[en] The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) invited a number of well known experts from Member States to provide an analysis of selected stages of the nuclear fuel cycle with an outlook to the near future and with an emphasis on the feasible advantages as well as the disadvantages of the approaches discussed. Voluntary contributions from invited specialists as well as the results of comprehensive analyses from some nuclear fuel cycle trends performed by IAEA staff form the main content of this publication. Its aim is to highlight selected subjects of common interest (but not necessarily consensus) and establish a starting point for productive discussions on the future of the nuclear fuel cycle worldwide. A separate abstract was prepared for each of the 5 presented papers. Refs, figs and tabs