World Nuclear Fuel Cycle

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PROCEEDINGS OF WNFC PROGRAMME 2009
WEDNESDAY 22 April
9.00-10.45	Session 1 – The Australian Perspective Welcome to Sydney Session Chairs and Welcome Remarks: Ziggy Switkowski, Board Chairman, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization Tony Grey, Former Chairman, Uranium Institute Perspective on Australian Issues Mike Angwin, Executive Director, Australian Uranium Association Australia To Go Nuclear! Ian Duncan, Consultant, Ian J. Duncan Consultants The Case for Uranium Enrichment in Australia Clarence Hardy, Managing Director, Nuclear Fuel Australia, Ltd
10.45-11.15	Refreshment break
11.15-12.30	Session 2 – National Perspectives Session Chair: Adrian Collings, Director, Policy Development, World Nuclear Association Nuclear Outlook in North America John Conway, Senior Vice President - Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer, Pacific Gas and Electric 2030 Vision for Korean Nuclear Power Jong-Shin Kim, President and Chief Executive Officer, KHNP Russian Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Strategic Growth Vision Peter Schedrovitskiy, Deputy Director General, State corporation Rosatom
12.30-14.00	Lunch
14.00-15.15	Session 3 – Expansion of Nuclear Programs Session Chair: Kurt Schreiber, Managing Director, NUKEM GmbH Chinese Outlook Xinyang Chen, General Manager, China Nuclear Energy Industry Corporation Uranium Production Cost Alexandr Gagarin, Deputy Director General, Kazatomprom Advancing the Business Case for Managing Commercial Used Fuel From a North American Perspective James Malone, Vice President, Nuclear Fuels, Exelon Generation Company, LLC Stephen Goldberg, Special Assistant to the Director, Argonne National Laboratory Milt Caplan, President, MZ Consulting, Inc.
15.15-15.45	Refreshment break
15.45-17.00	Session 4 – Developing the Infrastructure Session Chair: Bruce Hamilton, President, Fuelco LLC Reality Check: The Nuclear Fuel Supply Chain Vincent Maureaux, Vice President, Marketing and Sales, Enrichment Business Unit, AREVA NC Growth in the Uranium Industry-Lessons Learned Ken Seitz, Vice President, Marketing Strategy and Administration, Cameco Ranger Mine David Paterson, General Manager, Business Development, ERA Honeymoon Greg Cochran, Executive Vice President, Uranium One, Inc.
THURSDAY 23 April
9.00-10.45	Session 5 – Uranium and the Fuel Cycle Session Chair: Robert Van Namen, Senior Vice President, USEC Inc. Uranium Resources - Limits to Grade Georges Capus, Vice President, Marketing, AREVA Beverley Mine Lease Extension Malcolm Wedd, Director, Resource Development, Heathgate Resources Pty Ltd The Four Mile Uranium Project Patrick Mutz, Managing Director, Alliance Resources Limited Trends in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Tae Joon Lee, Nuclear Policy Analyst, OECD-NEA
10.45-11.15	Refreshment break
11.15-12.30	Session 6 – Junior Uranium Companies Session Chair: Nicolas Carter, Vice President, Uranium, The Ux Consulting Company, LLC The Wiluna (Lake Way/Centipede) Uranium Project Greg Hall, Managing Director, Toro Energy Ltd. The Letlhakane Project - Botswana’s First Uranium Resource Andrew Tunks, Managing Director, A-Cap Resources In Situ Recover Satellite Operation at Uranerz Properties George Hartman, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Uranerz Energy Corporation
12.30-14.00	Lunch
14.00-15.15	Session 7 – Issues Across the Fuel Cycle Session Chair: Jack Edlow, President, Edlow International Company E4: End of the Easy Energy Era Franco Almerico, General Manager, Intelligent Systems Srl Mitsubishi Nuclear Technologies: Experiences and Continuing Innovation Kiyoshi Yamauchi, Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems, Inc. Risk Informed Approach in Regulating Transport of Spent Fuel Arising from Research Reactors in Australia Samir Sarkar, Manager, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency John Templeton, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency Closing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Thorium and Advanced Alternatives Carolyn Heising, Professor, Iowa State University
15.15-15.45	Refreshment break
15.45-17.00	Session 8 – Panel discussion – Uranium and Australia’s Position in Nuclear Fuel Cycle Moderators: Stephen Kidd, Director of Strategy and Research, World Nuclear Association Felix Killar, Senior Director, Fuel Supply and Materials Licensees, Nuclear Energy Institute Panelists: Leslie Kemeny, Managing Director, Land M.Kemeny Consulting Marc Henderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Laramide Resources Ltd. Greg Hall, Managing Director, Toro Energy Ltd.