This panel provided a general introduction to the activities of IFNEC and reported on the waste management aspects. IFNEC is the successor to Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) and is a grouping of nearly sixty participants and observers from countries interested in developing or expanding nuclear energy. At the working level two working groups look at infrastructure and development of reliable fuel supplies.

Panelists included: Ed McGinnis, IFNEC Steering Group Chair and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, US DOE (USA);  Kazuhiro Suzuki, METI Japan, Co-Chair Reliable Nuclear Fuel Services Working Group (Japan); John Mathieson, NDA, Co-Chair Infrastructure Development Working Group (United Kingdom); Irena Mele, Head of Waste Technology Section, Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology, IAEA (Austria); and Hans Codee, Managing Director, COVRA (Netherlands).