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| PROCEEDINGS OF WNFC PROGRAMME 2011 |
| Day One – Wednesday 6 April |
| 09.00-10.30 |
Session 1 – Welcome to Chicago and Nuclear Industry Overview |
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Session Chair: Richard Myers, Vice President, Policy Development, Nuclear Energy Institute
Welcome to Chicago and Overview
Kenneth Petersen, Vice President, Nuclear Fuels, Exelon Corporation
Welcome Remarks
John Ritch, Director General, World Nuclear Association
U.S. Industry Outlook
Richard Myers, Vice President, Policy Development, Nuclear Energy Institute
Korean Perspective
Ki-Hak Kim,
President, KEPCO Nuclear Fuel
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| 10.30-11.00 |
Break |
| 11.00-12.30 |
Session 2 – Looking Forward |
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Session Chair: Ronald Witzel, Principal, Longenecker & Associates
AREVA Enrichment Activities Overview
Francois-Xavier Rouxel, Senior Executive Vice President, Enrichment Business Unit, AREVA
Nuclear’s Strong Foundation
Ken Seitz, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Cameco Corporation
The Nuclear Fuel Market After the Earthquake: Questions, Answers and Opinions
Daniel Einbund, Vice President, New York Nuclear Corporation
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| 12.30-14.00 |
Lunch |
| 14.00-15.15 |
Session 3 – Meeting Market Needs |
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Session Chair: James Graham, Director, Neutron Energy, Inc.
Revisiting Uranium Security of Supply
Georges Capus, Vice President, Marketing Front-End, AREVA
Strategic Inventory Risk and Optimization Analysis
Michael Schwartz, Principal, Energy Resources International, Inc.
The Impact of China on Uranium, Conversion and Enrichment Markets
Jonathan Hinze, Vice President, International Operations, The Ux Consulting Company, LLC
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| 15.15-15.45 |
Break |
| 15.45-17.00 |
Session 4 – New Sources |
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Session Chair: Stephen Kidd, Deputy Director General, World Nuclear Association
Kvanefjeld: The Next Olympic Dam
Garry Frere, Commercial Manager, Greenland Minerals and Energy Ltd.
The Future of the Uranium Market: Feeding Asia’s Rapidly Growing Need
Milt Caplan, President, MZConsulting Inc.
Before the Mine: Developments in Uranium Mine Licensing
Chris Pugsley, Partner, Thompson & Pugsley, PLLC
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| Day Two – Thursday 7 April |
| 09.00-10.30 |
Session 5 – Fuel Technology |
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Session Chair: R. Gene Clark, President, Trade Tech Energy LLC
All Metal Fuel, Why, How and When?
James Malone, Chief Nuclear Fuel Development Officer, Lightbridge Corporation
Fuel Cycle Requirements for Small Nuclear Reactors
Susan Voss,
Nuclear Engineer, Global Nuclear Network Analysis
The CANDU Reactor: An Optimal Platform for New Fuels
Sermet Kuran, Director Advanced Reactor and Fuel Cycle Development, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Depleted Uranium Processing and Fluorine Extraction
Steve T. Laflin, President and CEO, International Isotopes, Inc.
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| 10.30-11.00 |
Break |
| 11.00-12.30 |
Session 6 – Secondary Supplies and Storage |
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Session Chair: German Garcia-Calderon, Uranium Procurement Director, ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas, S.A.
Market Dynamics of By-Product Uranium
Brian Frame, Vice President, NUKEM, Inc.
U.S. Plans for Centralized Interim Storage
Steven Kraft, Senior Director, Nuclear Energy Institute
Potential for Using MOX Fuel Derived From U.S. Nuclear Weapons in TVA’s Reactors
Mick Mastilovic, Manager, Nuclear Fuel Supply Tennessee Valley Authority
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| 12.30-14.00 |
Lunch (on your own) |
| 14.00-15.15 |
Session 7 – Multilateral Initiatives and Nonproliferation |
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Session Chair: Carol Berrigan, Senior Director, Industry Infrastructure, Nuclear Energy Institute
International Leasing of Sensitive Nuclear Fuel Sites for Lasting Assurance of Peaceful Use
Christopher Paine, Nuclear Program Director, Natural Resources Defense Council USA
Current Efforts Toward Sustainable Nonproliferation
Trond Bjornard, Lead, Nuclear Energy Nonproliferation, Safeguards and Security, Idaho National Laboratory
Global Monitoring of UF6 Cylinders
Patrick Lynch, International Safeguards Analyst, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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