10th INPRO Dialogue Forum on Cooperative Approaches to the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Drivers and Legal, Institutional and Financial Impediments

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

26-29 May 2015 | IAEA, Vienna, Austria

The 10th INPRO Dialogue Forum is organized within the framework of INPRO Task 2 (Innovations) and Task 4 (Policy and Dialogue). Task 2 is dedicated to investigating innovations in selected nuclear energy technologies, related R&D and innovative institutional arrangements to be deployed in the 21st century, and to supporting Member States pursuing those innovations. This Dialogue Forum is organized in cooperation with the Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology of the IAEA Department of Nuclear Energy.

The objectives of the 10th INPRO Dialogue Forum are:

• to better understand the value of cooperation for the back-end and the implications of that cooperation for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) management;
• to analyse drivers for cooperation and to identify and analyse impediments including discussions on how to overcome some identified impediments;
• to discuss in more details impediments which may arise due to diversity of national legislative frameworks, public perception/acceptance and views on the urgency or lack of urgency to implement end-points for SNF or HLW; and
• to point out potential technological developments that may impact on pros and cons of SNF management through cooperation.

Working Documents

• Information Sheet
• Agenda

Presentations

Day 1, Tuesday 26 May

Introduction

• Opening remarks and welcoming address 
  Mikhail CHUDAKOV, IAEA Deputy Director General, Head of the Department of Nuclear Energy
• Objectives and agenda
  Alexey GRIGORIEV, IAEA Scientific Secretary
• INPRO role in ensuring sustainable Nuclear Energy development 
  Jon Rowan PHILLIPS, INPRO Section Head, IAEA
• IAEA programmatic activities on Back End Fuel Cycle and Waste Technologies 
  Juan Carlos LENTIJO, Director, Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology, IAEA

Session 1 - Need for cooperation in the Back-End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

• What is multilateral approach to Back End, Why is needed, When is needed, What are technical options 
  Keynote speaker - Tariq RAUF, Sweden
• Sustainable cycle solutions 
  Caroline DREVON, France
• Cooperation of the USSR (Russian Federation) with foreign countries as a historical example of the integrated approach and the responsibility of the Supplier of nuclear technology & services 
  Pavel PTITSYN, Russian Federation
• Argentinian experience on back end of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle 
  Santiago Nicolas JENSEN MARIANI, Argentina

Session 2 - International conventions and national laws/regulations for SNF-transfer of responsibilities, trans-boundary transport

• Transfer of responsibility involving Spent Nuclear Fuel exports 
  Introduction by Chair - Alan BROWNSTEIN, USA
• National responsibility for the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle 
  Heather THACKER, USA
• The question of responsibility in radioactive waste management– international and national aspects 
  Charles-Antoine LOUET, France
• The multinational fuel cycle: a matter of trust 
  Jean-Paul MINON, Belgium
• International perspectives on future Spent Fuel needs (regulatory aspects) 
  Claire HARVEY, UK
• An international perspective on future Spent Fuel management 
  Fiona REILLY, UK
• Regulation and legislation on the Back End of Nuclear Fuel Cycle in Russian Federation 
  Anzhelika KHAPERSKAYA, Russian Federation
• Expected modifications in Nuclear Energy Back End legal responsibilities in Slovakia 
  Juraj ROVNY, Slovakia

Day 2, Wednesday 27 May

Session 3 - Drivers and Impediments for cooperation in area of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Back End

• Framework and Challenges for initiating multinational cooperation for the development of a Repository Programme 
  Irena MELE, Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology, IAEA
• Past and present status of initiatives to promote cooperation at the Back End of Nuclear Fuel Cycle 
  Keynote speaker - Charles McCOMBIE, Switzerland
• Drivers for co-operations: knowledge transfer and resource sharing 
  Pavlin GRUDEV, Bulgaria
• Some issues on international cooperation in Viet Nam's Policy on Nuclear Fuel Cycle 
  Doan Phac LE, Viet Nam
• Levelized cost analysis of Nuclear Fuel Cycle for Light Water Reactors 
  Mohamed M. Abdel-Raouf IBRAHIM, Egypt
• Back End Fuel Cycle Frameworks (Multilateral Arrangements) to support sustainability of Nuclear Power development in Indonesia 
  Bambang HERUTOMO, Indonesia
• Overview on the Spent Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management in Romania - brief description of BPs, URs and CRs in the area of waste management 
  Georgiana Ramona DAVITOIU, Romania
• Drivers and impediments for the international cooperation in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle's Back End 
  Leonid YANKO, Russian Federation
• International Cooperation in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Back End in Ukraine: benefits and challenges 
  Maksym NEZHURA, Ukraine
  

Session 4 - Time frames and public acceptance

• Time frames and public acceptance 
  Introduction by chair – Charles-Antoine LOUET, France
• Time-frames for geological repositories development 
  Bernard FAUCHER, France
• Disposal of Spent Fuel in Sweden – a transgenerational responsibility 
  Bengt HEDBERG, Sweden

Day 3, Thursday 28 May

Session 4 - Time frames and public acceptance (Cont'd)

• Research reactor Spent Fuel Management in Thailand 
  Nanthavan YA-ANANT, Thailand
• SNF management system development and deployment in Russian Federation 
  Anzhelika KHAPERSKAYA, Russian Federation
• Current status of Spent Fuel management. Scenarios to 2035 and to 2100 
  Oleg GODUN, Ukraine

Session 5 - Impacts of development of advanced reactors and fuel cycles to SNF management

• INPRO view on impacts of development of advanced reactors and fuel cycles to SNF management 
  Zoran DRACE, Serbia
• NFCMS' activities to help Member States address impacts of the development of advanced fuel cycles on the back-end 
  Clement HILL, Section Head, Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Materials Section, IAEA
• The French Nuclear Fuel Cycle: possible future options 
  Bernard BOULLIS, France
• BREST: approaches towards closing of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle in the lead-cooled reactor with inherent safety 
  Vadim LEMEKHOV, Russian Federation
• Development of innovative nuclear reactor technology – with the spin-off based on thorium 
  Muhamad LEBAI JURI, Malaysia
• Cooperative options based on the synergy of LWR and FR 
  Vladimir USANOV, INPRO, Russian Federation

Day 4, Friday 29 May

Reports from Panel Sessions

• Report from Session 1 - Need for cooperation in the Back-End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle 
  Tariq RAUF, Sweden
• Report from Session 2 – International conventions and national laws/regulations for SNF-transfer of responsibilities, trans-boundary transport 
  Alan BROWNSTEIN, USA
• Report from Session 3 – Drivers and Impediments for cooperation in area of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Back End 
  Leonid YANKO, Russian Federation
• Report from Session 4 – Time frames and public acceptance 
  Charles-Antoine LOUET, France
• Report from Session 5 - Impacts of development of advanced reactors and fuel cycles to SNF management 
  Zoran DRACE, Serbia

Concluding remarks

• Summary of the INPRO Dialogue Forum 
  Alexander BYCHKOV, Chairman of the INPRO Dialogue Forum, Russian Federation
• Concluding remarks and closing of the meeting 
  Mikhail CHUDAKOV, IAEA Deputy Director General, Head of the Department of Nuclear Energy