Name: International Symposium on Uranium Raw Material for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Exploration, Mining, Production, Supply and Demand, Economics and Environmental Issues (URAM-2018)
Start: 2018-06-25T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2018-06-29T14:40:00+02:00
Location: Vienna

International Symposium on Uranium Raw Material for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Exploration, Mining, Production, Supply and Demand, Economics and Environmental Issues (URAM-2018)

from Monday, June 25, 2018 (9:00 AM) to Friday, June 29, 2018 (2:40 PM)

Monday, June 25, 2018
10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 12:40 PM
Room: Boardroom A
Contributions

10:00 AM Opening addresses

10:40 AM World Nuclear Association 2017 Fuel Report - Olga Skorlyakova (World Nuclear Association)

11:00 AM Nuclear energy and uranium: looking to the future - Luminita Grancea (OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA))

11:20 AM The Impact of Global Nuclear Fuel Inventories on Forward Uranium Production - Nicolas Carter (The Ux Consulting Company, LLC)

11:40 AM Foundational fuels of the 21st century: Evolving socio-economics of sustainable energy systems - Harikrishnan Tulsidas (UNECE)

12:00 PM Uranium One development outlook - Vasily Konstantinov (Uranium One Group)
12:40 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:40 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Regulations for the diversification of partners as part of the security of supply policy - Riaz Rizvi (Kazatomprom, Republic of Kazakhstan)

2:20 PM Uranium Resources and Perspectives for Nuclear Supply in Argentina - Luis LOPEZ (CNEA (Argentina))

2:40 PM ESTIMATION OF URANIUM REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AND SUPPLY CAPACITY OF URANIUM RESOURCES IN TURKEY - Banu Bulut Acar (Hacettepe University Nuclear Engineerin Department)

3:00 PM CANADA’S URANIUM MINING INDUSTRY: 75 YEARS OF PRODUCTION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS - Tom Calvert (Natural Resources Canada)
2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Unconventional resources in IAEA Uranium DEPOsit Database (UDEPO) - patrice bruneton (none)

2:20 PM Uranium: Waste or Potential Future Resource? - Paul Kay (Geoscience Australia)

2:40 PM Status of Uranium Activities on Unconventional Resources in the Philippines - ROLANDO REYES (PHILIPPINE NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE)

3:00 PM Conventional and unconventional uranium resources in the Carajás Mineral Province, Brazil: prospectivity criteria for IOCG and granite-related deposits - Felipe Tavares (Geological Survey of Brazil - CPRM)

3:20 PM Uranium Extraction Technology in the Philippines: The Next Step - Jennyvi Ramirez (Philippine Nuclear Research Institute)
3:40 PM Break
Break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:40 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM The ultimate origin of uranium provinces - Michel CUNEY (CNRS - GeoRessources - CREGU - Universite de Lorraine)

4:20 PM Uranium Provinces of the World - Elena Afanasyeva (Leading Researcher)

4:40 PM Sr-Nd-Pb isotope systematics of U-bearing albitites of the Central Ukrainian Uranium Province: implication for the source of metasomatizing fluids - Leonid Shumlyanskyy (M.P. Semenenko Institute of geochemistry, mineralogy and ore formation)

5:00 PM DEVELOPMENT OF HANDHELD X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (hXRF) SPECTROMETRY FOR MAJOR AND MINOR ELEMENTS ANALYSIS IN GEOLOGICAL SAMPLES FROM PHUKET PROVINCE, THAILAND - Sasikarn Nuchdang (Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology)

5:20 PM GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING STUDY OF THE VANADIUM–URANIUM MINERALIZATION OF PUYANGO, ECUADOR - John Manrique (Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM The emerging uranium industry landscape: Push or Pull resource recovery? - Harikrishnan Tulsidas (UNECE)

4:20 PM Uranium Mining Towards Sustainable Clean Energy: Indian Scenario - Akshaya Kumar Sarangi (Uranium Corporation of India Ltd)

4:40 PM History of nuclear fuel cycle development, facility decommissioning and site restoration at IPEN — CNEN/SP, Brazil - Paulo Ernesto Oliveira Lainetti (Nuclear and Energetic Research Institute - IPEN-CNEN/SP Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission)
5:40 PM Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception
5:40 PM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM INVESTIGATION OF THE GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES WHICH CONTROL THE GENESIS OF UNCONFORMITY-TYPE URANIUM DEPOSITS USING PARALLELIZED NUMERICAL SIMULATION ON A SUPERCOMPUTER - Irvine R. ANNESLEY (ENSG, Universite de Lorraine and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan)

9:20 AM The Midwest Project, East Athabasca Basin, Northern Canada: Reviving old deposits to prepare for the future - Trevor Allen (Orano Group Canada)

9:40 AM POTENTIAL FOR UNCONFORMITY-RELATED URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CUDDAPAH BASIN, TELANGANA AND ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA - M. B. VERMA (GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY, ATOMIC MINERALS DIRECTORATE FOR EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH)

10:00 AM The challenges to explore and discover an unconformity deposit at depth - Patrick Ledru (AREVA Resources Canada)

10:20 AM Integration and Cost Saving Utilization of the Seismic Reflection Technique in the Athabasca Basin, Canada - Irvine R. ANNESLEY (ENSG, Universite de Lorraine and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan) Zoltan HAJNAL (Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan)
9:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Structural Characteristics and Its Control on Uranium Mineralization in Xiangshan Uranium Ore-Field - Jiangtao Nie (Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology) Ziying Li (Beijing Research Institute of Uranium geology)

9:20 AM VOLCANIC TYPE URANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTH CHINA - Zhixin Huang (Beijing Research Institution of Uranium Geology)

9:40 AM Geological and geochemical characteristics of the Huayangchuan U-Nb-Pb deposit, Shan'xi China - Jie Yan (East China University of Technology)

10:00 AM Alteration fingerprint of the early Yanshanian granite-related high-temperature hydrothermal uranium mineralization in the Nanling Metallogenic Belt, Southeast China - Christophe Bonnetti (State key laboratory breeding base of nuclear resources and environment, East China University of Technology)

10:20 AM RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN URANINITE: BRECCIA PIPE URANIUM DISTRICT, NORTHERN ARIZONA, USA - Karen Wenrich (Wenrich Consulting 4 U)
10:40 AM Break
Break
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM GENETIC DEPOSIT MODEL FOR CALCRETE URANIUM IN THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS REGION, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - Susan Hall (U.S. Geological Survey)

11:20 AM UDEPO: THE IAEA URANIUM DEPOSITS DATABASE - Patrice Bruneton (Private Consultant)

11:40 AM URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE KARELIAN-KOLA PROVINCE (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) - Elena Afanasyeva (Russian Geological Research Institute)

12:00 PM Free thermal convection model for formation of the largest uranium field in the Streltsovka caldera (Transbaikalia, Russia) - Vladislav Petrov (IGEM Russian Academy of Sciences)

12:20 PM EXPLORATION AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN CENTRAL JORDAN - Marat Abzalov (MASSA geoservices)
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM AN INTERNATIONALLY STANDARDIZED REPORTING TOOL TO UNDERSTAND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE OF URANIUM MINING AND PROCESSING SITES - Frank Harris (Rio Tinto Uranium)

11:20 AM URANIUM, THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: LESSONS FROM NAMIBIA - Gabi Schneider (Namibian Uranium Institute)

11:40 AM PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL COMMUNICATION IN THE BRAZILIAN NUCLEAR LICENSING PROCESS AND CHALLENGES ON STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT: CAETITÉ URANIUM MINING CASE - Alexandro Rocha Scislewski (Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN) / District of Caetité (DICAE/BA))

12:00 PM Uranium deposit types, exploration methods and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Programs: Case of LERE (Chad) - Abdallah Hassan Abakar (Ministry of Petroleum and Energy)

12:20 PM SOCIETAL BARRIERS TO URANIUM MINING: A CASE STUDY FROM BRAZIL - Mariza Franklin (Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN) - Institute of Radiation Protection and Dosimetry (IRD))
12:40 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:40 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Advances in Exploration
Advances in Exploration
2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM DASA: AFRICA’S NEWEST WORLD CLASS URANIUM DEPOSIT IN NIGER, WEST AFRICA — A GLOBAL ATOMIC CORPORATION PROJECT - Peter Wollenberg (Global Atomic Fuels)

2:20 PM ADVANCES IN HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EXPLORATION OF HYDROTHERMAL TYPE URANIUM DEPOSITS IN CHINA: A CASE STUDY IN THE XUEMISITAN AND LONGSHOUSHAN AREAS - Fawang Ye (Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology)

2:40 PM Uranium Potential of Singhbhum Shear Zone, India: Future Prospects - D. K. SINHA (GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY ATOMIC MINERALS DIRECTORATE FOR EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH)

3:00 PM URANIUM EXPLORATION BY REMOTE SENSING METHODS IN THE KALEYBAR AREA, NORTH-WESTERN REGION, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN - Jalil Iranmanesh (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran)
2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Room: M3
Contributions

2:00 PM SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AT A URANIUM PRODUCTION SITE - Mariza Franklin (Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN) - Institute of Radiation Protection and Dosimetry (IRD))

2:20 PM URANIUM MINING WASTE, RISK PERCEPTION BY POPULATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION IN PORTUGAL - Fernando P. Carvalho (Instituto Superior Técnico/Laboratório de Protecção e Segurança Radiológica,)

2:40 PM ADVANCED QUANTITATIVE GAMMA SPECTROMETRY SOFTWARE FOR OPTIMIZED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT DURING ‘CRADLE-TO-GRAVE’ URANIUM EXPLOITATION MANAGEMENT - Slobodan Jovanovic (University of Montenegro, Centre for Nuclear Competence and Knowledge Management (UCNC))

3:00 PM DEVELOPMENT, EVOLUTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR URANIUM MINING IN THE AUSTRALIAN TROPICS - Kate Turner (BSc)

3:20 PM A RISK BASED APPROACH TO URANIUM MINING REHABILITATION - Keith Tayler (Australian Government)
3:40 PM Break
Break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:40 PM
Room: M3
Contributions

4:00 PM IAEA Coordination Group for Uranium Legacy Sites (CGULS): Strategic Master Plan for the Environmental Remediation of Uranium Legacy Sites in Central Asia - Michelle Roberts (IAEA)

4:20 PM Five Years After The UPSAT Mission: Progress and challenges - Dennis Amos Mwalongo (Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission)

4:40 PM URANIUM MINING REMEDIATION IN AUSTRALIA’S NORTHERN TERRITORY - Peter Waggitt (Department of Primary Industry and Resources of the Northern Territory)

5:00 PM ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF URANIUM PRODUCTION WASTE STORAGE FACILITIES ON THE ENVIRONMENT BASED ON THE RESULTS OF HYDROGEOLOGICAL MONITORING AND NUMERICAL MODELING - Natalia Kurinova (Federal State Budgetary Institution "Gidrospetsgeologiya")

5:20 PM Development of mine water quality, subsequent sediments contamination and passive 226Ra treatment in Zadní Chodov, Czech Republic – case study - Jirí Wlosok (DIAMO, state enterprise)
4:00 PM - 5:20 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM COMPREHENSIVE EXTRACTION SCHEME FOR MULTIMETAL RECOVERY FROM METASOMATITE–ALBITITE HOSTED LOW GRADE INDIAN URANIUM ORE - SREENIVAS T. (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre)

4:20 PM Modern uranium open pit grade control - David Princep (Paladin Energy Ltd)

4:40 PM PRELIMINARY STUDY ON URANIUM ORE GRADE CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR THE HUSAB MINE, NAMIBIA - Wenming DONG (CGN Uranium Resources Co Ltd)

5:00 PM Cost Effective Heap Leaching, the case study of Mutanga, Zambia - Robert Bowell (SRK Consulting (UK))
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Quantitative Mineral Resource Assessments of Roll-Front and Calcrete Uranium in Southern Texas and the Southern High Plains Province of the United States: Results and Simple Economic Filter Analysis - Mark Mihalasky (U.S. Geological Survey)

9:20 AM Long term trends for global uranium exploration - Richard Schodde (MinEx Consulting)

9:40 AM PROSPECTIVITY ANALYSIS OF THE MOUNT ISA REGION (QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA) FOR METASOMATITE-TYPE URANIUM - Andy Wilde (Deep Yellow Ltd)

10:00 AM Using continent-scale spatial targeting to delineate permissive areas for sandstone-hosted uranium - Matthew Bruce (Thunderbird Metals)

10:20 AM Spatial analysis of prospectivity for surficial uranium deposits: a case study in British Columbia, Canada - John CARRANZA (UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL)
9:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Deploying Technology and Management of Sustainable Uranium Extraction Projects - Jing Zhang (IAEA)

9:20 AM Supporting Sustainable Development of Uranium Resources in Africa - Peter H. Woods (IAEA)

9:40 AM Uranium from domestic resources in Poland - Grazyna Zakrzewska-Koltuniewicz (Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology)

10:00 AM Uranium exploration and mining activities of Turkey as a newcomer - Sibel GEZER

10:20 AM A milestones approach to uranium mining and development: an IAEA initiative - Peter H. Woods (IAEA)
10:40 AM Break
Break
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Overview of Uranium Heap Leaching Technology in China - Pingru Zhong (Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy)

11:20 AM Development of Alkali leaching technology: Key to Self Sufficiency in Uranium Production in India - C. K. Asnani (Uranium Corporation of India)

11:40 AM Coagulation of Colloidal Silica from Uranium Leach Solutions for Improved Solvent Extraction - Brett Moldovan (IAEA)

12:00 PM Investigation of Key Parameters for Effective SDU Precipitation - Mark Maley (ANSTO Minerals)
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM An integrated Capacity Building Approach to Uranium Production Cycle Milestones for regional Asia Pacific Technical Co-operation - Syahril Syahril (IAEA)

11:20 AM Uranium potential in Nigeria - Justine Karniliyus (Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission)

12:00 PM Uranium/Thorium Resource Assessment in Saudi Arabia - Suzan Katamoura (King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy)

12:20 PM Uraniferous potential and occurrences of Madagascar: an overview - Vololonirina RASOAMALALA (Responsible of bachelor's degree - UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO - MADAGASCAR)
12:40 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:40 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Effective Radiation Monitoring: Back to Basics - Alice Jagger (Yarex)

2:20 PM “It’s Not All About the Radiation!” - Practical Radiation Management - Jim Hondros (JRHC Enterprises Pty Ltd)

2:40 PM Action Levels for Airborne Natural Uranium in the Workplace: Chemical and Radiological Assessments - Robert Meck (Science and Technology Systems)

3:00 PM Radiological Aspects of Alkaline Leach Uranium In Situ Recovery (ISR) Facilities in the United States - Steven H Brown (SHB Inc)

3:20 PM A New IAEA Safety Report on Occupational Radiation Protection in the Uranium Mining and Processing Industry - H. Burcin Okyar (International Atomic Energy Agency)
2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM MAJOR INNOVATIONS IN ISL MINING AT URANIUM ONE MINES IN KAZAKHSTAN - Alexander Boytsov (Uranium One Inc.)

2:20 PM THE FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION OF THE CO2 AND O2 IN SITU LEACHING PROCESS IN CHINA - Yuan Yuan (Beijing research institute of chemical engineering and metallgury,CNNC) Yuqing Niu (Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy, CNNC)

2:40 PM STOCHASTIC MODELLING OF URANIUM ROLL-FRONT DEPOSITS BASED ON STREAMLINE SIMULATION - Daniar Aizhulov (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University)

3:00 PM LABORATORY AND ION EXCHANGE PILOT PLANT STUDIES SUPPORTING THE FIELD LEACH TRIAL AT THE HONEYMOON URANIUM PROJECT - Mark Maley (ANSTO)
3:40 PM Break
Break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM REGIONAL SIGNATURES AND METALLOGENIC MODELS OF SANDSTONE HOSTED URANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN CHINA - Ziying Li (Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology)

4:20 PM Mapping the World Distribution of Uranium Deposits - Martin Fairclough (International Atomic Energy Agency)

4:40 PM Spatial and quantitative modelling of uranium resources - Mark Mihalasky (U.S. Geological Survey) Martin Fairclough (International Atomic Energy Agency)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM Understanding of uranium extraction mechanisms from phosphoric and sulphuric media using DEHCNPB - Cecile MARIE (CEA)

4:20 PM Selective Leaching of Uranium from Phosphates Ore - Nahhar AL-KHALEDI (KUWAIT)

4:40 PM Overview and Update on the Seawater Uranium Recovery from Technology Development Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy - Phillip Britt (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Contributions

5:00 PM Perspectives of Phosphate - Uranium Comprehensive Extraction Projects in Argentina - Luis López (CNEA, Argentina)

5:00 PM INNOVATIVE INTELLECTUAL MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY OF URANIUM MINING BY THE ISL METHOD - Mikhail Noskov (Seversk Technological Institute of NRNU MEPHI)

5:00 PM INDOOR RADON LEVELS IN GACHIN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN) - Gholamhassan Haddadi (Paramedical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sdiences) Mohammadbagher Haddadi (Avesina Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences)

5:00 PM Geological samples pinpoint for nuclear forensics examination in Thailand - Kalaya Changkrueng (Office of Atoms for Peace)

5:00 PM THE EXTRACTION OF URANIUM FROM SALT LAKES IN CHINA - Yuqing Niu (Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy, CNNC)

5:00 PM Evaluation of the opportunity of production of uranium from phosphorite ore - Grigory Mashkovtsev (All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Mineral Resources)

5:00 PM The Test of new UAV Gamma-ray Spectrometer at a Real Uranium Anomaly - Ondrej Šálek (Charles University)

5:00 PM ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS CONTROL AT SIERRA PINTADA, ARGENTINA: WATER QUALITY - Marisa Arrondo (Atomic Energy National Commission)

5:00 PM Biogeochemical Orientation Survey for Surficial Uranium Deposits, Laguna Sirven, Santa Cruz, Argentina - Talia Berg (Hytec Alto Americas)

5:00 PM Recovery of Uranium from Seawater by Polymeric Adsorbent Systems - Sheng Dai (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

5:00 PM WNU SUP – Efficient Capacity Building Tool In U-Production Cycle - Vojtech Vokál (DIAMO, s. e., Department of International Cooperation)

5:00 PM TECHNOLOGICAL UPGRADING BY RECYCLING EFFLUENTS GENERATED AT A URANIUM METAL PRODUCTION PLANT, INDIA - Santosh Kumar Satpati (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India)

5:00 PM Application of UNFC to uranium resources discovered in Algeria - Allaoua KHALDI (Nuclear Research Center of Draria - Algiers - Algeria.) Sid Ahmed MOKHTAR (Nuclear Research Center of Draria - Algiers - Algeria.)

5:00 PM INVESTIGATION OF U-238 AND Th-232 IN FINGERNAILS, TOTAL BLOOD AND DRINKING WATER AMONG WELL USERS IN KADUGLI TOWN, A HIGH NATURAL BACKGROUND RADIATION AREA IN SUDAN - Alfatih Osman (Sudan Atomic Energy Commission (SAEC), Al-Gamaa Str.2, 11111 Khartoum, Sudan)

5:00 PM GEOCHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATE ROCKS OF THE NAVAY FORMATION, TÁCHIRA STATE, VENEZUELA - John Manrique (Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja)

5:00 PM URANIUM MINING IN THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA: CURRENT STATUS, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES - Ebenezer Kimaro (Ministry of Education, Science and Technology)

5:00 PM Benchmarking D2EHPA-TOPO Solvent Extraction Process for the Recovery of Uranium from Philippines Phosphoric Acid - Botvinnik Palattao (Philippine Nuclear Research Institute)

5:00 PM CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF THE FRACTURED AQUIFER OF THE URANIUM MINE IN CAETITÉ, BRAZIL: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERGROUND WATER FLOW - Liliane Silva (National Security Cabinet - Federative Republic of Brazil)

5:00 PM URANIUM LEGACY SITES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION IN TAJIKISTAN: PROBLEMS AND THE WAY FORWARD - Ulmas Mirsaidov (Nuclear and Radiation Safety Agency)

5:00 PM Thorium and Rare Earth Element Comprehensive Extraction Projects in Argentina: Assessment Using The United Nations Framework Classification For Resources (UNFC) - LUIS LOPEZ (CNEA (Argentina))

5:00 PM USING NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY FOR DETECTION AND DETERMINATION OF MINERALS AND FOR PREPARING STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL - HOIAM SAYED (SUDAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION)

5:00 PM Geological and geochemical characteristics of the Jiling Na-metasomatism uranium deposit, Gansu, China. - Kai-Xing Wang (East China University of Technology)

5:00 PM Removal of Uranium and Thorium from Uranium and Rare Earth ores Processing - Case study of QA/QC on environmental analysis - Thi Kim Dung Nguyen (ITRRE, VINATOM)

5:00 PM URANIUM AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOUR: A NEW IAEA TECHNICAL REPORTS SERIES PUBLICATION - Andra-Rada Iurian (IAEA)

5:00 PM Geochemical and mineralogical studies of uranium potential of the late Devonian to early Carboniferous Takoradi Black Shale, Sekondian Group, Ghana - Samuel Boakye Dampare (School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana - Atomic, Kwabenya, Accra, Ghana)

5:00 PM Uranium Mine Operations in Indonesia - Widi Laksmono (Bapeten)

5:00 PM NEW STUDIES OF URANIUM DEPOSITS RELATED TO GRANITES IN ARGENTINA - Juan Alvarez (CNEA) LUIS LOPEZ (CNEA (Argentina))

5:00 PM YELLOWCAKE PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AT THE SIERRA PINTADA MINE, ARGENTINA: LACK OF SOCIAL LICENCE - Sergio Dieguez (National Commission of Atomic Energy)

5:00 PM HYDROMETALLURGICAL TESTS FOR VANADIUM EXTRACTION FROM BLACK LIMESTONES FROM PUYANGO SECTOR, LOJA PROVINCE, ECUADOR - Erika Calderón (Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja)

5:00 PM Alternative Database for Domestic LOF Nuclear Materials and Fuel - Jarunee Kraikaew (Office of Atoms for Peace)

5:00 PM Effective and environmentally compliant in-situ recovery of sedimentary-hosted uranium (poster) - Horst Maerten (Heathgate Resources Pty Ltd)

5:00 PM An overview of geology and occurrence of unconventional uranium resource: potential recoveries from Precambrian basement and Cretaceous sedimentary rocks of Nigeria - SAMSON STANLEY MASPALMA (Nigerian Geological Survey Agency,Abuja,No 31 Shettima Ali Munguno Crescent Utako,P.M.B,616 Garki Abuja)

5:00 PM Advances in geophysical methods used for uranium exploration and their applications in China - Juzhi Deng (East China University of Technology)

5:00 PM DETERMINATION OF URANIUM-BEARING SAMPLES IN TERMS OF POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION, ARIKLI URANIUM REGION, CANAKKALE, TURKEY - Gülcan Top Top (ITU Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences/Istanbul/Turkey)

5:00 PM The Мining Sector Capacity Improvement in the Kуrgуz Republic through building effective cooperation among governments, mining companies and local communities - Aisha Karpaeva (Subsoil Use Licensing Department of the State Committee of Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use of the Kyrgyz Republic)

5:00 PM Coordinated Research project on Uranium/Thorium Fuelled High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor Applications for Energy Neutral and Sustainable Comprehensive Extraction and Mineral Product Development - Frederik Reitsma (International Atomic Energy Agency)

5:00 PM TAILINGS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT AT THE KENTICHA TANTALUM MINE SITE - Eshetu Tilahun Zege (Ethiopia Radiation Protection Authority)

5:00 PM IAEA Coordinated Research Project: Geochemical and Mineralogical Characterization of Uranium and Thorium Deposits - ADRIENNE HANLY (IAEA)

5:00 PM Organic Solvent Extraction of Uranium from Alkaline Nuclear Waste - Manny Mathuthu (North West University)

5:00 PM CONCENTRATION OF URANIUM FROM SOLUTIONS USING NANOMEMBRANES - Mariya Kopbayeva (Institute of High Technologies)

5:00 PM Recovery of uranium and accompanying metals from the secondary raw materials - Katarzyna Kiegiel (Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology)

5:00 PM GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY AND PETROGRAPHY OF ROCKS WITH RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT MINERALIZATION IN ANOMALY 6 OF THE KHOSHUMI AREA, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN - Jalil Iranmanesh (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran)

5:00 PM CHARACTERIZATION OF URANIUM, THORIUM AND RARE EARTHS IN THE DECOMPOSITION PROCESS OF THAI MONAZITE ORE SAMPLES BY X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION AND WAVELENGHT DISPERSIVE X RAY FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUES - Dussadee Rattanaphra (Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology)

5:00 PM Challenges and Opportunities of Small Uranium Mines in the SMR Development Era - Cheikh Amadou Bamba Dath (Univesity Cheikh Anta Diop)

5:00 PM ASSESSMENT OF THORIUM AND ASSOCIATED RESOURCES: PHILIPPINE INITIATIVES - ROLANDO REYES (PHILIPPINE NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE)

5:00 PM Possibility of Uranium industry wastes reprocessing in Tajikistan - Ulmas Mirsaidov (Nuclear and Radiation Safety Agency)

5:00 PM Remote Sensing Identification of Uranium Exploration Targets - Laguna Sirven Project, Santa Cruz, Argentina - Talia Berg (Hytec Alto Americas)

5:00 PM URANIUM POTENTIAL IN GREENLAND: AN UPDATE - Kristine Thrane (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland)

5:00 PM Uranium recovery from acid mine drainage treatment residue – Caldas, Brazil case - Raul Villegas (Brazilian Nuclear Energy Comission)

5:00 PM URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE KHETRI SUB-BASIN, NORTH DELHI FOLD BELT, INDIA - BRUNDABAN MISHRA (GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTEMNT OF ATOMIC ENERGY ATOMIC MINERALS DIRECTORATE FOR EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH)

5:00 PM Radioactivity monitoring and environmental restoration of a legacy mine and milling site - Fernando P. Carvalho (Instituto Superior Técnico/Laboratório de Protecção e Segurança Radiológica,)
Thursday, June 28, 2018
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Regional forecasting of sandstone type uranium deposits - Igor Pechenkin (All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Mineral Resources, Moscow, Russia)

9:20 AM GENESIS OF SANDSTONE TYPE URANIUM DEPOSIT IN DHOK PATHAN FORMATION, SIWALIK GROUP OF TRANS-INDUS SALT RANGE (SURGHAR RANGE), PAKISTAN - Abbas Ali (East china University of Technology)

9:40 AM The Karoo Sandstone-hosted Uranium Deposit at Dibwe East, Mutanga, Zambia - Victor Lusambo (GoviEx Uranium Zambia Ltd)

10:00 AM 3D Modeling of roll-front type uranium deposits in Kazakhstan - Olga Gorbatenko (Inkai Joint Venture)

10:20 AM The Fluid Flows and Uranium Mineralization in the Northern Ordos Basin, North China - Fengjun Nie (East China University of Technology)
9:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM A REVIEW OF THE GEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS ON ELEMENTS OF CONCERN IN URANIUM MILL TAILINGS, ATHABASCA BASIN, CANADA - Jim Hendry (University of Saskatchewan)

9:20 AM REMEDIATION OF FORMER URANIUM MILL TAILINGS FACILITIES: CONCEPTS AND LESSONS LEARNED - Thomas Metschies (Wismut GmbH)

9:40 AM ENVIRONMENT ASPECTS OF Th-230 ACCUMULATED IN RESIDUES COMPONENTS AT THE URANIUM PRODUCTION LEGACY SITE PRIDNEPROVSKY CHEMICAL PLANT - Oleg VOITSEKHOVYCH (PhD)

10:00 AM The Removal of Radiation and other Impurity from Copper Sulphide Concentrates - Grenvil Dunn (Orway Mineral Consultants (WA) Pty Ltd)

10:20 AM HYDROMETALLURGICAL CONTROLS ON ARSENIC, MOLYBDENUM AND SELENIUM IN URANIUM MILL EFFLUENT AND TAILINGS - Brett Moldovan (IAEA)
10:40 AM Break
Break
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Unconformity-type Uranium Deposits: A new IAEA technical document - Adrienne HANLY (IAEA)

11:20 AM Fluid inclusion evidence for uranium extracted from the Athabasca Basin as a source for unconformity-related uranium mineralization - Guoxiang Chi (Department of Geology, University of Regina)

11:40 AM NEW U–Pb AGES AND GEOCHEMISTRY FROM THE WHEELER RIVER URANIUM DEPOSITS, ATHABASCA BASIN, CANADA - julien mercadier (georessources)

12:00 PM Comparison between the uranium deposits in the Alligator River Uranium Field and the Westmoreland area (Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia) - Joséphine Gigon (Laboratoire GeoRessources)

12:20 PM Geochemical signatures of U-bearing metasomatic deposits of the Central Mineral Belt, Labrador, Canada. - Pedro Acosta Gongora (Geological Survey of Canada)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM IAEA SAFEGUARDS ASPECTS OF, AND ISSUES IN, URANIUM MINING AND ORE PROCESSING - Brian Boyer (IAEA)

11:20 AM IAEA-TDL-003: A CORNERSTONE FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY FOR URANIUM ORE CONCENTRATES FOR NEWCOMERS - Dennis Amos Mwalongo (Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission)

11:40 AM GUIDANCE AND TRAINING FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY IN THE URANIUM EXTRACTION INDUSTRY - Assel Khamzayeva (IAEA)

12:00 PM PRACTICAL APPROACH TO IMPROVING CONVENTIONAL SAFETY PERFORMANCE AND CULTURE IN URANIUM MINES AND MILLS - Brett Moldovan (IAEA)

12:20 PM UMEX Project, an IAEA Survey of Global Uranium Mining and Processing Occupational Doses - H. Burcin Okyar (International Atomic Energy Agency)

12:40 PM NATURAL RADIATION EXPOSURE TO THE PUBLIC IN THE URANIUM AND THORIUM BEARING REGIONS OF CAMEROON: FROM MEASUREMENTS, DOSE ASSESSMENT TO A NATIONAL RADON PLAN - SAÏDOU (Institute of Geological and Mining Research)
1:00 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HOST FORMATION OF THE FRANCEVILLIAN URANIUM MINERALIZATION (HAUT OGOOUÉ PROVINCE, GABON): PETROGRAPHY, SEDIMENTOLOGY, STRATIGRAPHY, AGE AND NEW ISOTOPIC DATA - Marc BROUAND (Orano Group)

2:20 PM Radon Monitoring in the Soil Air with Nuclear Track Detectors – Uranium Exploration Method - Jiri Kvasnicka (Radiation Detection Systems)

2:40 PM Uranium-Lithium Deposits at Macusani, Peru: Geology, Processing & Economics along the path to production - Terrence O'Connor (Plateau Uranium Inc)

3:00 PM Advanced technologies for sustainable exploitation of uranium-bearing mineral resources in Finland - Peter Sorjonen-Ward (Geological Survey of Finland)

3:20 PM Features of geological modelling, Mineral Resources and Reserves estimation of uranium roll-front deposits - Maxim Seredkin (CSA Global Pty. Ltd.)
2:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Falea: an unconformity-type polymetallic deposit, Mali, West Africa - Jerome Randabel (Goviex)

2:20 PM Central Jordan Uranium Project: Monitoring the Project Maturity via the application of the UNFC-2009 - Hussein ALLABOUN (Jordanian Uranium Mining Company and Jordan University of Science and Technology)

2:40 PM Economic Evaluation of Uranium Projects (Niger case study) - Hassane Garba Barke (Ministry of Mines)

3:00 PM REGIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS: AFRICA’S APPROACH TO ADOPTING UNFC-2009 THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF AFRICAN MINING VISION - Cassius Chiwambo (Chief Mining Engineer)

3:20 PM Exploration successes in the Tim Mersoi basin (Niger): a case study - Jerome Randabel (GOVIEX URANIUM INC)
3:40 PM Break
Break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:20 PM
Room: M3
Contributions

4:00 PM Thorium as nuclear fuel: What, how and when? - Harikrishnan Tulsidas (UNECE)

4:20 PM Black- Sand in Sudan for economics thorium fuel cycles - Abdalla Hamed (Sudan University for Science & Technology)

4:40 PM Thorium resources in China: Spatial distribution, genetic type and geological characteristics - Jun Zhong (Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology)

5:00 PM Effect of Caustic Soda Fusion Temperature on Malaysian Xenotime - Roshasnorlyza HAZAN (MALAYSIAN NUCLEAR AGENCY)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM Experience of plasma-pulse action for ISL uranium wells - Olga Gorbatenko (Inkai Joint Venture)

4:20 PM THE RESULTS OF LABORATORY AND FIELD IN SITU LEACHING TESTS AT THE NYOTA URANIUM DEPOSIT (UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA) - Alexey Yastrebkov (Uranium One Group)

4:40 PM EFFECTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPLIANT IN SITU RECOVERY OF SEDIMENTARY HOSTED URANIUM - Horst Maerten (Heathgate Resources Pty Ltd)

5:00 PM GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AND SELF-PURIFICATION AT URANIUM PRODUCTION BY THE IN SITU LEACHING PROCESS - Mikhail Noskov (Seversk Technological Institute of National Research Nuclear University MEPhI)

5:20 PM A URANIUM ISOTOPIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE FORMATION OF ROLL-FRONT MINERAL DEPOSITS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR POST MINING REMEDIATION - Shaun Brown (UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)

5:40 PM Actual problems of development and carrying out of repair and restoration works of underground uranium leaching wells - Armanbek Omirgali (JSC "NAC "Kazatomprom")
Friday, June 29, 2018
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Sustainable Development of uranium production: Status, prospects, challenges - Alexander Boytsov (Uranium One Group)

9:20 AM A long term view on uranium resources, supply and demand - Adrienne HANLY (IAEA)

9:40 AM Harmony - the future of electricity and nuclear delivering its potential - Serge Gorlin (World Nuclear Association)
10:00 AM Break
Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Contributions

10:30 AM Panel discussion

12:00 PM Chair's closing statement - Michel CUNEY (CNRS - GeoRessources - CREGU - Universite de Lorraine)