Nuclear Power Plant Tricastin, France
International Foreign Material Exclusion workshop and Experience Exchange Meeting
Dear Vendors,
It is our pleasure to invite you to the next International Foreign Material Exclusion Workshop, hosted by EDF Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant in France from 31st March to 4th April 2025.
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 April 2nd through Thursday April 3rd, 2025. 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 March, 2025. Participation in the vendor fair requires a registration fee of USD $520 per company, which includes 1 attendee. Additional attendees will require an additional fee of USD $105 per attendee.
The purpose of this workshop is to support the continued work of the FME International Peer Group, and to 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@icloud.com or Audrey.legrand@edf.fr
Registration deadline: 1 March 2025
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. (Vendors will not be allowed to participate in the FME Coordinator training)
- 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 5th March 2025. An invitation will follow later.
- On Tuesday 1st April you are invited to the welcome dinner. Please let us know if you want to attend this welcome dinner and with how many persons.
Practical info:
Lunch, refreshments and beverages during the workshops are included.
Travel/transport:
Travelling to Saint Paul Trois Chateaux:
- The nearest airport is Marseille (MRS).
- EDF will provide a bus from Marseille airport at 17:00 on Sunday 30 March and Tuesday 01 April. If you would like a seat on one of these buses, please book your flights accordingly and confirm before 15 February. You can select this option in the registration form below or by emailing milly.stone@wano.org and audrey.legrand@edf.fr.
- Another easy way to travel from the airport is by rental car. The drive will take between 60 and 90 minutes.
- It is possible to take public transport to Saint Paul Trois Chateaux but it is not recommended as you will need to take a bus to Aix en Provence TGV and then a train to Montelimar (but they do not run very often), and a taxi from the station to the hotel will still be required.
Accommodation:
- Meeting Venue: Tricastin NPP: EIP (Espace d’Information du Public), Route du Site de Tricastin, 26130 Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France.
- Accommodation: Ibis Saint Paul Trois Chateaux, 46 Imp. du Bouquet, 26130 Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France (7 mins drive to NPP)
Action: All participants should book their own hotel room at ibis Saint Paul Trois Chateaux. EDF have reserved a number of rooms for the workshop, and these should be booked using the information below.
How to Book: Email hc091@accor.com and use the following codes that apply to you.
Code EDF002 if you are only attending the Information Exchange meeting; Code EDF001 and EDF002 if you want to stay in the hotel between 30 March & 03 April
If you encounter any issues with booking your accommodation, please contact Audrey Legrand audrey.legrand@edf.fr.
Staff FME International Industry Peer Leadership Team:
Guest Facilitator:
Daisy Bogaert, Engie Doel NPP Belgium: daisy.bogaert@icloud.com
Numeric Characters Only
Participation in vendor fair requires a registration fee of USD$520 per company which includes 1 attendee.
Additional attendees will require an additional fee of USD$105 per attendee.
Register additional attendees using the register another guest button below before selecting submit.
