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Thursday 4 September 1997
Fleming Room, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London SW1

09:00		UI Chairman's Welcome - Mr Tokio Kanoh
09:15		Keynote Speech: Energy and global sustainable development    Dr Hans Blix, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency
09:45		Session I - The role of nuclear power in sustainable development Chairman: Mr Tokio Kanoh
		Nuclear power and sustainable development
		Mr Jean-Marie Bourdaire, Director, Long-term Cooperation & Policy Analysis, International Energy Agency
		Business progress towards sustainable development
		Mr Björn Stigson, Executive Director, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
11:10		Session II - Reactors and the fuel cycle for the twenty-first century Chairman: Mr Bernard Estève
		Nuclear fuel cycle and reactor strategies: adjusting to new realities
		Mr Peter Jelinek, Senior Consultant, International Atomic Energy Agency
		Optimising our resources
		Dr Susan E. Ion, Director, Technology and Operations, British Nuclear Fuels, UK
		Light water reactors for the next century
		Mr Stefan Olsson, President, ABB Atom, Sweden
		The modular helium reactor for the twenty-first century
		Mr Malcolm P. La Bar, Manager, Program Development, General Atomics, USA
14:15		Session III - Uranium projects and their economic benefits Chairman: Mr Kurt Schreiber
		Participation of northerners and aboriginal people in uranium development in Saskatchewan
		Hon Keith N. Goulet, Minister of Northern Affairs, Government of Saskatchewan, Canada
		The McArthur River Project: high grade uranium mining
		Mr Brian W. Jamieson, General Manager, McArthur River, Cameco Corp., Canada
		The Kintyre Advancement Programme
		Mr George Gauci, General Manager, Development, Canning Resources, Australia
		The reconstruction of the uranium industry in Kazakstan
		Mr Paul A. Carroll, Chairman and CEO, World Wide Minerals, Canada
16:20		Session IV - New in-situ leach uranium projects Chairman: Mr Ilkka Mikkola
		The Inkai ISL uranium project in Kazakstan
		Mr Glenn Catchpole, General Manager, Almaty Office, Uranerz Exploration and Mining, Canada
		The Smith Ranch uranium project
		Mr R. Mark Stout, Vice President, Land & Marketing, Rio Algom Mining Corp., USA
		The Honeymoon project: on the brink of realisation
		Mr Martin Ackland, President and CEO, Southern Cross Resources, Australia

Friday 5 September 1997

09:00		Keynote Speech: Sharing international perspectives on nuclear regulation    Dr Shirley Ann Jackson, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, USA
09:30		Session V - Regulation, competition and nuclear power Chairman: Mr Jean-Pierre Rougeau
		Nuclear generation in a competitive electricity market: the UK experience
		Dr Robin Jeffrey, Deputy Chairman, British Energy, UK
		Electricity restructuring in the USA and its effects on the nuclear industry
		Mr Milton B. Whitfield, Partner, Shaw Pittman Potts & Trowbridge, USA
		Competition: the essential element for future nuclear success
		Mr Bruce Lacy, Manager, Nuclear Business Unit, IES Utilities, USA
11:15		Session VI - The uranium conversion industry Chairman: Mr Gérard Pauluis
		Uncertainties in the future conversion services market
		Dr Geoff Varley, Manager, UK Operations, NAC International, UK
		UF6 conversion: ordeal or new deal?
		Mr Philippe Canaux, Vice President Marketing, Comurhex, France
		Challenges for conversion: the future supply picture
		Mr James J. Graham, President, ConverDyn, USA
14:00		Session VII - The Russian nuclear industry Chairman: Dr Hans-Jürgen Dibbert
		Nuclear power and energy security in Russia
		Prof Andrei Gagarinski, Director, International Affairs, Kurchatov Institute, Russia
		The nuclear fuel market in Russia and the former Soviet Union: the dreams and the reality
		Mr Alexander Pavlov, Manager, Moscow Office, NAC International, Russia
		A MOX fuel plant in Russia: the engineering work has started
		Mr Guy Bousquet, Head, Engineering Dept., Reprocessing Division, Cogema, France
		The Nuclear Industry in Russia
		Mr Viktor Mikhailov, Minatom
16:00		Session VIII - The impact of non-primary supplies on the uranium market Chairman: Mr Warren Davies
		The effects of US and Russian government surplus inventories
		Mr William N. Szymanski, Energy Information Administration, Dept. of Energy, USA
		Primary and secondary uranium supplies: different cost structures, different goals
		Mr Thomas C. Pool, President, International Nuclear Inc, USA