IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

IAEA – UNECE – CYTED Workshops

Harikrishnan ‘Hari’ Tulsidas

Division of Nuclear Fuel and Waste Technology

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The "Atoms for Peace" Agency

• World centre of cooperation in

the nuclear field

• Promotes safe, secure and

peaceful nuclear technologies

• Three pillars (3S) of IAEA

• Safety and Security

• Science and Technology

• Safeguards and

Verification

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IAEA activities

Assessment of uranium resources, production and demand

IAEA/NEA Red Book

Uranium 2060

Database of Uranium Deposits (http://infcis.iaea.org)

Standardization of resource classification

Supporting good practices in the uranium production cycle

Uranium Production Site Assessment Team

Optimization of mining technologies

Development of low grade ores

Unconventional resources – Phosphates

Thorium resources (By-product of REE)

Support training activities

Technical Cooperation18 national projects and 2 regional projects

Inter-regional project – 2012-13

Mission

To collect and share

knowledge of uranium

resources and support

the development of a

sustainable uranium

production cycle in

Member States.

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Meetings and workshops - 2012

1. RAF/3/007 – Regional Training course on uranium geology, Madagascar, March, 2012

2. TM on Origin of sandstone uranium deposits, Vienna, June, 2012

3. RAF/3/007 - Regional training course on uranium extraction, Egypt June, 2012

4. INT/2/015 - Co-ordination meeting for uranium priorities outlook, June, Finland, 2012

5. Uranium group meeting, Ukraine, August, 2012

6. Training / Workshop on uranium production cycle, Darwin, Australia, 13-17 August, 2012

7. RAF/3/007regional workshop on Sustainable uranium production, Tanzania, September,

2012

8. TM on uranium production cycle network, Vienna October, 2012

9. INT/2/015 - Inter-regional workshop on recent developments in evaluation of uranium and

thorium resources , Portugal, 15-18 October 2012

10. INT/2/015 - Interregional workshop on uranium deposit models and exploration China, 12-16

November, 2012

11. RAF/3007- Regional co-ordination meeting, 27-30 November, 2012

12. INT/2/015 - International workshop on uranium production from phosphate rocks, Jordan,

December, 2012

13. TM on Nuclear fuel cycle information system, Vienna, December, 2012

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Lisbon workshop

• Workshop on Recent

Developments in Evaluation of

Uranium and Thorium

Resources and Possibilities for

Application of UNFC

• Jointly organized by

• International Atomic Energy

Agency (IAEA)

• Ibero-American Programme for

Science, Technology and

Development (CYTED)

• United Nations Economic

Commission for Europe (UNECE)

• Direção Geral de Energia e

Geologia, Government of Portugal

• Empresa de Desenvolvimento

Mineiro, SA

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Lisbon workshop

• 60 participants from

• Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon,

Chile, China, Cuba,

Democratic Republic of Congo,

Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq,

Mongolia, Nepal, Niger,

Nigeria, Paraguay, Philippines,

Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sri

Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan,

Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey,

Uganda, United Kingdom and

Venezuela, CYTED, UNECE

and IAEA

• Country presentations

• Energy basin concepts

• ‘Green’ mining

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Meetings and workshops - 2013

1. TM on best practices in uranium deposit classification, Vienna, February, 2013

2. INT/2/015 Interregional training course on optimization of U and REE recovery from

Phosphoric acid, Tunisia, February, 2013

3. TM on uranium resources of MENA region [TBD]

4. INT/2/015 Interregional training course on uranium mining and processing, India, April, 2013

5. TM on optimization of ISL production, Vienna, 15-18 April, 2013

6. RAF/3/007 Africa Regional training course on management of uranium mining tailings,

Zambia, 13-17 May, 2013

7. Uranium group meeting, Vienna, 12-14 June, 2013

8. TM on Metasomatic uranium deposits, Vienna, 17-19 June, 2013

9. IAEA-UNECE-CYTED Interregional workshop on uranium resources reporting, Chile, 9 – 12

July, 2013

10. RAF/3/007 Regional workshop on uranium mining and socio-economic development, DRC,

26-30 August, 2013

11. TM on thorium deposits and provinces, Vienna, 23 – 27 September, 2013

12. Uranium mining regulators exchange meeting, Czech Republic, 20-23, 2013

13. INT/2/015 Interregional training course of social licensing in uranium mining, Turkey,

November, 2013 [TBD]

14. Uranium group meeting, Paris, November, 2013

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Santiago workshop, 2013

• IAEA-CYTED-UNECE-ECLAC-

Workshop on United Nations

Framework Classification for Fossil

Energy and Mineral Reserves and

Resources – 2009 (UNFC–2009)

Applications in Uranium and Thorium

Resources: Focus on Comprehensive

Extraction.

• Santiago, Chile

• 9-12 July

• Local Organizers - Ministerio de Minería,

Chile and Chile Nuclear Engineers

Association

• About 60 participants expected to attend

• ~40 Member States

• UNFC experts

• CRIRSCO

• Mining and Petroleum Industry experts

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URAM 2014

International Symposium on Uranium

Resources for Nuclear Fuel Cycle,

June 23 - 27, Vienna

-Targeting a participation of ~500

uranium professionals from around

the world

-Sessions on:

-Uranium geology and resources

-UNFC applications

-Uranium deposit modeling

-Advances in Exploration

-Feasibility studies

-Uranium markets

-Uranium mining

-Ore processing

-Unconventional resources

-Health, safety and environment

-Social licensing and communications

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You can reach me at …

Harikrishnan Tulsidas Nuclear Technology Specialist

Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Materials Section

International Atomic Energy Agency

Tel: (+431) 2600 22758

Fax: (+431) 26007 22758

Room A26 19

Email: T.Harikrishnan@iaea.org