Under the management of Silvain Ikazaki who organised Atoms for the Future 2011, the conferences have taken place in Paris, at ENSTA Paris Tech engineering school.

Silvain Ikazaki

It was Isabelle Tanchou, ENSTA, Deen of Education and Research who opened the two days of conferences of Atoms for the Future 2011 on the fuel cycle in front of more than a hundred young professionals coming from all Europe, Sri Lanka, Japan…

Isabelle Tanchou

Then Laurent Stricker, chairman of WANO detailed the consequences of the Fukushima accident on nuclear industry and safety and which role the WANO was playing in this current situation. Click here for the slides

Laurent Stricker

Jean-Pierre Gros, AREVA executive vice-president of recycling business unit and CEO of MELOX facility, explained the reprocessing and recycling of used fuels through La Hague and MELOX operation. He specified that 96% of a used fuel is recyclable although most of used fuel is today stored in pools. Click here for the slides

Jean-Pierre Gros

This presentation was completed by the operator point of view of the nuclear fuel cycle given by Michel Pays, EDF director of strategy and risks at the nuclear fuel department. Click here for the slides

Michel Pays

Georges Capus, AREVA vice president marketing Frond End, explained the strategic, economic and political considerations of this activity. Click here for the slides

Georges Capu

The afternoon conferences continued with the intervention of Bernard Boullis, CEA director nuclear fuel cycle back-end programs. He gave us an overview of the future nuclear fuel cycles detailing fast reactors examples such as ASTRID, ALLEGRO…Click here for the slides

Bernard Boullis

Radioactive materials need a safe, secure and efficient transport : it was the theme Michel Hartenstein, World Nuclear Transport Institute director. He illustrated his presentation with a very impressive video of the different qualification tests a canister has to undergo. Click here for the slides

Michel Hartenstein

The first day of lectures was closed by Gérald Ouzounian, ANDRA director of International Division. He exposed the radioactive waste management in France, describing the classification of those wastes depending on the radioactivity level, the existing sites, the current quantities that are stored, and gave a view of the future management of those wastes. Click here for the slides

Gérald Ouzounian

The very beginning of the fuel cycle was introduced by Sébastien de Montessus, AREVA senior executive vice president of the mining business group and member of AREVA’s executive board. He detailed the three main risks of the mining activity : technical, political and tax. Click here for the slides

Sébastien de Montessus

The panel discussion on public acceptance on final waste disposal opened the debate with the audience. Lead by Sophie Prevot and Silvain Ikazaki, it has gathered Saida Laarouchi (ENGSTROM SKB, Director of Environmental Impact Assessment and Public Information), Sebastien Farin (ANDRA, Deputy Communication Director), Geert Volckaert (Manager of the institute for Environment, Health and Safety of SCK-CEN) and Nathalie Guillaume (CEA). It revealed the difficulties of communication on this subject and the need to take into account cultural differences. Concrete examples of success in Sweden, and field experience stories of Belgium were particularly instructive information that cannot be found in books !

Panel discussion on public acceptance

Denis Janin (SFEN-JG member, National correspondent of IYNC) made a presentation of the International Youth Nuclear Congress 2012 that will take place in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA from 5 – 11 August 2012. Click here for the slides. You will also find more information regarding this huge event on the IYNC 2012 web site.

Denis Janin

Atoms for the Future 2011 was closed by another panel discussion about the stakes of securing fuel supply. Under the management of Guillaume Vaast, this panel has gathered Ian Emsley (WNA, Senior Project Manager), Robert Leclere (CEO of Synatom), Tariq Rauf (Coordinator, IAEA Low Enriched Uranium Bank, Head Verification and Security Policy Coordination) and Michel Pays (EDF).

Panel discussion about the stakes of securing fuel supply

These conferences have been organised by the members of the SFEN-JG : Sophie Missirian, Virginie Blin, Sophie Prevot, Fabien Auffret, Alexandra Bordier, Guillaume Vaast, Anne-Isabelle Casset, Denis Janin, Pascal Derache, Alexandre Barre, Fadhel Malouch, Frederic Pairot, Massimiliano Picciani, Guillaume Mayer, Elodie Peroches, Marie-Anne Brudieu and Emmanuel Sénard.