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International Atomic Energy Agency

INTERNATIONAL PROJECT ON INNOVATIVE NUCLEAR REACTORS

AND FUEL CYCLES (INPRO)

Presented by Zoran Drace

on the behalf of the INPRO Section

8th Dialog Forum

26 August 2014, IAEA HQ, Vienna

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Presentation Outline

• INPRO Status

• INPRO Membership

• INPRO Tasks 1, 2, 3,4

• Tasks linkages

• Tasks Activities

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INPRO STATUS

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INPRO Status

• INPRO is the Section in the Division of Nuclear Power (NENP)

• Section Head reports to the Director NENP

• Programmatically Section reports to the INPRO Project Manager which is the DDG NE

• The major funding of INPRO activities, comes mainly from the extra-budgetary resources

INPRO (Gowin 2012) 4

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INPRO MEMBERSHIP

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INPRO Membership 2001-2014

INPRO (Gowin 2012) 6

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INPRO TASKS

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Vision: Programme Development

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INPRO Development Vision 2017

– INPRO’s activities are centered on the key concepts of global

nuclear energy sustainability and the development of nuclear

energy strategies toward sustainability

– INPRO’s approach is a holistic and global view of nuclear energy

systems together with the pursuit of innovations in nuclear energy

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INPRO TASKS

Task 1:

INPRO provides long-term scenario evaluation using dynamic simulation

of national, regional and global nuclear energy systems

Task 2:

INPRO designs and convenes collaborative projects on topics crucial to

future nuclear sustainability and technological innovations

Task 3:

INPRO assists Member States to build sustainable nuclear energy

program strategies and plans through Nuclear Energy System

Assessments (NESAs), using the INPRO Methodology

Task 4:

INPRO encourages and organises Dialogue Forums on subjects of

immediate interest to INPRO members and to the larger nuclear energy

community

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INPRO TASKS LINKAGES

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Project Linkages- INPRO Methodology

and Global Scenarios

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INPRO Methodology: Sustainability Assessment

• INPRO has developed a methodology for nuclear energy system

(NES) assessment regarding sustainability based on a

comprehensive set of internationally agreed basic principles,

requirements and criteria in the important areas of economics,

safety, waste management, proliferation resistance, physical

protection, environment and infrastructure.

• Meeting the INPRO criteria in all of the areas ensures

sustainability of nuclear energy system and its high potential to

meet growing energy demand throughout the present century.

• Through NES assessments (NESAs), the INPRO Methodology

can help Member States define their nuclear energy strategies for

the near- (up to 2030), medium- (2030-2050) and long- term

(2050-2100)

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Project Linkages- INPRO Methodology

and Global Scenarios

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Global scenarios

• Once the targeted NES is assessed to be sustainable the question

arises how to make a transition from the current fleet of reactors and

nuclear fuel cycle facilities to such a sustainable NES.

• The INPRO activities on global nuclear energy scenarios have the

objective to develop global and regional nuclear energy scenarios, on

the basis of a scientific-technical analysis, that lead to a global vision

on sustainable nuclear energy development during the 21st century.

• Specifically, they help participating Member States to identify and

assess how to make a transition to future sustainable NESs, how

national energy systems could contribute to, and benefit from, nuclear

energy sustainability on a regional and global level, what is the role of

collaboration among countries in the transition and what could be

‘win-win’ strategies for collaboration between suppliers and users

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INPRO Integration

• Projects 1 & 2 are integrated at different levels. For example: • Both projects support decision making regarding desired innovations in

reactors and nuclear fuel cycles

• Service packages developed in both projects such as NES scenarios modelling and NESA are provided in integrated way (e.g. Romania, Ukraine)

• Selection of Key Indicators from GAINS and INPRO Methodology would facilitate developing guidance on the evaluation of substantial improvements/risks in nuclear energy system performance potentially achievable with innovative nuclear technologies.

• The new proposed KIND project is to produce inputs for further improvement of the INPRO methodology (along Track 2) to enable its effective application for comparative assessments of innovative nuclear energy systems.

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INPRO TASKS ACTIVITIES

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TASK 1

Global nuclear energy

scenarios

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Global Nuclear Energy Scenarios

• TASK 1 helps participating countries define

comprehensive national energy strategies by providing

a framework for the analysis and assessment of:

• transition from the current fleet of nuclear reactors and

fuel cycles to a sustainable nuclear energy system

• how a national nuclear energy system could contribute

to, and benefit from, sustainability of regional and global

nuclear energy systems

• the role that collaboration with other countries may play

in transition

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Global Nuclear Energy Scenarios:

Current Activities

Objective:

Develop global and regional nuclear energy scenarios, on the basis of a

dynamic NES modelling and analysis, leading to a global vision of

sustainable nuclear energy development in the 21st century

Recently completed collaborative project:

Collaborative project GAINS (Global Architectures of Innovative Nuclear Energy

Systems with Thermal and Fast Reactors and Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle) (2008-2011)

– Final Report IAEA Nuclear Energy Series NP-T-1.14 is published.

Ongoing collaborative project:

Collaborative Project SYNERGIES (Synergistic Nuclear Energy Regional Group

Interactions Evaluated for Sustainability) (2011–2014)

Planned collaborative projects:

ROADMAPS for a transition to globally sustainable nuclear energy systems and KIND

– key indicators for innovative NES (2014–2015)

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Global Nuclear Energy Scenarios:

GAINS

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GAINS dynamic system analysis

framework: heterogeneous world model

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Collaborative project KIND

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Assessment with the INPRO methodology requires reasonably detailed design

information for the components of a nuclear energy system. For evolutionary systems

such information is typically available, while future innovative nuclear energy systems

that are still under development normally have design information insufficient for a full-

scope INPRO assessment.

Development of innovative systems could benefit from comparative analysis and

assessment, which is not in the objective of the current INPRO methodology.

Outputs:

The KIND project will produce inputs for further improvement of the INPRO methodology

(along Track 2) to enable its effective application for comparative assessments of

innovative nuclear energy systems.

Specifically, the defined limited number of key indicators may further on facilitate the use

of advanced methods of expert judgement aggregation.

KIND is also expected to provide inputs for the ROADMAPS collaborative project to

enable more comprehensive assessments of collaborative transition scenarios to future

sustainable nuclear energy systems.

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TASK 2

Innovations

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TASK 2: INNOVATIONS

Activities:

Disseminate good practices in enhancing collaboration in innovations to

support sustainable NES from Action Plan 2012-2013).

Collaborative project RISC (from Action Plan 2012-2013).

CP on SMR - phase II: case study for the deployment of factory fuelled

small sized reactor (new proposal).

Collaborative project FANES (new proposal).

Collaborative project WIRAF (new proposal).

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TASK 2: INNOVATIONS

Good practices in enhancing collaboration

Objectives:

Disseminate to Member States, including INPRO Members, world-wide good

practices in establishing effective mechanisms for collaboration in R&D,

particularly, applicable to the nuclear energy field including the area of NES.

Suggest a framework that may further support Member States in pursuing

innovations, in particular, for the development and deployment of sustainable

NES.

Duration: 2013 - 2015

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TASK 2: INNOVATIONS

RISC

Objective:

To demonstrate that the evolution of safety requirements and related

technical and institutional innovations in nuclear technologies provide

continued progress to ultimately meet the requirement to avoid relocation

or evacuation measures outside NPP sites in case of severe accident.

Scope:

Review of advanced reactor concepts with a focus on technologies that claim to

satisfy the requirement to avoid relocation or evacuation measures outside NPP

sites in case of severe accident;

Using the INPRO methodology, perform an assessment on one or more of these

concepts using an assumed nuclear power system. Proof is required that the ‘last

barrier’ does not fail under multiple simultaneous natural and technical disasters or

human error;

Duration: 2013 - 2015

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TASK 2: INNOVATIONS

Factory Fuelled SMR: Institutional and Legal issues of

deployment

Objective:

To examine in more detail legal and institutional issues for export deployment of a

SMR with factory fuelled and tested reactor and, to outline possible contents of an

international treaty among the supplier State, the host State and all involved third

countries that could facilitate such a deployment.

Scope:

Investigate in more details ‘gaps’ and an insufficient coverage in the international

nuclear law and related regulation for export deployment of SMR which is

manufactured, fuelled and tested at a factory.

Outline possible contents of an international treaty among the Supplier State, the

host State and all involved third countries that could facilitate such a deployment.

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Duration: 2015 - 2017

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TASK 2: INNOVATIONS

Collaborative project Nuclear Fuel and Fuel Cycle analysis

for future NES (FANES)

Objectives:

Carry out feasibility analyses of advanced and innovative fuels and its

influences on development of future NES.

Analyse spent fuel management options for advanced and innovative FC

addressing potential technology improvements.

Prepare proposals for further developing of the INPRO methodology.

Duration: 2014 - 2016

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TASK 2: INNOVATIONS

Collaborative project Waste from Innovative Types of

Reactors and Fuel Cycles (WIRAF)

Objectives:

To Identify any problematic waste from innovative reactor designs and

corresponding nuclear fuel cycles which could influence development and

deployment of future NES.

Analyze problematic waste streams that may require either further

enhancement of existing waste management processes/technologies or

initiation for development of new one.

Discuss the technologies needed for processing of problematic waste

streams.

Provide recommendations for further international cooperation in this area.

Duration: 2014 - 2016

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TASK 3

National long-range nuclear

energy strategies

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INPRO Methodology for nuclear energy system assessment (NESA) - a

comprehensive, internationally agreed criteria-based sustainability assessment in

areas of economics, safety, waste management, proliferation resistance, physical

protection, environment and infrastructure

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National Nuclear Energy Strategies:

INPRO Methodology

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Architecture of INPRO Methodology.

NES Sustainability Assessment – NESA

Basic Principles : goals for development of

sustainable NES (14).

User Requirements:

what should be done by

designer, operator, industry

and/or State to meet goal

defined in Basic Principles (52).

Criteria-Indicators &

Acceptance Limits: Metrics to check whether a User

Requirement has been met

(125).

Basic Principles

User Requirements

Criteria

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Update of the INPRO Methodology

• Current INPRO Methodology (TECDOC-1575, rev. 1, 2008) is

being updated and revised

• Task 1 revisions are being published as separate NE Series

Documents (9 documents) • These revisions are being done under a consultancy process

• Comments that do not largely alter Methodology scope and approach are

being resolved under Task 1

• Each manual has accumulated formal comments from Member States

• Economics and Infrastructure manual are published and additional

manuals are proceeding through the editing process

• Dialogue Forum planned to introduce the revised set of three Manuals

• Task 1 should be finalized in 2013-15 time frame

• Potential Task 2 revisions are only partially defined and include

significant changes in scope and approach

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NESA: Current efforts

• NESA completed in Belarus: • Full scope assessment of all INPRO methodology areas;

• NES consisting of power plant and waste management facilities;

• NESA Published in full as TECDOC-1716.

• NESA on-going in Indonesia: • Full scope assessment of two types of reactors and fuel cycle facilities;

• To be completed in 2014 (Discussion of the NESA extension are

ongoing).

• NESA on-going in Ukraine: • Limited scope: economics, infrastructure, waste management;

• To be completed in 2015.

• NESA on-going in Romania: • Full scope assessment of two types of reactors and fuel cycle facilities;

• To be completed in 2016.

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Limited Scope INPRO Assessment of

LMFR

• “Limited scope INPRO Methodology assessment to demonstrate

readiness for application to innovative technology” :

• Perform limited scope (i.e. focussing on the reactor) full depth

(comprising all relevant INPRO areas at criteria level) assessment of

specific SFR design(s) to demonstrate readiness of the Methodology

for this purpose;

• Study may provide insights on any criteria that require adjustment or

addition to extend the utility of the Methodology;

• Demonstration of the readiness of INPRO Methodology for this

application will bolster credibility of the approach for national NESAs

involving next generation reactor designs;

• A TECDOC presenting the findings will be published, taking into

account proprietary information concerns if/when appropriate.

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TASK 3: Collaborative Projects

• CP PROSA

• Objective: Make assessment of PR simpler and easier to

understand. Develop a coordinated set of GIF/INPRO PR and

safeguardability analysis/assessment tools. Advise on 2nd edition of

INPRO Methodology, volume 5, “Proliferation Resistance.”

• CP ENV-PE

• Objective: Provide a framework for a common understanding of potential

radiation doses released in accident scenarios and the assessment of

related risks to humans, based on technical discussions, exchange of

experience, best practices and specific comparisons of estimates

conducted by Member State experts.

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TASK 4

Policy and dialogue

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INPRO Steering Committee

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• Meetings held once or twice in a year

• Alignment of INPRO actions with GC Resolutions

• Approval of biennial Action Plan

• Monitoring progress

• Agreement of members to participate in Collaborative Projects

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Dialogue Forum

• 8 Dialogue Forums have been

convened since 2010: • Socio & macroeconomic factors;

• Multilateral approaches to nuclear energy

deployment;

• Common user considerations for SMRs;

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• Drivers and impediments for regional cooperation on sustainable NESs;

• Long term prospects for nuclear energy post Fukushima (Seoul);

• SMR licensing and safety issues.

• Sustainability of nuclear energy systems based on evolutionary reactors;

• Nuclear energy system sustainability focusing on the area of economics,

resources availability and institutional arrangements

• Planned Dialogue Forums: • November 2014: International collaboration on innovations: towards global

sustainable nuclear energy.

• May 2015: Cooperative Approaches to the Back End of Nuclear Fuel Cycle:

drivers and legal, institutional and financial impediments

• November 2015: ROADMAPS

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INPRO 7th Dialogue Forum: Sustainability of NES

Based on Evolutionary Reactors

• Place and Date : Vienna, IAEA Headquarters, 19-22 Nov 2013

• Objectives : Familiarize Member States with INPRO Methodology

Discuss assessment of evolutionary reactors, mainly in safety area

Discuss case studies and lessons learned

Discuss salient features of reactors, and important role of vendors

• Participating vendors: AREVA, ROSATOM, GE-Hitachi, Hitachi-GE,

KEPCO, Mitsubishi, CANDU Energy

Preparatory meeting with

Vendors, Vienna, 19-21 Aug 2013 A unique opportunity for Member States to

participate and interact with 7 Major Vendors

of Evolutionary Reactors who delivered

exemplary INPRO Methodology assessment of their reactor technology

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INPRO 9th Dialogue Forum: International collaboration on

innovations: towards global sustainable nuclear energy

This meeting is open to approx. 100 participants from 84 Member States:

• Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus,

Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech

Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece,

Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Republic of

Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro,

Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland,

Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia,

Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland,

Tajikistan, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tunisia, Turkey,

Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uzbekistan,

the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

17 intergovernmental and international organizations will also participate

• FORATOM, European Commission, CERN, ENEN Association, European Commission’s

Joint Research Centre (JRC), Generation IV International Forum (GIF), IFNEC,

International Science and Technology Center (ISTC), ITER Organization, SNETP)

OECD’s Multinational Design Evaluation Programme (MDEP), OECD/NEA, the Western

European Nuclear Regulators Association (WENRA), WANO, World Institute for Nuclear

Security (WINS), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), WNA

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Thank you for your attention!