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The HARMONISE project in cooperation with the ECC-Smart Project and support by the ELSMOR project is organizing
Workshop on the Safety of Small Modular, Advanced and Fusion Reactors
Celje, Slovenia, June 20-21, 2023
The safety and licensing aspects of the advanced nuclear reactors and facilities are crucial for reliable, safe and competitive construction and operation of future nuclear facilities. The Workshop participants will discuss the opportunities and challenges in researching and developing the technical approaches, methods and criteria for the development of safety cases of future nuclear facilities, which form the basis for the licensing process.
The two-day workshop (starting at 10:00 on June 20 and ending at 17 on June 21) will be devoted to the technical presentations by participants of projects HARMONISE, ECC-SMART and ELSMOR, which will be enriched with insight from guests active in international organizations dealing with nuclear and non-nuclear safety cases and regulations.
The workshop will bring together the European and international efforts to promote, sustain and increase the stakeholder’s awareness on the on-going efforts to develop strong safety cases for small modular, advanced and fusion reactors.
Preliminary Program
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
9:00 Registration
9:30 Opening and Welcome
10:00 ENSREG, IAEA and OECD/NEA SMR Activities
12:00 Safety approaches and regulation
14:30 European Commission SMR activities
16:00 Overview of projects focusing on SMR design and safety
17:30 Adjourn
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
9:00 Safety relevant features in new and evolutionary reactor designs
11:30 Pre-licensing process and stakeholders involvement
16:00 Open discussion and summary
17:30 Adjourn
19:30 Teambuilding
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Progress Meeting of the HARMONISE project is scheduled from 9:00- 16:00.
Register using this form: Registration form
Book your hotel room: Hotel Evropa https://hotel-evropa.si/en/, Celje
double room, 90 EUR/night,
double room, single use, 80 EUR/night
Reservations via email: booking@eh.si; use code IJS23, deadline May 19th, 2023.
Travelling to Celje:
- By car: parking is available at Hotel Evropa (5€/day; public parking 2,5€/day nearby).
- By train: Hotel Europa is located 5 mins walk from the Celje train Station.
- By air: about 70 min drive from Ljubljana Airport, about 80 min drive from Graz Airport, and 110 min drive from Zagreb Airport.
How to get from Ljubljana Airport to Celje?
- Taxi service
- Shuttle service:
Shuttle counters are located in the airport at Arrivals (Terminal), and station for shuttles is located in front of Terminal B (seen from Arrivals). Shuttle service at Airport Ljubljana is performed by different companies (GoOpti, ZUP,...). Typically, it must be arranged in advance.
Alternative: when you have arranged your flight, please notify us, and we will try to organize a common shuttle service from Ljubljana Airport to Europa Hotel in Celje.
Using the public transport from Ljubljana Airport to Celje takes approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes. Firstly, you need to take a bus from Ljubljana Airport to Ljubljana bus station (approx. 50 min - Timetable). From Ljubljana to Celje you may take either bus or train:
a) Bus timetable.
b) A train from Ljubljana (Train station is close to the bus station) to Celje takes up to 1 hour and 35 minutes (Train timetables).
How to get from Graz Airport to Celje?
- Taxi service
- Shuttle service
- Public transport:
- Using the train from Graz Airport to Celje takes approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes. The train leaves every hour, two changes of the train are required.
How to get from Zagreb Airport to Celje?
For further info, please email Rok.Krpan@ijs.s and Tanja.Klopcic@ijs.si.



