International Foreign Material Exclusion workshop and Experience Exchange Meeting
The Workshop is organised by the FME International Industry Peer Group and hosted by PAKS NPP – Hungary.
Dear Vendors,
It is our pleasure to invite you to the next International Foreign Material Exclusion Workshop, hosted by PAKS Nuclear Power Plant in Hungary from 23 February - 27 February 2026.
The scope of this workshop is to improve FME program performance in the nuclear industry by sharing FME good practices and operating experience. Debris contributes to a significant percentage of nuclear fuel failures. In addition to fuel failures, foreign material has resulted in failures to critical equipment, has reduced overall unit reliability, and directly contributed to reduced power plant capacity factors.
Vendors have always been an important part of the global effort to control foreign material in the nuclear industry. Without your support and services, many of the solutions and efforts currently in use would not exist. To allow our members and industry participants an opportunity to identify and compare various FME tools, devices and services currently available or under development, we will conduct a vendor fair Wednesday Wednesday February 25th through Thursday February 26th 2026. This will be in a location separate from the meeting room.
Vendors will be provided the opportunity to present an operating experience, such as changes made after an issue with an existing product, or a specific solution being identified for a customer need. Please let us know if you want to present a case study. This is not a sales presentation.
Registration is required by the 1st February, 2026. Participation in vendor fair requires a registration fee of €600 per company, which includes 1 attendee. Additional attendees will require an additional fee of €100 per attendee. The event fee is listed in EUR. If your payment method is in another currency (e.g., USD), your bank or card issuer will convert the amount automatically.
The purpose of this workshop is to support the continued work of the FME International Peer Group, and continue the practice of information exchange among FME Coordinators and important international stakeholders.
The workshop agenda will include the following topics:
- European and international FME process successes and challenges
- Station-specific operating experience (OPEX) to convey causes and contributors to FME events including human or organizational performance and planning issues
- Keys to program success, (for example, effective leadership at all levels, corrective action program use, performance improvement methods)
- FME-plan (practical examples or practice)
- Question-and-Answer support for newly assigned FME coordinators
- Case study and solutions from vendors for specific problems and questions
Any questions, contact:
Daisy.bogaert@wanopc.org or Nagy Péter
Registration deadline: 1 February 2026
Attendance limited to 10 vendors, register early!
Assistance with Vendor Fair registration: If you have issues with the online process, contact Wallace.wilder@mmciglobal.com
More details:
Date:
- FME Coordinator training is on Monday and Tuesday at 8:30 AM until 5:00 PM. (The target audience for the FME Coordinator Training is Nuclear Power Plant personnel).
- From Wednesday till Thursday, the Experience Exchange Meeting will start at 8:30 AM until 5:00 PM. (Vendors are allowed to attend this workshop)
- Kick-off is on 10th February 2026 . An invitation will follow later.
- On Tuesday 26th February you are invited to the welcome event. Please let us know if you want to attend this welcome event and with how many persons. For this event, the bus leaves the Hotel at 18:00, travel time approximately 40 min.
Practical info:
Lunch, refreshments and beverages during the workshops are included.
Travel/transport:
The nearest airport is Budapest.
An easy way to travel to/from the Paks meeting location is by rental car. The drive will take between 80 and 90 minutes. If you want to enter the NPP by your car, please send asap your Number Plate to Peter Nagy!
As an option of public transportation from the airport via Budapest city you can take bus 100E or 200E, then change for metro M3 to the intercity bus (coach) station Népliget. The coaches for Paks leave hourly, the journey takes slightly more than two hours. From Paks bus station you may take a taxi to the hotel. The whole journey from the airport to the hotel may take about 4-5 hours.
Similar public transport is available to the airport.
Accommodation:
- Meeting Venue: Maintenance Training center PAKS NPP
- Accommodation: The organizers advise participants to stay at: Energy Hotel & Business Center PAKS
Address: Energia utca 4, 7030 Paks; tel: +36 75 677 850; email: info@hotelenergy.hu
Link to webpage: https://hotelenergy.hu/en/hotel-energy-homepage
Participants should book individually; a number of rooms have been reserved for the workshop.
If you encounter any issues with booking your accommodation, please contact the hotel.
Organizing Team:
Host interface Representative Paks NPP:
Staff FME I-IPG Leadership Team:
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Participation in vendor fair requires a registration fee of €600 per company, which includes 1 attendee.
Additional attendees will require an additional fee of €100 per attendee.
The event fee is listed in EUR. If your payment method is in another currency (e.g., USD), your bank or card issuer will convert the amount automatically.
Register additional attendees using the register another guest button below before selecting submit.
