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Thursday 9 September 1999
Fleming Room, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London SW1

09:00		UI Chairman's Welcome -- Mr Jean-Pierre Rougeau
09:15		Keynote Speech: The future of nuclear power - the role of the IAEA   Dr Mohamed M ElBaradei, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency
09:45		Keynote Speech: Supply of fuel for nuclear power - present situation and perspectives   Dr Evgeny O Adamov, Minister, Ministry of Atomic Energy, Russia
10:45		Session I – Future Energy Needs Chairman: Ms Anne Lauvergeon
		The inevitability of new nuclear power generation
		Mr Gerald Doucet, Secretary General, World Energy Council
		Nuclear power in the World Energy Outlook
		Dr Fatih Birol, Head of Economics Division, International Energy Agency
		Session chairman's concluding remarks
		Ms Anne Lauvergeon, Chairman and CEO, Cogema, France
11:40		Session II – The Outlook for the Nuclear Fuel Market Chairman: Mr Tokio Kanoh
		Outlook for the nuclear fuel market: observations of a newcomer
		Mr Jeffry E Sterba, Executive Vice President, US Enrichment Corporation, USA
		Uranium in 1999: the end of the roller-coaster ride?
		Mr Daniel Comte, Executive General Manager, Cogema, France
14:00		Keynote Speech: German energy policy   Mr Rolf Linkohr MEP, Chairman, Energy Committee, European Parliament
14:30		Session III – Economics and Finance Chairman: Ms Agneta Rising
		The changing need for a breeder reactor
		Prof Richard Wilson, Harvard University, USA
		Nuclear power: a competitive option?
		Dr Peter Wilmer, Head, Nuclear Development Division, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
		A competitive environment: key to future nuclear success
		Mr Bruce A Lacy, Manager, Nuclear Business Unit, Alliant Energy, USA
16:15		Session IV – Legal and Financial Issues Chairman: Mr Warren Davies
		Nuclear liability: a continuing impediment to nuclear commerce
		Mr Omer F Brown II, Partner, Harmon & Wilmot LLP, USA
		Financial aspects of decommissioning
		Mr Bernard Lubot, Assistant to Chief Financial Officer, Cogema, France
		The strengthened safeguards system and the front-end of the nuclear fuel cycle
		Mr Jason K Cameron, Safeguards Officer, Atomic Energy Control Board, Canada

Friday 10 September 1999

09:00		Keynote Speech: Shaping the nuclear future   Hon Ernest Moniz, Under Secretary, Department of Energy, USA
09:30		Presentation of Uranium Institute Gold Medal
09:45		Session V – Waste Management Chairman: Mr John Luke
		The deep geological repository: an unavoidable and ethically correct solution
		Mr Maurice Allègre, Consultant, France
		Disposition of nuclear wastes using subcritical accelerator-driven systems
		Dr Francesco Venneri, Project Leader, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
		Some aspects of the relationship between society and the disposal of radioactive waste
		Mr Ian J Duncan, Doctoral Student, University of Oxford, UK
11:30		Session VI – Economics: Plant Operation and Technology Chairman: Mr Maurice Lenders
		Contribution of advanced fuel technologies to improved nuclear power plant operation
		Dr Ralf Güldner, General Manager, Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Siemens, Germany
		Trending fuel design parameters for competitive advantage
		Mr Kevin R O’Sullivan, Vice President, Utility Resource Associates Corporation, USA
		Development of the South African pebble bed modular reactor system
		Dr Kelvin Kemm, Director, STRATEK Technology Consultants, South Africa
14:15		Session VII – Uranium Mining Issues Chairman: Mr George Assie
		Australia’s faltering uranium revival
		Mr Ian Hore-Lacy, General Manager, Uranium Information Centre, Australia
		Guidelines for a successful Environmental Impact Statement process
		Mr Peter Body, Director, PB Environmental Services, Australia
		The Smith Ranch project: a 1990s in-situ uranium mine
		Mr Marvin D Freeman, Executive Vice President, Rio Algom Mining Corporation, USA
16:00		Session VIII – Information Management Chairman: Mr Kurt Schreiber
		Beating the millenium bug at nuclear power plants
		Mr Vince J Madden, Director, World Association of Nuclear Operators
		Reporting the nuclear industry: sorcery versus common sense
		Mr Alex Kirby, Freelance Journalist, UK
		Unlocking local knowledge to benefit public acceptance work
		Mr Pascal Etcheber, Director, HCA, UK

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