Customers & Feedback
World-wide 74 organisations in 21 countries are our customers, including:
• utilities with more than 230 nuclear units
• fuel vendors• engineering companies• research laboratories• research reactors• regulators
N U C L E A R U T I L I T I E S
BELGIUM Tractebel Engineering
“The ZIRAT Programme is very unique. All that is interesting for the end user, the utility, is here presented.”
Jean-Paul Dalleur Tractebel
Listen to Mr. Jean-Paul Dalleur, Principal Eng. Fuel Design at Tractebel
FINLAND Teollisuuden Voima Oy (TVO)
“Great ZIRAT conference!”
Leif MichelssonTVO
Listen to Ms. Rautio Sau, Fortum
Fortum Finland
Listen to Mr. Vile Peri, Fortum
“What I received from this seminar was basically seeing examples of what went wrong and how it could be avoided”
Ville PeriFortum
FENNOVOIMA
GERMANY Preussen Electra
“Very insightful and varied presentations. Much appreciated”
Robin AldworthEDF
UNITED KINGDOM EDF
JAPAN Kyushu Electric Power Co. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)
Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO)
NETHERLANDS Elektriciteits-Produktiemaatschappij Zuid-Nederland (EPZ)
Mr. Theo van Bloois, EPZ Gido Goulooze, EPZ Machiel Bos, EPZ
Ms. MJ Schroevers, EPZ Mr. Tim Delorme, EPZ Mr. Raymond van Beusekom, EPZ
Mr. Niels van Dijke, EPZ
“An excellent seminar, it was very useful for me.”
Jolanda Cappaert-de VosEPZ
“Quite a lot of the background and the contacts I got here can
help me in the process.”
Machiel BosEPZ
“The lecturers are not always in total agreement, but that’s a great basis for
discussion and also insight.”
Gido GouloozeEPZ
“It’s a good overview of what is going on in the fuel and a good introduction
for people who are relatively ’new’ in the fuel business.”
Theo van BlooisEPZ
“One of the main advantages with these seminars is the contacts you
can make with the experts.”
Niels van DijkeEPZ
“I didn’t have that much information on stress corrosion cracking
before I came here.”
MJ SchroeversEPZ
“In four days you get a compressed view over the
complete field.”
Tim DelormeEPZ
“The seminar is very good, especially for young people
coming into the nuclear field.”
Raymond van BeusekomEPZ
SLOVENIA Nuklearna Elektrarna Krsko (NPP)
“LCC Tailored Seminar of great value to a new generation of engineers.”
Milan Simončič and Željko KovačKrško NPP
“The lecture brought us what we hoped it would bring andit made the Report much more valuable for us.”
Menno CrajéNPP Borssele
SPAIN CNAT
Listen to Mr. Jorge Benavides Peña,CNAT
Listen to Ms. Ana Isabel Muñoz & Mr. Carlos Arias, CNAT
“The ZIRAT Seminar is very helpful to develop our work in the fuel department.”
Jorge BenavidesCNAT
“An opportunity to share experiences with colleagues from other nuclear plants.”
Ana Isabel Muñoz and Carlos AriasCNAT
Iberdrola
Listen to Mr. Juan de Dios Sánchez Zapata, Iberdrola
Listen to Mr. Juan de Dios Sánchez Zapata, Iberdrola
“A good place to have opinion and some-times the opportunity to check in some
depths or even short consultations”
Juan de Dios Sánchez Zapata
“A perfect balance between the theoretical knowledge and explanation of the funda-
mental facts and their practical application”
Juan de Dios Sánchez Zapata
“An excellent seminar with a lot of interaction with the audience”
Juan de Dios Sánchez ZapataIberdrola
“Everything you need to know about control rods.”
Manuel AlbendeaIberdrola
“An interesting seminar with very useful information and a close overview of the state of art of nuclear fuel. I will recommend the seminar to my colleagues.”
Ignacio CollazoIberdrola
ENUSA
Listen to Mr. Sergio de María Pablo, Enusa
“My company joined the IZNA Program in year 2003 starting with the IZNA1 and IZNA2. Since that year until now, products offered by ANT International have been
one of the main source of information for the training of our new engineers.”
Cristina Muñoz-Reja RuizEnusa
“One of the main sources of information for the training of our new engineers.”
Cristina Muñoz-Reja RuizEnusa
“This seminar is more like a discussion forum at high technical level”
Cristina Muñoz-Reja RuizEnusa
SWEDEN OKG - Oskarshamns Kärnkraftverk
“A.N.T. International provides excellent material for education, this supports the very important transfer of knowledge in times when alternation of
generation becomes a problem in many nuclear power plants.”
Bernt BengtssonVattenfall
Listen to Dr. Katarzyna CiosekHögström, Forsmak
“The seminar gives a very good overview of the problems which
are met at the nuclear power plant.”
Katarzyna Ciosek HögströmForsmark
Vattenfall
“Everything was very good. Interesting presentations with a lot of material. It is a big area to cover.”
Birgitta GustafssonOKG
“Very good seminar.”
Göran BergshemVattenfall
SWITZERLAND Kernkraftwerk Gösgen-Däniken AG
“Well done, very good seminar. Excellent speakers.”
Armando Pagani & Markus AmmonGösgen
“Useful for the day to day business.”
Dr. Andre KochKGG Power Plant
Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG
Listen to Ms. Magdalena Wilczynska
“I learned a lot about chemistry in a plant ”
Magdalena WilzynskaKKL
Axpo
“Very good seminar, especially for “beginners” in the field and a good opportunity to meet experts and fellow
colleagues from other plants”
Lena JohanssonAxpo
“The Seminar provided excellent balance between coverage and depth, with detailed information and useful data
that you can work with on a professional level.”
Tina KlasenAxpo
Listen to Dr Christian Hellwig
“The ZIRAT Seminar is very helpful to develop our work in the fuel department”
Christian HellwigAxpo
CZECH REPUBLIC CEZ
BKW
Mr. Frank Holzgrewe, BKW Dr. Christoph Weber, BKW Mr. Frank Holzgrewe, BKW
“Excellent meeting… as usual”
Frank HolzgreweBKW
“Overall I have found the ZIRAT programme hugely informative.”
Shaun KellyBKW
“LCC10 was one of the best LCC conferences ever”
Christoph WeberBKW
“You get a condensed experience, or knowledge, about all recent conferences and the newest technology updates”
Frank HolzgreweBKW
USA Exelon (former CECO and PECO)
“I can then attend one meeting at a great venue with ZIRAT experts that present the information in one meeting at a pace and level that I understand. I then get a
more detailed document in the annual report for reference.”
Matt EyreExelon Corp.
Fuelco LLC
Listen to Mr. Michael Brown, Fuelco
“ZIRAT Reports are excellent”
Michael BrownFuelco
UAE Nawah Energy Company
“Overall an outstanding presentation”
Darrel James Bond Jr.Nawah Energy Company
“Excellent conference this year”
Mike KeckTennessee Valley Authority
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Co.
“I never leave home without it when I am performing an audit. It has become an invaluable reference to ensure that I am auditing
the important characteristics of fuel fabrication.”
Scott D. FergusonWolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation
Duke Energy
EPRI
Xcel Energy
Southern Nuclear Operating Company
TVA
R E S E A R C H A N D E N G I N E E R I N G O R G A N I S AT I O N S
UK Rolls-Royce
“Excellent presentation material given in a thoroughly professional manner. Excellent interaction with regard to answering the questions
raised by the audience.”
Christopher SmithRolls-Royce
“ZIRAT continues to provide excellent review of latest information”
Aidan Cole-BakerRolls-Royce
“We find ZIRAT a great helpand, in a way, it’s like havingan extra person in the team.”
Ted DarbyRolls-Royce
“Excellent conference, very well organised. Plenty of time for discussions outside of the presentations.”
Heather CoxRolls-Royce
KOREA KAERI – Korea Atomic Energy Research Center
USA Bechtel Bettis Laboratories
“Overall a very good meeting.”
Ram BajajBechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation
Knolls Laboratories
SPAIN ENRESA
CHINA China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute (CNPRI)
SNZ State Nuclear BAOTI Zirconium Ind. Co
Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute (SNERDI)
Listen to Ms. Qifeng Zeng, SNERDI
GERMANY Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH (GNS)
N U C L E A R R E G U L ATO RY AG E N C I E S
FINLAND STUK
Listen to Mr. Kari Mäkiläa, STUK Listen to Ms. Laura Taivalaho, STUK
SPAIN CSN
USA NRC
SWEDEN SSM
UK ONR
F U E L A N D R E AC TO R SV E N D O R S
CANADA CNL
“Excellent reference material for our new scientists and engineers and valuable resource for scientists like myself who wish to
stay current with advances in nuclear materials R&D ”
Malcolm GriffithsCanadian National Laboratories (former AECL)
“The ZIRAT meeting exceeded my expectations. The most valuable component of the meeting was the ability to speak directly with the A.N.T. International experts. The depth of
knowledge and understanding of all speakers in the A.N.T. network is terrific. The size of the meeting was perfect.”
Markus PiroCanadian Nuclear Laboratories
NETHERLANDS EPZ
KOREA KNFC
ARGENTINA Nucleoeléctrica Argentina S.A.
Listen to Mr. Pablo Vizcaino, CNEA
L A B O R ATO R I E S
SWEDEN Studsvik
UK Amec Foster Wheeler / Wood PLC
Listen to Mr. Andrew Sinclair
“Overall – very informative.”
Jackie RobinsonAmec Foster Wheeler
“Very good seminar.”
Tom WaldrenMinistry of Defence, UK
U N I V E R S I T I E S
C H I NA C U S TO M E R S
China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute (CNPRI)
SNZ State Nuclear BAOTI Zirconium Ind. Co
Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute (SNERDI)
Listen to Ms. Qifeng Zeng, SNERDI
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