Name: International Symposium on Uranium Raw Material for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Exploration, Mining, Production, Supply and Demand, Economics and Environmental Issues - IAEA CN-216
Start: 2014-06-23T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2014-06-27T18:00:00+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 - IAEA CN-216

from Monday, June 23, 2014 (9:00 AM) to Friday, June 27, 2014 (6:00 PM)

Monday, June 23, 2014
10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Room: VIC, M1
Contributions

10:00 AM Opening statement - Director, NEFW

10:20 AM Chairman's opening address

10:40 AM Uranium and nuclear market, the horizon post-Fukushima - Lelièvre Frédéric (AREVA)

11:10 AM Comments - Scientific Secretaries

11:30 AM Comments - UNECE

11:50 AM Comments - OECD/NEA

12:10 PM WNA Uranium Activities
2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: VIC, M1
Contributions

2:30 PM IAEA Study - Uranium Supply to 2060 - Thomas Pool (International Nuclear, Inc.)

3:00 PM Uranium 2014: Resources, Production and Demand (the “Red Book”) supply and demand projections to 2035 - Susan Hall (U.S. Geological Survey)

3:30 PM World Nuclear Association 2013 Fuel Market Report - Ian Emsley (World Nuclear Association)

4:00 PM Uranium exploration (2004-2014): New discoveries, new resources - Christian Polak (AREVA Mines)

5:00 PM The uranium supply strategy of China - Shangxiong Gao (China Uranium Corporation,CNNC)

5:30 PM World Nuclear Association (WNA) internationally standardized reporting (checklist) on the sustainable development performance of uranium mining and processing sites - Frank Harris (Rio Tinto Uranium)

6:00 PM IAEA geological classification of uranium deposits - Patrice Bruneton (none)
6:30 PM IAEA Reception
IAEA Reception
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Room: VIC
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Room: VIC, M3
Contributions

9:00 AM Responsible management for health, safety and environment (HSE) in uranium mining and processing, starting from public support - Sylvain Saint-Pierre (SENES Consultants)

9:30 AM Institutional control of mine wastes in Saskatchewan, Canada - Keith Cunningham (Government of Saskatchewan, Ministry of the Economy)

10:00 AM Calibration of a PHREEQC-based geochemical model to predict surface water discharge from an operating uranium mill in the Athabasca Basin - John Mahoney (Mahoney Geochemical Consulting LLC)

10:30 AM Methodological approach on uranium mill tailings decommissioning designing - Vladimir Karamushka (OJSC VNIPIpromtechnologii)

11:30 AM Radiation requirements for uranium project approvals - Jim Hondros (JRHC Enterprises Pty Ltd)

12:00 PM Uranium mine regulation and remediation in Australia's Northern Territory - Peter Waggitt (Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy)

12:30 PM Regulation of activities producing uranium as a by-product: South African perspective - Ezekiel Mohajane (National Nuclear Regulator South Africa)

2:30 PM Risk-based environmental assessment for uranium mines – some Canadian and Australian experience - Marcelle Phaneuf (IAEA)

3:00 PM Social Licensing in uranium mining: Experiences from the IAEA review of the planned Mukju River Uranium Project, Tanzania - Henry Schnell (HA Schnell Consulting Inc)

3:15 PM Experience of IAEA UPSAT mission to Tanzanian uranium sites as a means of sustaining best practice for uranium production in Tanzania - DENNIS AMOS MWALONGO (Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Room: VIC, M1
Contributions

9:00 AM Felsic magmatism and uranium deposits - Michel CUNEY (CNRS - GeoRessources - CREGU - Universite de Lorraine)

9:30 AM Granite-related hypothermal uranium mineralization in South China - Xiaodong Liu (Key laboratory of Nuclear Resources and Environment, Ministry of Education East China Institute of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330013 China)

10:00 AM Recent advances about the unconformity-related U deposits - Julien Mercadier (Georessources)

10:30 AM Basement to surface expressions of deep mineralization and refinement of critical factors leading to the formation of unconformity-related uranium deposits - Eric Potter (Geological Survey of Canada)

11:30 AM Central Ukraine Uranium Province: The genetic model - Alexander Emetz (Institute of geochemistry, mineralogy and ore formation of NAS of Ukraine) Michel CUNEY (CNRS - GeoRessources - CREGU - Universite de Lorraine)

12:00 PM Dynamics of uranium ore formation in the basement and frame of the Streltsovskaya Caldera - Sergey Schukin (Priargunsky Mining and Chemical Operation (PPGHO), Krasnokamensk, Russia) Vladislav Petrov (Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry(IGEM), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia)

12:30 PM New Au-U deposit type in the weathering crust in tectonic-metasomatite zones of Pre-Cambrian shields. - Alexey Tarkhanov (JSC ”Scientific-Research Institute of Chemical Technology”)

2:30 PM The genesis of Kurišková U-Mo ore deposit - Rastislav Demko (scientist)

3:00 PM Uranium potential in Greenland - Kristine Thrane (Senior Research Scientist)

3:30 PM A regional multi-scale 3-D geological model of the Eastern Sub-Athabasca Basement, Canada: Implications for vectoring towards unconformity-type uranium deposits - Irvine Annesley (Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan) Zoltan Hajnal (Department of geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan)

4:00 PM Exploration and discovery of the Pine Ridge uranium deposits, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA - Mark J. Doelger (Stakeholder Energy, LLC)
3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: VIC, M3
Contributions

3:30 PM Product stewardship for uranium: A way for the industry to demonstrate its high performance - Frank Harris (Rio Tinto Uranium)

4:00 PM The Namibian uranium mining model: Voluntary sector initiatives underpinned by a regulatory safety net ensures best practice - an update. - Axel Tibinyane (National Radiation Protection Authority (Namibia)) Wotan Swiegers (Atomic Energy Board (Namibia_)

5:00 PM The model of interaction with the National Operator when doing uranium mining in Kazakhstan - Artem Yermilov (Uranium One Inc.) Yelena Sakharova (NAC Kazatomprom)

5:30 PM Why jurisdiction and uranium deposit type are essential considerations for exploration and mining of uranium - David Miller (Miller and Associates, LLC)

6:00 PM The role of public consultation in leading practice uranium mining - Robert Vance (OECD Nuclear Energy Agency)
5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: VIC
Contributions

5:00 PM Enabling sustainable uranium production: The Inter-regional Technical Cooperation experience - Harikrishnan Tulsidas (IAEA)

5:30 PM Continuing education in radiation protection in the nuclear fuel cycle: The case of Nuclear Industries of Brazil - Wagner de Souza Pereira (Universidade Federal Fluminense)

6:00 PM Human resource development for uranium production cycle - Chaitanyamoy Ganguly (Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) - Pilani, India)
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Room: VIC, M1
Contributions

9:00 AM The Wiluna Uranium Project, Western Australia: Bringing a new project to the market - Vanessa Guthrie (Toro Energy Limited)

9:30 AM An overview of uranium, rare metal and REE mineralisation in the crystallines of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, India - PRATAP SINGH PARIHAR (DIRECTOR, AMD)

10:00 AM International standardisation for the reporting of resources and reserves - Karilyn Farmer (AREVA)

10:30 AM Application of United Nations Framework Classification – 2009 (UNFC-2009) to nuclear fuel resources - Harikrishnan Tulsidas (IAEA)

11:30 AM Roll-front uranium occurrences of the South Texas Mineral Belt: Development of a database for mineral potential modelling and quantitative resource assessment - Mark Mihalasky (U.S. Geological Survey)

12:00 PM Geological 3-D modelling and resources estimation of the Budenovskoye uranium deposit (Kazakhstan) - Maxim Seredkin (CSA Global Pty.Ltd)

12:30 PM How effective project management will add value to your uranium project - Malcolm Titley (CSA Global UK) Russell Bradford (Jem-Met)
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: VIC, M3
Contributions

9:00 AM Sandstone uranium deposits of Eurasia – from genetic concepts to forecasting and new discoveries - Igor Pechenkin (All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Mineral Resources, Moscow, Russia)

9:30 AM Undiscovered resource evaluation: Towards applying a systematic approach to uranium - Martin Fairclough (International Atomic Energy Agency)

10:00 AM Case study: financing growth in uranium production despite today’s serious challenges – from concept to production in five years - Amir Adnani (Uranium Energy Corporation)

10:30 AM The outlook on potential uranium ISL Mining at Nyota Deposit (Tanzania) - Alexander Boytsov (Uranium One Inc.)
11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Room: VIC
Contributions

11:30 AM Worldwide ISL uranium mining outlook - Alexander Boytsov (Uranium One Inc.)

12:00 PM Development of ISL uranium mining in Kazakhstan - Olga Gorbatenko (KazAtomProm)

12:30 PM Nichols Ranch ISL Uranium Mine - a case history - Glenn Catchpole (Uranerz Energy Corporation)

2:30 PM ISR mining of uranium in the permafrost zone, Khiagda Mine (Russian Federation) - Alexander Boytsov (Uranium One Inc.)

3:00 PM Advancements in exploration and In-Situ Recovery of sedimentary-hosted uranium - Peter H. Woods (IAEA)

3:30 PM Rational ore deposit drilling pattern with construction of cluster pumping wells in the artesian flow conditions - Alexey Matunov (NAC Kazatomprom, JV Karatau)

4:00 PM The methods for performance improvement of technological wells at in-situ uranium leaching - Artem Yermilov (Uranium One Inc.) Marat Niyetbayev (Uranium One Inc.)
2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: VIC, M1
Contributions

2:30 PM Genetic model for roll-front uranium deposits in the Gulf Coast Uranium Province, Texas, USA - Susan Hall (U.S. Geological Survey)

3:00 PM Recent exploration progresses on sandstone-hosted uranium deposits in north-western China - Ziying LI (Beijing Research Institute of Uranium geology)

3:30 PM Novel geochemical techniques integrated in exploration for uranium deposits at depth - Kurt Kyser (Queen's University, Canada)

4:00 PM Methods of mineral potential assessment of uranium deposits: A mineral systems approach - Subhash Jaireth (Consultant)
5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: VIC, Poster area
Contributions

5:00 PM Steady-state fluid flow as a complementary driver of mineralization and redistribution processes at unconformity-type uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin, Canada - Gerhard Ruhrmann (RuhrmannConsult)

5:00 PM Regulatory preparations towards commencement of uranium mining and processing of radioactive ores in Tanzania - Mikidadi Salehe GURISHA (KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School (KINGS))

5:00 PM Uranium resources potential of Thailand and the Lao PDR - Pipat Laowattanabandit (Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University)

5:00 PM The development condition of longitudinal channels of a Lower Cretaceous formation and its perspective for sandstone type uranium deposits in the Erlian basin, northern China - Mingkuan Qin (Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology)

5:00 PM Uranium in the north of Côte d'Ivoire: case of Odienné - Konan Ange KOFFI (Ministry of Industry et Mining)

5:00 PM Actual uranium mining and exploration in Niger - MAMANE KACHE (Ministère des Mines et du Développement Industriel)

5:00 PM World uranium exploration, resources, production and related activities - Adrienne HANLY (IAEA)

5:00 PM Estimation of uranium mining peak - Klim Kabashev (FSUE "SCC of Rosatom", NRNU MEPhI)

5:00 PM Current state of uranium exploration in central Colombia: Regional perspective and selected case studies - Adrian Perez (Servicio Geológico Colombiano) Giovanni Moreno (Servicio Geologico Colombiano)

5:00 PM Petrography, metasomatism and mineralization of uranium and other radioactive minerals in the Narigan Area (Central Iran) Islamic Republic of Iran - Jalil Iranmanesh (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran)

5:00 PM Research on uranium and thorium elements exploration through the study of petrography, petrology and geophysical method in the Saghand Area (Central Iran) Islamic Republic of Iran - Jalil Iranmanesh (I.R.Iran)

5:00 PM Comparing recent uranium supply scenarios - Nikolaus Arnold (Institute for Security/Safety and Risk Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna)

5:00 PM Brazilian uranium production and demand: Scenarios for the near future - Raul Sodré Villegas (Brazilian Nuclear Energy Comission)

5:00 PM The prospects for the application of the new generation neutron logging system developed by Rusburmash Inc (Russia) for handling geotechnical issues at sandstone-hosted uranium deposits - Alexander Minosyantz (RUSBURMASH Inc.)

5:00 PM Prospects for increasing uranium resources in the Khiagda ore field (Russian Federation) - Anatoliy Novgorodtcev (RUSBURMASH Inc.)

5:00 PM Topological relations in the U-Si-O-H system derived by weathering at Lagoa Real Province, Bahia, Brazil - Fernando Pires (Rio de Janeiro State University)

5:00 PM Ore genesis of Gogi uranium deposit in Bhima Basin, Yadgir District, Karnataka, India - MAHENDRA KUMAR KOTHARI (AMD/ Department of Atomic Energy India)

5:00 PM Uranium exploration in albitised rocks of North Delhi Fold Belt in Rajasthan and Haryana, India - PRADEEP PANDEY (ATOMIC MINERALS DIRECTORATE FOR EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH, DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY, GOVT. OF INDIA)

5:00 PM Uranium potential of the Central African Republic - Richard Bangoto (Ministry of mines, energy and hydraulics, CAR)

5:00 PM Fluid flow and reactive mass transport modeling of reducing mechanisms in the formation of unconformity-related uranium deposits - Jianwen Yang (University of Windsor)

5:00 PM Uranium exploration in Egypt past, current and future activities - Nagdy Farag (Nuclear Materials Authority)

5:00 PM Focus on uranium research in Senegal - Mamadou Kanoute (Ministry of Energy, Senegal)

5:00 PM Geochemical dispersion associated with uranium deposits in sandstone roll front type and its relationship to the Orinoco Oil Belt, Venezuela - John Manrique (Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Central de Venezuela)

5:00 PM Approaches to mastering the uranium potential of Cameroon - Pulcherie Julie Chakam Tagheu (National Radiation Protection Agency Cameroon)

5:00 PM Exploration and uranium mining in Niger - Moustapha Moussa (Centre de Recherche Geologique et Mineire Niger)

5:00 PM Geology of uranium in the Republic of Madagascar - Louis Randriamananjara (Ministry of Mines Madagascar)

5:00 PM Cachoeira Uranium Deposit, Lagoa Real, Bahia, Brazil – kinematic, compositional and fluid evolution - Fernando Pires (Rio de Janeiro State University)

5:00 PM Brecciation and Ca-Na alteration at the Salaki uranium prospect, Northern Cameroon - Arnaud Patrice KOUSKE (Economic Geology Unit, Department of Civil Engineering, University Institute of Technology, University of Douala, Cameroon)

5:00 PM The simulation experiment study on humic acid in the ore-forming process of sandstone-hosted uranium deposits in Northwest China - Yuyan Zhang (Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology)

5:10 PM Challenges of development of regulatory control infrastructure for uranium mining in developing countries (Tanzania) to achieve regulatory compliance - Abdalah Kileo (Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission)

5:10 PM Using high temperature gas-cooled reactors for energy neutral mineral development processes – a proposed IAEA Coordinated Research Project - Nils Haneklaus (Section of Nuclear Power Technology Development, Division of Nuclear Power, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna International Centre, PO Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria)

5:10 PM A pathway to supplier status: Case of Greenland and Denmark - Cindy Vestergaard (Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS))

5:10 PM Evaluation and design of the uranium project “Tigre I – La Terraza”, Sierra Pintada, Mendoza, Argentina - Sergio Dieguez (CNEA)

5:10 PM Developments in the modelling approach for radiological safety assessment of 238U-series radionuclides in waste disposal - DANYL PEREZ-SANCHEZ (CIEMAT)

5:10 PM Delivering competence based training and capacity building to support sustainable uranium mining in less prepared areas - Ibrahim Miko Dit Angoula (IAEA)

5:10 PM On-line XRF analysis of uranium materials in the mining and processing industry - Jelena Hasikova (Baltic Scientific Instruments)

5:10 PM Quantitative analysis of thorium-containing materials using an Industrial XRF analyzer - Jelena Hasikova (Baltic Scientific Instruments)

5:10 PM Ensuring safe use of water in a river basin with uranium drainage - Fernando P. Carvalho (Instituto Superior Técnico/Laboratório de Protecção e Segurança Radiológica, E.N. 10, Bobadela LRS, Portugal)

5:10 PM Radiological legacy of uranium mining – the case study of Caldas, MG, Brazil - Delcy Azevedo Py Junior (Brazilian Nuclear Industries, INB)

5:10 PM Uranium and REE recovery from acid mine drainage treatment waste – Caldas/BR case - Raul Sodré Villegas (Brazilian Nuclear Energy Comission)

5:10 PM Using pattern classification and nuclear forensic signatures to link UOC to source rocks and purification processes - Naomi Marks (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

5:10 PM Development of the heap leaching of low-grade Uranium ores for conditions of OJSC Priargunsky Mining and Chemical plant (PPGKhO) - Aleksandr Morozov (Russia)

5:10 PM Geological modelling and resource estimation of Lemajung, Kalan, West Kalimantan - Heri Syaeful (National Nuclear Energy (BATAN) of Indonesia)

5:10 PM Geochemical model on uranium mineralizations in the rhyolite-granite complex in the Jabal Eghei area, Libya - Mirjana Radenkovic (University of Belgrade-Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, POB 522, Belgrade 11001, Serbia)

5:10 PM Thermodynamic and kinetic study of uranium peroxide precipitation - Luz Adriana Mojica Rodriguez (CEA - France)

5:10 PM Characterisation and dissolution studies on the uranium pyrochlore mineral betafite: [(Ca,U)2(Nb,Ti,Ta)2O7] - Scott McMaster (RMIT University)

5:10 PM Environmental monitoring data review of a uranium ore processing facility in Argentina - Juan Pablo Bonetto (Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (Argentina))

5:10 PM Decommissioning of uranium pilot plants at IPEN-CNEN/SP: Facilities dismantling, decontamination and reuse as new laboratories for strategic programs - Paulo Ernesto Oliveira Lainetti (Nuclear and Energetic Research Institute - IPEN-CNEN/SP Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission)

5:10 PM Unconventional isotope systems applied to enhancing the petrogenesis of uranium deposits - Kurt Kyser (Queen's University, Canada)

5:10 PM Physico-chemical basics for production of uranium concentrate from wastes of hydrometallurgical plants and technical waters - Ilkhom Mirsaidov (Nuclear and Radiation Safety Agency)

5:10 PM Uranium legacy of Soviet Union in Tajikistan: problems and ways forward - Ulmas Mirsaidov (Nuclear and Radiation Safety Agency)

5:10 PM Environmental geological studies of thorium and other radioactive elements in the Narigan Area (Central Iran) Islamic Republic of Iran - Jalil Iranmanesh (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran)

5:10 PM Measurement of 226Ra and 228Ra in Brazilian and Israeli Phosphates - Artur Canella Avelar (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)

5:10 PM Uranium deposit types and resources of Argentina - LUIS LOPEZ (CNEA (Argentina))

5:10 PM Prospects of block underground leaching application on Streltsovskoe field deposits - Aleksei Yurtaev ("VNIPIpromtehnologii" Ltd. (OAO"ВНИПИпромтехнологии"))

5:10 PM A newly developed accelerator to convert thorium to uranium-233 - Takashi Kamei (Kyoto Neutronics, Co., Ltd.)

5:10 PM Processing uranium ores of Central Jordan - Hussein Allaboun (Jordan Atomic Energy Commission)

5:10 PM Modelling of radon control and air cleaning requirements in underground uranium mines - Abd Raouf Gadalla (Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority) Mohamed El Fawal (Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority)

5:10 PM Uranium mining and extraction industries: Environmental impacts and mitigation techniques - Abd-Alraouf GADALLA (The Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority)

5:10 PM International overview of ISL uranium mining operations - Peter H. Woods (IAEA)

5:10 PM World Nuclear University School of Uranium Production: Eight years' experience - Jan Trojacek (DIAMO State Enterprise)

5:10 PM The characteristics of uranium oxide sintered pellets from phosphate fertilizer waste as a potential resource of uranium - Anwar MUCHIN (National Nuclear Energy Authority Indonesia)

5:10 PM Recovery of uranium and REEs from phosphate rocks: The GCT experience - NOUREDDINE ABBES (Research Director Groupe Chimique Tunisien)

5:10 PM New exploration results of the Elkon uranium district deposits and prospects for their development - Aleksey Danilov (RUSBURMASH Inc.)

5:10 PM Estimation of uranium concentration in building stones used in Jordanian buildings - Hanan Saleh (Al-Hussein Bin Talal University)

5:10 PM Study of geological details towards feasibility of uranium project: Indian case studies - A. K. Sarangi (Uranium Corporation of India Limited)

5:10 PM Development of polymeric adsorbents for recovery of uranium from seawater - Phillip Britt (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

5:10 PM Characterization and testing of adsorbent materials to extract uranium from natural seawater - Gary Gill (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Marine Sciences Laboratory)

5:10 PM Uranium refining by solvent extraction - Jarunee Kraikaew (Office of Atoms for Peace, Thailand)

5:10 PM Preliminary evaluation of uranium resources in Productora's Prospect, Chile - Peter Fleming Rubio (Nuclear Energy Chilean Commission)

5:10 PM Extraction of uranium from low-grade uranium ores in Poland - Katarzyna Kiegiel Kiegiel (Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology)

5:10 PM Challenges in authorization of exploration and exploitation of radioactive minerals in Slovakia - Vlasta Janova (Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic)

5:10 PM Development of Budenovskoye Deposit in South Kazakhstan - Alexey Matunov (NAC Kazatomprom, JV Karatau) Marat Niyetbayev (Uranium One Inc)

5:10 PM New method for development of stagnant zones and man-made mineral formations for in-situ leaching - Dauren Kunanbayev (NAC Kazatomprom, JV Betpak-Dala) Iurii Akopian (NAC Kazatomprom, JV Betpak-Dala)

5:10 PM Networking as a tool to improve education and training in environmental remediation of uranium mining and processing sites – the role of the ENVIRONET/CONNECT - Horst Monken-Fernandes (IAEA)

5:10 PM Bottle roll leach test for Temrezli uranium ore - Kamer ÇETİN (General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration, Dept. of Mining Anal. and Techn., Mineral Processing and Metallurgy Subdivision, Balgat, Ankara, Turkey)

5:10 PM Uranium exploration status in Bangladesh: Conceptual feasibility studies - Ratan Kumar Majumder (Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission)

5:10 PM Uranium resources and potential of the Republic of Niger - Maï Ousmane El Hamet (Centre des Recherches Géologique et Minière (Niger))

5:10 PM Safe management of uranium milling waste - Mohamed Abdel Geleel (Head of Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority)

5:10 PM Environmental radioactivity and mitigation of radiological impact at legacy uranium sites in Portugal - Fernando P. Carvalho (Instituto Superior Técnico/Laboratório de Protecção e Segurança Radiológica, E.N. 10, Bobadela LRS, Portugal)

5:10 PM Philippines targeting unconventional sources for uranium - Rolando Reyes (Philippine Nuclear Research Institute)

5:10 PM Sub level open stoping mining method for the Remaja type deposits, Kalan, West Kalimantan, Indonesia - Agus Sumaryanto (National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia)

5:10 PM Regulatory issues for safety and environmental regarding uranium mining and milling in Romania - Lorena Pop (National Commission for nuclear Activities Control, Romania)

5:10 PM Further new activities at uranium deposit Rozna - Frantisek Toman (Diamo State Enterprise)

5:10 PM Uranium in South Africa: Exploration, mining and production - Abdul Kenan (Council for Geoscience)

5:10 PM Uranium development in Nigeria - Justine Karniliyus (Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, Abuja)

5:10 PM Uranium nanoparticle synthesis from leaching solution - Zygmunt Sadowski (Wroclaw University of Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50370 Wroclaw, Poland)

5:10 PM The role of naturally occurring biofilm in the treatment of mine water in abandoned uranium mine - Sebastian Mielnicki (Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Analysis, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, POLAND.)

5:10 PM REE in Brazil – condition of formation and types of deposits - Fernando Pires (Rio de Janeiro State University)

5:10 PM Problems of developing remedial strategy for the uranium ore processing legacy site Pridneprovsky Chemical Plant Site (Dneprodzerginsk, Ukraine) - Viktor Riazantsev (State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate, Kiev, Ukraine)

5:10 PM Dadag uranium deposit in Central Anatolia, Turkey - IBRAHIM UNAL (TURKISH)

5:10 PM The last twenty years of the IAEA Technical Cooperation on the uranium production cycle in Argentina - LUIS LOPEZ (CNEA (Argentina))

5:35 PM Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of Lower Cretaceous Sandstones at Gabel El Ghurfa, Eastern Desert, Egypt - Mohamed El-Ahmady Ibrahim (Nuclear Materials Authority Egypt)

5:40 PM A new edition global map - uranium deposits of the world - Martin Fairclough (International Atomic Energy Agency)
Thursday, June 26, 2014
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Room: VIC, M3
Contributions

9:00 AM Forecasting sandstone uranium deposits in oil-and-gas bearing basins - Igor Pechenkin (All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Mineral Resources, Moscow, Russia)

9:30 AM Uranium exploration in Mongolia: A major discovery in the Gobi Desert - Olivier CARDON (GOGEGOBI LLC / AREVA Mongol LLC)

10:00 AM Drill site selection process using geophysical (seismic, EM, magnetic) surveys and regional geochemical uranium deposit vectors within the Keefe Lake Uranium Property and its vicinity – Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada - Zoltan Hajnal (Department of geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan)

10:30 AM The successful application of modern exploration techniques to previously explored areas in the Athabasca Basin, Canada - Kenneth Wheatley (Forum Uranium Corp.)

11:30 AM Comprehensive geophysical survey technique in exploration for deep-buried hydrothermal type uranium deposits in Xiangshan volcanic basin, China - Dan Ke (CNNC Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology)

12:00 PM Mining of low grade ore in carbonate rock - Akshaya Kumar Sarangi (Uranium Corporation of India Ltd)

12:30 PM Application of resin in pulp technique for ion exchange separation of uranium from alkaline leachate - Tumuluri Sreenivas (Scientific Officer and Head, Mineral Processing Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Dept of Atomic Energy, Govt of India, Hyderabad(India))
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: VIC, M1
Contributions

9:00 AM Thorium: Geology, occurrence, deposits and resources - Fritz Barthel (IAEA Consultant)

9:25 AM Thorium recovery as a co-product of processing rare earth element deposits - Bradley Van Gosen (U.S. Geological Survey)

9:50 AM Thorium as a new commodity: Th resources in Brazil - Roberto VILLAS-BÔAS (CYTED / CETEM)

10:15 AM Separation of rare earths from uranium and thorium - Damien Krebs (Greenland Minerals and Energy)

11:10 AM Thorium and uranium separation from Rare Earth complex minerals in Turkey - Resat Uzmen (AMR Metalurji Ltd.)

11:35 AM Creating a multi-national development platform: Thorium energy and rare earth value chain - James Kennedy (ThREE Consulting LLC and The Thorium Energy Alliance)
12:00 PM
12:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: VIC, M1
Contributions

12:00 PM Building a uranium heap leach project - Henry Schnell (HA SCHNELL Consulting Inc)

12:30 PM Heap leaching technology is moving the frontier for the treatment - Jacques THIRY (AREVA)

2:30 PM Implementation of a new milling process at Caetité-Brazil uranium site - Luiz Alberto GOMIERO (Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil S/A - INB, Brazil)

3:00 PM Ablation - breakthrough technology to reduce uranium mining cost and increase resources - David Scriven (Ablation Technologies, LLC)

3:30 PM Metallurgical testwork to support development of the Kintyre Project - Mark Maley (ANSTO Minerals)

4:00 PM Reguibat calcrete uranium project, Mauritania: Beneficiation upgrades and rapid leaching - Robert Beeson (Aura Energy Ltd)

5:00 PM Development of the Falea polymetallic uranium project - Robert Ring (ANSTO Minerals)

5:30 PM Improvement of the technology of treatment of uranium ores from the Streltsovsky group of deposits - Valery Litvinenko (Russia)

6:00 PM Solvent extraction of uranium: Towards good practice in design, operation and management - Peter Bartsch (Alchemides Pty Ltd)
2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: VIC, M3
Contributions

2:30 PM Uranium extraction from phosphates: Background, opportunities, process overview and way forward for commercialisation - Tapan Kumar Haldar (Consultant)

3:00 PM Uranium and REE recovery from Florida phosphates – Looking back and going forward - Jinrong (Patrick) Zhang (Florida Industrial and Phosphate Research Institute, Bartow, United States of America)

3:30 PM Development of a new process for the selective extraction of uranium from phosphate rocks - Gilles BERNIER (CEA)

3:55 PM Uranium in phosphate rocks and future nuclear power fleets - Antoine Monnet (CEA)

4:50 PM The giant Alum Shale polymetallic deposits of Jämtland, Sweden – a major potential low cost supplier of uranium for the future - Robert Beeson (Aura Energy Ltd)

5:15 PM Uranium from coal ash: resource assessment and outlook on production capacities - Antoine Monnet (CEA)

5:40 PM Overview of the nuclear fuel resources – seawater uranium recovery program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy - Stephen Kung (Office of Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy)

6:05 PM Cost analysis of seawater uranium recovered by a polymeric adsorbent system - Erich Schneider (The University of Texas at Austin)
Friday, June 27, 2014
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: VIC, M1
Contributions

9:00 AM A market in transition - Nicolas Carter (The Ux Consulting Company, LLC)

9:30 AM Theory to practice: The scope, purpose and practice of prefeasibility studies for critical resources in the era of sustainable development - Julian Hilton (Aleff Group)

10:00 AM Positioning for a positive future: Cigar Lake starts production - Timothy Gitzel (Cameco Corporation)
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 1:10 PM
Room: VIC, M1
Contributions

11:00 AM Panel discussion

1:00 PM Chairman's closing statement