PROCEEDINGS OF WNFC PROGRAMME 2006

Day One – Wednesday 5 April
09.00-12.00 Session 1 – Laying the Groundwork: Generation Overview
 
  Key executives discuss plans for future nuclear generation and the resulting impacts on fuel demand.

Session Chair: John Ritch, Director General, World Nuclear Association

Electricity in Hong Kong
Yui Bor Lee, Group Executive Director, China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corporation China Light & Power

Nuclear in India
Sudhinder Thakur, Executive Director, Corporate Planning, NPCIL

Russian Nuclear Program
Sergey Kirienko, Head, ROSATOM


10.15-10.45 Break
10.45-12.00 Session Chair: Angelina S. Howard, Vice President, Office of the President and Executive Advisor to the President Nuclear Energy Institute

The Future of Nuclear Generation in the United States
Charles G. Pardee, Chief Operating Officer, Exelon Generation

Chinese Nuclear Program
Jiangang Qiu, Assistant President, China National Nuclear Corporation

Guangdong Nuclear Plans
Rugang Shen, President/Vice President, China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Co. Ltd.


12.00-14.00 Buffet lunch
14.00-17.00 Session 2 – Nuclear Overview: Northeast Asia
  Session Chair: Jose Luis Gonzalez, Chairman, ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas

Japanese Nuclear Program
Kaoru Samejima, Advisor, The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.

Nuclear Power Program in Taiwan
Thomas An-Hong Jeng, Vice President, Taiwan Power Company

Nuclear Power Program in Korea
Jang-Hee Hong, Senior Vice President, Generation Division, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Company Ltd.


15.30-16.00 Break
16.00-17.00 Demand and Uranium Supply
International speakers discuss the outlook for generation and the prospects for primary uranium production.

Session Chair: Susan F. Speight, Vice President, Marketing and Sales, Nuclear Fuels Corporation

Impact of Junior Producers
Dustin Garrow, Managing Principal, Colorado Nuclear, Inc.

A Review of Strathmore Minerals Corporation
David Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer, Strathmore Minerals Corp.

Uranium Supply Overview
Georges Capus, Project Director - Front End Marketing, COGEMA (AREVA)


Day Two – Thursday 6 April
09.00-12.00 Session 3 – Supply Issues
 
  Session Chair: Robert A. Rich, Nuclear Fuel Consultant, Rich Associates, Inc.

Future Role of Secondary Supply
R. Gene Clark, Chief Executive Officer, TradeTech

Effect of Liability Issues
James Glasgow, Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

ISL Mining Overview
Wallace Mays, President, W.M. Mining Corporation


10.15-10.45 Break
10.45-12.00 New Fuel Supply
How will conversion, enrichment and fabrication evolve as the demand picture changes?

Session Chair: Ruthanne Neely, Senior Vice President, Washington Operations and General Counsel, The Ux Consulting Company, LLC

Trends in the Conversion Market - Opportunity for Growth
James Graham, President and Chief Executive Officer, ConverDyn

Uranium Enrichment 2020
Maurice Lenders, Executive Director, Commercial Urenco Enrichment Co. Ltd.

Quantum Physics, String Theory, Parallel Universes, and the Price of Uranium
Michael Connor, President, Nuclear Resources International, Inc.


12.00-14.00 Lunch (on your own)
14.00-17.00 Session 4 – Waste Management and Transportation
 
  The latest in the constantly changing arenas of spent fuel management and transportation.

Session Chair: Felix M. Killar, Senior Director, Fuel Supply, Materials Licensees and Insurance, Nuclear Energy Institute

Financial Strategies for Future Reprocessing Facilities
Steven Goldberg, Special Assistant to the Director, Argonne National Laboratory

Sustaining Transport Options
Tatsuya Ishikawa, Specialist Advisor, World Nuclear Transport Institute

Nuclear Fuel Supply Adapting to the Nuclear Power Development in China and Asia
Dong Ping Cui, Vice President, China Nuclear Energy Industry Corporation


15.30-16.00 Break
16.00-17.00 Panel Discussion
 
Meeting the Challenge of the Emerging East
How will the fuel supply industry meet the rising demand forecast from Asian nations?
What needs to change? What will it mean for existing fuel users?


Moderator:
Stephen W. Kidd, Director of Strategy and Research, World Nuclear Association

Panelists:
John Britt, President, Cameco, Inc.
Kurt Schreiber, Managing Director, RWE NUKEM GmbH
Ali Etemad, Executive Vice President, Vattenfall Fuel
Masateru Sugihara, Group Manager, ITOCHU International, Inc.