Borbala Vajda, President of the National Commission for Nuclear Activities Control, Romania

— The International Forum will assure the required contacts and environment for discussions with the biggest actors in the world nuclear field

At ATOMEXPO we expect to get in touch with new trends in the nuclear field, to share experience with other participants and to discuss the continuation and possible extensions of the current Romanian-Russian cooperation in the field of nuclear safety.

We represent the Romanian nuclear regulatory body (the National Commission for Nuclear Activities Control -CNCAN) and for this reason it is very important for its personnel to be informed and up to date with the last developments, possible cooperation directions, and other countries’ experience in the nuclear field. The International Forum will assure the required contacts and environment for discussions with the biggest actors in the world nuclear field.

Currently, Romania and Russia have a very good cooperation for the implementation of the Russian Research Reactors Fuel Return (RRRFR) Program, which will be completed this year. The Romanian VVR-S research reactor is going to be decommissioned and for this reason, all the spent nuclear fuel needs to be evacuated from the site.

CNCAN is interested also in other directions for cooperation with involved authorities in Russia, such as: the development of bilateral consultation on nuclear safety relevant issues, joint international seminars and workshops that can be alternatively organized in Romania and Russia, sharing experience in radioactive waste management.

This Forum will play an important role for the development of the Russian-Romanian and Russian-other countries cooperation, because it brings together the involved authorities and world top companies, providing the right themes of discussions in the appropriate environment.