7-10 December 2021
Brian Boyer
INPRO Section Head
Division of Nuclear Power
19th INPRO Dialogue Forum
on Enhancing Public Acceptance of Nuclear
Energy through Institutional Innovations
20 Years of INPRO
What is INPRO?➢ International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors
and Fuel Cycles (INPRO)
➢ Established in 2000 – 20 years in 2020
➢ 20 years of Member States in INPRO in 2021
➢ IAEA’s only integrated, forward looking activity
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2010
2000
INPRO is a part of the
realization process of
Russia's President
Initiative, presented
at the United Nations
Millennium Summit in
September 2000
2020Assessment Areas
INPRO Membership Based Project
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ARGENTINA
CANADACHINA
GERMANYINDIA
NETHERLANDSRUSSIA
SPAINTURKEY
EC
BRAZIL
KOREASWITZERLAND
BULGARIA
PAKISTAN
ARMENIA
CHILECZECH REP.
FRANCEINDONESIA
MAROCCOSOUTH
AFRICA
UKRAINE
USA
BELARUS
JAPANSLOVAKIA
BELGIUM ALGERIA
ITALYKAZAKHSTAN
POLAND JORDAN
EGYPTISRAEL
MALAYSIA
ROMANIAVIETNAM
KENYA BANGLADESH THAILAND MEXICO GHANA
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5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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15
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2728 28
3132
35
3839
4041
42 42 42 42 42
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42 Countries + European Community
Funds from these Member Countries sustain INPRO
Where is INPRO Innovation?
➢ Innovation in the areas of
• Reactors
• Nuclear fuel cycles – front end and back end
• Institutional approaches to nuclear power
• National strategic and long-term planning
• Develop and provide tools and services
• Partnerships for Nuclear Futures
➢ Promotes Sustainable Development
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UN Sustainability Goals and INPRO
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INPRO and IAEA Nuclear Energy
Sustainability Focus Goals
INPRO Methodology Key Areas
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Holistic Approach to Assess Nuclear Energy Systems in 6 Areas to Assure Sustainability
Infrastructure Economics
Proliferation
Resistance
Waste
Management Environment
Safety
INPRO Task Structure
➢Task 1: Global scenarios
➢Task 2: Innovations
➢Task 3: Sustainability
Assessment and Strategies
➢Task 4: Dialogue & Outreach
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Korean, Innovative, Environment-Friendly, and Proliferation-Resistant System for the 21st C (KEP-21)
Benefits• Reduce disposal space 100x• Shortened management of
waste to few 100 years• Improved total uranium
element use by factor 100x• Provides intrinsic
proliferation resistance
Transportable NPP
Akademik Lomonosov
18th
Dialogue
Forum
MESSAGE-NES NEST KIND-ET ROADMAPS-ET
Scenario modelling and
analy sis
Economic analysis and ev aluation of
Nuclear Energy Sy stem (NES)
Road mapping towards enhanced
NE sustainability
Comparative ev aluation of NESs
and scenario options
ASENESTOOLS / SERVICES
INPRO Promotes Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy,
Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Security
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INPRO MEMBER STATES
Steering Committee Meeting – Virtual 2021
Our INPRO Member States Drive Where INPRO Project Tasks Go
INPRO Task 1:Global Scenarios➢ Develop global and regional nuclear energy scenarios
➢ Use developed scientific-technical analysis tools
➢ Provide a global vision of sustainable nuclear energy
development in the current century and beyond
➢ Forge innovative new partnerships
➢ Analysis Support for Enhanced Nuclear Energy
Sustainability - ASENES SMR – Key New Task
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INPRO Task 2: Innovation
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➢ Innovations in nuclear energy technology and institutions• Case studies for the
Deployment of Factory Fuelled SMRs
• Review of Innovative Reactor Concepts For Prevention of Severe Accidents And Mitigation of Their Consequences (RISC)
• WIRAF – Waste arisings from innovative reactors and fuel cycles
• Back end fuel cycle activities
LMFRs LWRs
INPRO Task 3:
Sustainability Assessments and StrategiesNuclear Energy system Sustainability
Assessments (NESA) and INPRO
Methodology
➢ BN-1200 NESA Report
➢ Draft summaries of NESA
completed by Ukraine
➢ Complete update of INPRO
Methodology
➢ Streamlined and useful revision of
Proliferation Resistance Manual
➢ SMR NESA studies• Argentina – May 2021
• Russia – May 2021
• ROK – July 2021
➢ FRAMES Energy System Modelling
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BN-1200
RITM-200M
SMARTCAREM
NESA
NESA support package
Assessment areas of
Economics, Safety, Infrastructure, Environment, Proliferation Resistance
and Waste Management
Nuclear Energy System Assessment
NOTE: Comparing Task 1 by Task 3:
ASENES vs. NESA = Analysis versus Assessment
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Nuclear Energy
System
Assessment
Analysis Support for
Enhanced Nuclear
Energy Sustainability
Integrated Energy System Analysis: FRAMES
➢ Growing interest in integrated energy
systems (Member States and IAEA)
with nuclear and renewable power
systems
➢ IAEA developed an in-house capability
(FRAMES)
➢ Can quantify the value that nuclear
brings to low-carbon systems, and
inform policy
➢ FRAMES can highlight the value of
nuclear in decarbonization and
analyze options
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Nuclear
Plants
Variable
renewables
solar, wind etc.
H2 prod. high
temp. (SOEC)
H2 prod.,
electrolysis
Ele
ctr
ic g
rid
Traditional
fossil (CCGT,
OCGT, Coal…)
Fossil with
CCS (CCGT,
OCGT, Coal…)
District
heating
Desalinization
Load:
Households,
industry,
commercial
Heat
El. storage
Thermal storage
FRAMES (FRAmework for Modelling Electricity Systems)Joint Task with INPRO+PESS+NPTDS
FRAMES GOALS
➢ FRAMES calculates the optimal (in economic terms) dispatch
of existing generating units (Unit commitment) subject to all
the relevant constraints
➢ It can also determine the best investments in new generating
technologies for greenfield or brownfield cases (Capacity
expansion)
➢ Provided message for DG Grossi to Deliver at COP26 (Joint
URENCO-IAEA TASK)
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Rafael Grossi – Virtual Speech at Brest Reactor Ground-breaking
INPRO Task 4: Dialogue and Outreach
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➢ Dialogue Forums
• 18th DF - Partnerships for
Nuclear Development and
Deployment – May 2021
• 19th DF – Enhancing Public
Acceptance of Nuclear Energy
through Institutional Innovations–
- 7-10 December 2021
• 20th and 21st DF – Planned 2022
➢ Educational Outreach
• The concept of INPRO Schools
• Higher educational outreach to
include courses in degree
programmes
INPRO Task 4: Educational Outreach
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➢ Rolling Out the INPRO Schools in 2021• STAR-NET – Train the trainers – university outreach in STAR-NET – Russian
language – Completed APRIL 2021 - Virtual
• USA-CANADA – Regional School to Train the Trainers on Nuclear Energy
System Modelling and Assessment Using the INPRO Methodology (Sept
2021 - Virtual)❑ NEDHO – University outreach to USA university nuclear programmes
❑ UNENE - Canadian University Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering
• Russia and Thailand – INPRO Schools – Virtual – Nov 2021
➢ Masters Course in INPRO Methodology• Virtual Event 14-16 Dec 2020 – CM To explore cooperation between
INPRO and higher educational institutions to foster a better understanding
of sustainable NES development and deployment
• Virtual Event 13-16 Dec 2021 – CM to initiate the development of a
master’s course in nuclear energy strategic planning and applying the
INPRO methodology for its sustainability assessment
Conclusion
➢ INPRO is a key forward looking IAEA activity assessing nuclear energy systems integrated with the “One House” of the IAEA
➢ INPRO cooperates with Safeguard Department with INPRO Proliferation Resistance methodology
➢ 2021 - ASENES SMR (Analysis) and SMR NESA(Assessment) projects pivot INPRO to examine SMRs whole nuclear energy system sustainability
➢ INPRO outreach in INPRO Schools and to Higher Education aims to bring INPRO methods to the future of nuclear industry
➢ FRAMES model brings energy modelling into INPRO NES evaluation, analysis, and planning
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Conclusion
➢ INPRO is a key forward looking IAEA activity assessing nuclear energy systems integrated with the “One House” of the IAEA
➢ INPRO cooperates with Safeguard Department with INPRO Proliferation Resistance methodology
➢ 2021 - ASENES SMR (Analysis) and SMR NESA(Assessment) projects pivot INPRO to examine SMRs whole nuclear energy system sustainability
➢ INPRO outreach in INPRO Schools and to Higher Education aims to bring INPRO methods to the future of nuclear industry
➢ FRAMES model brings energy modelling into INPRO NES evaluation, analysis, and planning
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INPRO – Celebrated 20 Years in
2020 – 2021 Moving into FutureINPRO Section Head
Brian D. Boyer
INPRO LEADERS
Task 1 - Vladimir Kuznetsov
Task 2 - Hussam Khartabil
Task 3 - Carolynn Scherer
Task 4 - Maxim Gladyshev