Fewer, Better, Faster – Reality of Trends in the Nuclear Industry
The electricity markets are being deregulated around the world. Although the exact scope and timetable may vary, the trend is unmistakable. This intense deregulation is driving generators to significantly reduce their costs to improve their competitiveness. Nuclear fuel is not immune from this process. Yet, there is excess supply capability in all areas of the nuclear fuel cycle and prices have been generally low for some time. As a result, suppliers have in general not received reasonable returns on investment and in the worst cases even a return of their investment. In order to maintain a healthy supply industry in the long term, this must change. Otherwise, new investment will suffer with competition as the ultimate victim. Consolidations have begun and the suppliers have reduced their costs. The issue becomes how can utilities improve their competitiveness while maintaining a vibrant supply industry? Fewer, faster, better, the slogan of modern business, can the trend continue?
June 11, 2000
Sunday, 9:00 am
Golf Tournament (jointly hosted by Vattenfall Fuel andWestinghouse Atom AB)
9:00 am Spouse/Guest TourJune 11, 2000
Sunday, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Registration and ReceptionJune 12, 2000
Monday, 8:30 am
Session 1:
Welcome and IntroductionGeorge B. Assie
Chairman, Board of Governors
World Nuclear Fuel Market
Keynote Speaker
Gösta Bergenheim
Mayor of Varberg
Trends for the Modern Business
The nuclear world is becoming smaller with competition rapidly developing in many countries. The pace of change is accelerating and businesses must identify changes and adapt quickly if they are to succeed. This is not just true in the nuclear industry, but in all industries. This session will present the business leaders’ views on the key business trends and the requirements to thrive in the new environment.
Session ChairmanGeorge B. Assie
President
Cameco Inc
"Business Trendsetters"
• (Speaker to be determined)
Session 2: Nuclear Business Trendsetters
This session will present key nuclear industry business leaders’ views on how the nuclear industry will evolve and the keys to be successful.
Session Chairman
Dr. Ali Etemad
Executive Vice President
Vattenfall Fuel
Making Nuclear Power Sustainable
• Bertrand Barré
Vice President, Research and Development
COGEMA
Meeting the Competitive Challenge With Nuclear Power
• Per Brunzell
President
Westinghouse Atom AB
• Francis Hervé
Director, EDF Trading
EDF Trading Limited
• James P. Malone
Vice President Nuclear Fuel Management
ComEd
The Nuclear Power Utility, an Endangered Species?
• Stig Sandklef
Chairman
Vattenfall Fuel
12:00 noon
Luncheon Gudrun Matsson
History of Göteborg
June 12, 2000
Monday, 1:30 pm
Session 3: WNFM Information Session
Session Chairman
George B. Assie
Chairman, Board of Governors
World Nuclear Fuel Market
- Introduction
- Task/Working Group Reports
- Election of Board of Governors
- New Business Discussion
June 13, 2000
Tuesday, 8:30 am
Session 4: Fewer, Better, Faster – Trends in the Fuel Market
This session will provide the authors’ views on how the nuclear fuel industry will evolve and the requirements to succeed. The morning session will concentrate
Session Chairman
Germán G. Calderon
Commercial Director
ENUSA
• Uranium:
- A New Supplier’s View
James J. Graham
Managing Director and President
Heathgate Resources Pty. Ltd.
- Financial Plays
Charles Scorer
Chief Executive Officer
Nufcor International Limited
• Conversion:
- The Future of Conversion: Supplier’s View
Malcolm Critchley
Commercial Manager
BNFL Uranium Asset Management Co. Ltd.
• Enrichment:
Trends in Enrichment
Sashi Davies
Managing Director
ZLS Consulting Limited
- Consumer’s View
Dr. Gérard Pauluis
Manager, Fuel Supply Department
Synatom
Andris Bankovskis
Head of Uranics Procurement and Logistics
British Energy plc
12:00 noon Lunch Break (no pre-planned luncheon)
June 13, 2000
Tuesday, 1:30 pm
Session 5: Fewer, Better, Faster – Trends in the Fuel Market
This session will provide the authors’ views on how the nuclear fuel industry will evolve and the requirements to succeed. The afternoon session will cover the fabrication and spent fuel industries.
Session Chairman
Harrison H. Barker
Director, Nuclear Fuel Procurement
Virginia Power
• Fabrication:
- A Supplier’s View
Michel Watteau
General Manager, Design & Sales Division
Framatome Nuclear Fuel
- Shift Happens
C. Kenneth Anderson
President
CKA associates
• Spent Fuel:
- Future of Reprocessing or When is a Cycle not a Cycle?
Dr. Tony Williams
Head Nuclear Fuel Cycle
E. G. Laufenburg AG
- Storage and Disposal – Where are We Going?
Charles W. Pennington
Group Senior Vice President
Engineering and Design Services
NAC International
- Bundling: - One Stop Shopping
David E. Berklite
Managing Director
BNFL Uranium Asset Management Co. Ltd.
• Consolidator:
- "What I Learned Today by Danny Einbund"
Daniel R. Einbund
Vice President
New York Nuclear Corporation
June 13, 2000
Tuesday, 7:00 pm Dinner – Elfsborgs Fortress
June 14, 2000
Wednesday Technical Tour
ABB fabrication plant - Vasteras