Canadian to speak at symposium

Two prominent Canadians are scheduled among speakers at the 12th anuual symposium of the Uranium Institute, to be held in London, England, Sept 2-4.

They are Marcel Masse, federal minister of energy, mines and resources, and Roy Lloyd, chairman of the lnstitute, and president of the Saskatchewan Mining Development Corp.

While this year’s symposium program will start with the three prerequisites for use of nuclear electricity: good economics, safety and public confidence, an important focus will then be on the uranium market, with a detailed review of developments in some key producing countries, including Canada and Australia.

The international industrial association of the civil nuclear fuel industry, the Uranium Institute has 68 corporate members drawn from 18 countries, and dealing with three-quarters of the non-Communist world’s uranium mining, half of its nuclear electricity production and the majority of the conversion, enrichment and fuel processing services.