1st INPRO Dialogue Forum on Nuclear Energy Innovations

  International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO)

​1-4 February 2010 | IAEA Headquarter, Vienna, Austria

The INPRO Dialogue Forum on Nuclear Energy Innovations is a cross-cutting programme area in the INPRO Action Plan 2010-2011. It aims at fostering the information exchange between nuclear technology holders and technology users to ensure that future technical and institutional innovations meet the expectations of both. The forum also addresses national long-term nuclear planning and the global nuclear energy system.

The purpose of the Workshop, which is the first activity in this INPRO programme area, is to address a set of topical issues to be discussed in the Dialogue Forum:

• Socio- and macroeconomic factors that influence decisions regarding deployment of nuclear systems
• Proven technology, i.e. technology in an innovative nuclear power plant system which should be "proven" or "mature" before it is included in a proposed design
• Safety Approaches for Innovative Nuclear Systems, which are an essential consideration for the overall assessment of a given innovative nuclear energy system

The workshop will be conducted in cooperation between INPRO, the Planning and Economic Studies Section (PESS) of the Department of Nuclear Energy, and the Division of Nuclear Installation Safety (NSNI) of the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security.

Working Documents

• PROSPECTUS
• Agenda
• Poster
• Final Meeting Report

Presentations

Opening Session

• Welcome and Opening Remarks (Y. Sokolov, DDG NE, IAEA)
• Support to the Member States through the IAEA Technical Cooperation (I. Videnovic, IAEA)
• INPRO Dialogue Forum Background (P. Gowin, IAEA)
• Workshop Programme Overview and Objectives (H. Khartabil, IAEA)

Topic 1: Socieo- and macroeconomic factors that influence decisions regarding deployment of nuclear systems

• Opening remarks by session chair (A.I. Jalal, IAEA)
• Social, economic, environmental and institutional issues influencing energy decisions - in particular decisions on nuclear energy (D. Sharma, Australia)
• Macroeconomic factors influencing nuclear power deployment in developing countries (N. Barkatullah, IAEA)
• EU's Vision and Actions on Nuclear Energy (M. Deffrennes, EC)
• Contribution of Nuclear Technologies to the Economic Development: The Korean Experience (M. Lee, R. of Korea)
• Main driving factors for Indian long term nuclear energy strategy (A. Srivastava, India)
• The basis and process for considering nuclear power for meeting future energy needs in Malaysia (J. Ibrahim, Malaysia)
• Major challenges for introducing nuclear energy: Egyptian case (Y. Ibrahim, Egypt)
• Group Report (Final Session)

Topic 2: Proven Technology

• Opening remarks by session chair (R. Beatty, IAEA)
• Proven technology for the APR1400's development, licensing and deployment: focusing on Thermal-Hydraulic safety aspect (C-H Song, R. of Korea)
• The EPR TM reactor : evolution to Gen III+ based on proven technology (A. Teller, France)
• Perspective from Japan in the area of proven technology (M. Koyama, Japan)
• Role of R&D from early development to commercialization (R. Speranzini, Canada)
• Proven Technology: CAREM approach (D. Delmastro, Argentina)
• Proven technology: perspective from Indonesia (B. Suprawoto, Indonesia)
• Group Report (Final Session)

Topic 3: Safety Approaches for Innovative Nuclear Systems

• Harmonization of licensing requirements: WENRA experience and potential application to new nuclear systems (W. Van Doesburg, Switzerland)
• Evolution of safety approaches for GenIII and GenIII+ systems and implications for future systems (J. Misak, Czech Rep.)
• Safety and harmonization of approaches to safety in future innovative systems from view-point of technology user (S. Ansari, Pakistan)
• Safety approaches / harmonization for innovative nuclear systems (M. Mayfield, US)
• New reactor designs: IAEA Initiatives (M. El-Shanawany, IAEA)
• Safety design approaches of the ABWR for the next generation innovative LWRs (T. Sato, Japan)
• Group Report (Final Session)