings that began in 2007. The conference, part of the implementation of the IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety, is the first major event specifically devoted to TSOs following the March 2011 accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
Foreign media (with local offices in China) are encouraged to register through the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China one week in advance of the conference. Chinese domestic media will be invited by China's Ministry of Environmental Protection National Nuclear Safety Administration.