technical program - mines / mills decommissioning

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The PLENARY SESSION will host some of the world’s leading experts to discuss:

• The Next Generation of Nuclear Power
• Uranium Resources – Exploration and New Mines
• Uranium Processing – Milling, Refining, Conversion and
• Enrichment
• Regulatory and Public Issues.

The TECHNICAL SESSIONS will include papers on:

• Mining
  • Current uranium mining operations around the world
  • Advances in uranium mining technology
  • Waste rock management.
    
    
• Uranium Processing
  
  
  • Current uranium milling operations around the world
  • Advances in uranium extraction processes (leaching, SX, CCD, etc.)
  • In situ recovery (ISR) – operations, processing and restoration
  • Tailings management
    
  • Liquid effluent management.
    
    
• Refining / Conversion / Fuel Fabrication
  
  
  • Current operations around the world
  • Advances in uranium refining, conversion and fuel fabrication.
    
    
• Reactor Designs and Decommissioning (invited papers only)
• Decommissioning and Reclamation of Mines and Mills
• Radiation Safety and Advances
• Regulatory Requirements and Expectations
• Environmental and Safety Advances and Best Practices
• Uranium Deposit Geology & Mineralogy – Relevance to Mining and Processing.