INPRO | SMRS & ADVANCED REACTORS
our projects different parts of the Agency, different divisions and sections. And they benefit from this comprehensive consideration in the areas of economics, environment and resources, proliferation resistance, safety of reactors and fuels. All these contradictory areas are considered.”
Building long-term sustainability INPRO’s Strategic Plan for 2024-2029 has four key objectives.
These include: ● Seeking shared visions of sustainable nuclear energy development between cooperating member states, leading increasingly to a broader global vision for deployment through the 21st century and beyond.
● Developing and providing standardised nuclear energy systems (NES) sustainability analysis and assessment framework, including innovative NES development and fuel cycles, from the front end through to the back end, and including national and international actions for peaceful nuclear cooperation and trade among member states.
● Engaging member states in their respective roles as technology developers, suppliers and users, by providing venues and opportunities to leverage their resources (expertise, technologies, and infrastructure), increasing the visibility of technological progress and trends, and the awareness of decision-makers on sustainability challenges for deploying existing and future nuclear energy systems.
● Helping to grow new generations of nuclear energy technology experts through outreach and capacity building, and through IAEA internship programmes.
● The strategic actions that will be taken to achieve these objectives include:
● Implementing collaborative projects amongst INPRO members that focus on national, regional, and global strategic nuclear energy planning specifically addressing sustainability challenges for implementing nuclear energy.
● Enhancing user performance of the modelling and analysis tools by providing a better user interface, example cases, and database with data to better support member states.
● Initiating a graded approach to INPRO Methodology that spans from the current sustainability metric to a sustainable development path assessment that links directly to the service provided under the modelling and analysis tool set.
● Providing updates and guidance on using INPRO Methodology, providing example cases to support member states sustainability assessments, and through NESA training.
● Conducting workshops and schools on INPRO methodology, tools, and strategic planning for sustainable nuclear energy.
● Supporting net zero transition planning, through scenario analysis that combines nuclear with renewables sources.
● Support member states in sustainability enabling technologies, emerging issues, and addressing fuel cycles, especially for innovative systems.
● Offer the INPRO Advisory Service to support member states’ long-term strategic nuclear energy planning.
INPRO has come a very long way from its modest beginnings in 2000 and the development of the unique Methodology. As that Methodology continues to develop and change in response to new challenges, so will INPRO. ■
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