Joint ICTP-IAEA INPRO School on Strategic Planning for Sustainable Nuclear Energy

Description

An ICTP-IAEA Meeting

During this INPRO School, the IAEA and international experts will share their insights and experience to familiarize the participants with the basic concepts, methodology and tools for performing modelling, analysis and sustainability assessment of nuclear energy systems.

The International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO) was established within the IAEA in 2000, with the goal to unsure that nuclear energy is available to contribute, in a sustainable manner, to the growing energy needs of the current century and beyond. INPRO is one of several key IAEA programmes.

The IAEA has developed a set of decision support tools for developing nuclear energy scenarios and conducting studies for formulating national strategies for sustainable nuclear energy systems. The INPRO School aims to disseminate these tools and to develop and strengthen the competencies needed for long-term strategic planning of sustainable nuclear energy systems at the national, regional, and global levels. This objective is accomplished by providing knowledge and basic practical experience on the INPRO analytical approaches, methods and tools for assessment and analysis of nuclear energy systems.

Topics
The School programme focuses on the following topics related to the sustainability of nuclear energy systems:

Energy planning and strategies for sustainable development
Planning for nuclear energy sustainability
INPRO methodology for assessing sustainability of nuclear energy systems
The role of innovations for sustainability of nuclear energy systems
Methods and tools for modelling and analysis of nuclear energy systems
Evolutionary and innovative reactor designs, including SMRs

Speakers
A. Bychkov, International Expert
Y. Chernyakhovskaya, Nuclear Expert
I. Jalal, International Expert
C. Johari, IAEA (remote)
M. Tot, IAEA (remote)
M. Khoroshev, Nuclear Expert
A. Kosilov, STAR-NET
C. Margeanu, Institute for Nuclear Research Pitesti
A. Miassoedov, IAEA
C. Scherer, IAEA
T. M. Vu, IAEA

Poster: Applicants are encouraged to submit an abstract for a poster presentation. Priority will be given to those who intend to present their poster.

Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

Material

Abstract Templates Booklet Group photo Poster Preliminary list of Participants

Joint ICTP-IAEA INPRO School on Strategic Planning for Sustainable Nuclear Energy | (smr 4101)

Go to day

Monday, 15 September 2025
- 08:30 - 09:30
  - 08:30 Registration Formalities 1h0'
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REGISTRATION: Upon arrival, Visitors not staying in the ICTP Guest Houses, are kindly requested to complete registration formalities at the Adriatico Guest House (Lower level). The Registration Desk will be open in the morning starting from 8:30.
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- 09:30 - 17:00
  - 09:30 Welcome/opening remarks 10'
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Remote
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    Speaker: Carolynn SCHERER (INPRO Section Head IAEA, Austria, Austria)
  - 09:40 Self-introduction of participants 20'
  - 10:00 INPRO School objectives, scope, and programme 25'
    
    Speaker: Maxim GLADYSHEV (IAEA, Austria)
  - 10:25 Group Photo 5'
  - 10:30 Coffee break 30'
  - 11:00 Global energy supply-demand trends and challenges for sustainable development 45'
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Remote
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    Speaker: Mario TOT (IAEA, Austria)
  - 11:45 Planning for sustainable energy development 45'
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Remote
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    Speaker: Mario TOT (IAEA, Austria)
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h0'
  - 13:30 Combating climate change and the role for nuclear power 45'
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Remote
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    Speaker: Mario TOT (IAEA, Austria)
  - 14:15 Energy planning and modelling Tools provided by IAEA 45'
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Remote
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    Speaker: Mario TOT (IAEA, Austria)
  - 15:00 Coffee Break 30'
  - 15:30 INPRO concept of sustainable nuclear energy 45'
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Remote
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    Speaker: Mikhail KHOROSHEV (Nuclear Expert, Austria)
  - 16:15 Overview of INPRO Methodology and Nuclear Energy System Assessment (NESA) 45'
    
    Speaker: Thanh Mai VU (IAEA, Austria)
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
- 09:00 - 17:00
  - 09:00 Strategies for expert knowledge preservation 45'
    
    Speaker: Andrei KOSILOV (National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI", Russian Federation)
  - 09:45 Nuclear Energy Programme Planning and the Role of Nuclear Infrastructure 45'
    
    Speaker: Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA (Nuclear Expert, Hungary)
  - 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
  - 11:00 Economics of nuclear power: understanding the cost structure of a nuclear power project 45'
    
    Speaker: Ahmed Irej JALAL (Nuclear Expert, Austria)
  - 11:45 Economics of nuclear power: economic competitiveness of nuclear power 45'
    
    Speaker: Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA (Nuclear Expert, Hungary)
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h0'
  - 13:30 INPRO Methodology: Economics 45'
    
    Speaker: Ahmed Irej JALAL (Nuclear Expert, Austria)
  - 14:15 Innovative Financing Models and Cooperation Mechanisms for Investment Raising in Nuclear Power and SMR Projects under INPRO Economics UR2 (Ability to Finance) 45'
    
    Speaker: Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA (Nuclear Expert, Hungary)
  - 15:00 Coffee Break 30'
  - 15:30 Building competencies in strategic planning for sustainable nuclear energy development 45'
    
    Speaker: Andrei KOSILOV (National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI", Russian Federation)
  - 16:15 Overview of the Model for Analysis of Energy Demand (MAED) 45'
    
    Speaker: Mario TOT (IAEA, remote)
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- 09:00 - 17:00
  - 09:00 Evolutionary water-cooled reactor designs 45'
    
    Speaker: Alexei MIASSOEDOV (IAEA, Austria)
  - 09:45 Innovative Reactor Designs 45'
    
    Speaker: Alexei MIASSOEDOV (IAEA, Austria)
  - 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
  - 11:00 Overview of the IAEA safety standards 45'
    
    Speaker: Andrei KOSILOV (National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI", Russian Federation)
  - 11:45 INPRO Methodology: Safety of nuclear reactors 45'
    
    Speaker: Mikhail KHOROSHEV (Nuclear Expert, Austria)
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h0'
  - 13:30 Overview of INPRO Methods and Tools for Nuclear Energy Planning 45'
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Remote
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    Speaker: Christina JOHARI (IAEA, Austria)
  - 14:15 IAEA, Austria INPRO tool for economic analysis NEST 45'
    
    Speaker: Ahmed Irej JALAL (Nuclear Expert, Austria)
  - 15:00 Coffee Break 30'
  - 15:30 Introduction to Group Projects 45'
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WORK SESSION IN COMPUTER CLASS 
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    Speaker: Ahmed Irej JALAL, Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA, and Maxim GLADYSHEV (Nuclear Expert, Nuclear Expert, and IAEA, Austria)
  - 16:15 Economic analysis using NEST 45'
    
    Speaker: Ahmed Irej JALAL, Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA, and Maxim GLADYSHEV (Nuclear Expert, Nuclear Expert, and IAEA, Austria)
- 18:00 - 20:00
  - 18:00 Welcome Reception 2h0'
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All Participants are cordially invited to the Welcome Reception
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Thursday, 18 September 2025
- 09:00 - 17:00
  - 09:00 Role of innovations: Technological and Institutional 45'
    
    Speaker: Alexander BYCHKOV (Nuclear Expert, Austria)
  - 09:45 Small Modular Reactor designs. IAEA, Austria SMR Platform 45'
    
    Speaker: Alexei MIASSOEDOV (IAEA, Austria)
  - 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
  - 11:00 INPRO Methodology: nuclear fuel cycle safety 45'
    
    Speaker: Thanh Mai VU and Alexander BYCHKOV (IAEA and Nuclear Expert, Austria)
  - 11:45 Nuclear Fuel Cycle: technologies, innovations, national and international approaches 45'
    
    Speaker: Alexander BYCHKOV (Nuclear Expert, Austria)
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h0'
  - 13:30 Future nuclear energy systems with hydrogen and fusion 45'
    
    Speaker: Mikhail KHOROSHEV (Nuclear Expert, Austria)
  - 14:15 INPRO Methodology: Environmental impacts and resources for future nuclear power 45'
    
    Speaker: Alexander BYCHKOV (Nuclear Expert, Austria)
  - 15:00 Coffee Break 30'
  - 15:30 Nuclear energy system (NES) simulators: Approach, Assumptions and Applications 45'
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WORK SESSION IN COMPUTER CLASS 
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    Speaker: Ahmed Irej JALAL, Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA, Maxim GLADYSHEV (Nuclear Expert, Nuclear Expert, and IAEA, Austria)
  - 16:15 NES Simulators 45'
    
    Speaker: Ahmed Irej JALAL, Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA, Maxim GLADYSHEV (Nuclear Expert, Nuclear Expert, and IAEA, Austria)
Friday, 19 September 2025
- 09:00 - 17:00
  - 09:00 Nuclear Reactor Technology Assessment 45'
    
    Speaker: Alexei MIASSOEDOV (IAEA, Austria)
  - 09:45 Current status of radioactive waste management. Nuclear power wastes for current and innovative systems 45'
    
    Speaker: Alexander BYCHKOV (Nuclear Expert, Austria)
  - 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
  - 11:00 INPRO Methodology: Waste management 45'
    
    Speaker: Alexander BYCHKOV (Nuclear Expert, Austria)
  - 11:45 Developing managers for nuclear organization 45'
    
    Speaker: Andrei KOSILOV (National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI", Russian Federation)
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h0'
  - 13:30 Global nuclear energy scenarios in INPRO collaborative projects and role of SMRs 45'
    
    Speaker: Alexander BYCHKOV (Nuclear Expert, Austria)
  - 14:15 Group projects: NEST tool and nuclear energy system (NES) simulators 45'
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WORK SESSION IN COMPUTER CLASS 
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    Speaker: Ahmed Irej JALAL, Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA, and Maxim GLADYSHEV (Nuclear Expert, Nuclear Expert, and IAEA, Austria)
  - 15:00 Coffee Break 30'
  - 15:30 Group projects: NEST tool and nuclear energy system (NES) simulators 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Ahmed Irej JALAL, Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA, and Maxim GLADYSHEV (Nuclear Expert, Nuclear Expert, and IAEA, Austria)

Monday, 22 September 2025

08:50 - 17:00

08:50 Recap from first week 10'
09:00 INPRO Methodology: Infrastructure 45'

Speaker: Carolynn SCHERER (IAEA, Austria)
09:45 Overview of MESSAGE tool for exploring energy pathways 45'

Speaker: Ahmed Irej JALAL (Nuclear Expert, Austria)
10:30 Coffee Break 30'
11:00 Demonstration of MESSAGE tool 45'

Speaker: Ahmed Irej JALAL (Nuclear Expert, Austria)
11:45 Modelling Climate and SDG targets in MESSAGE 45'

Speaker: Ahmed Irej JALAL (Nuclear Expert, Austria)
12:30 Lunch Break 1h0'
13:30 Modelling nuclear power and fuel cycle in MESSAGE-NES 45'

Speaker: Cristina Alice MARGEANU (Institute For Nuclear Research, Romania)
14:15 Dealing with uncertainties and sensitivity analysis 45'

Speaker: Ahmed Irej JALAL (Nuclear Expert, Austria)
15:00 Coffee Break 30'

15:30 Poster Session 1h30'

Speaker:

Ahmed Irej JALAL, Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA, and Cristina Alice MARGEANU (Nuclear Expert, Nuclear Expert, and Institute For Nuclear Research)

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

09:00 - 17:00

09:00 INPRO Methodology: Proliferation resistance 45'

Speaker: Carolynn SCHERER (IAEA, Austria)
09:30 Comparative evaluation of NES options with multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA): the KIND approach and tool 45'

Speaker: Cristina Alice MARGEANU (Institute For Nuclear Research, Romania)
10:30 Coffee Break 30'
11:00 Demonstration of KIND-ET tool: Multicriteria Comparative Evaluation of SMR and Large Reactor in Romania's Energy System by using KIND-ET 45'

Speaker: Cristina Alice MARGEANU (Institute For Nuclear Research, Romania)

11:45 Group Project KIND 45'

Speaker:

Ahmed Irej JALAL, Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA, and Cristina Alice MARGEANU (Nuclear Expert, Nuclear Expert, and Institute For Nuclear Research)

12:30 Lunch Break 1h0'

13:30 Poster Session 1h30'

Speaker:

Ahmed Irej JALAL, Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA, and Cristina Alice MARGEANU (Nuclear Expert, Nuclear Expert, and Institute For Nuclear Research)

15:00 Coffee Break 30'

15:30 Group projects: NEST tool, NES simulators, KIND 1h30'

WORK SESSION IN COMPUTER CLASS

Speaker:

Ahmed Irej JALAL, Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA, and Cristina Alice MARGEANU (Nuclear Expert, Nuclear Expert, and Institute For Nuclear Research)

Wednesday, 24 September 2025

09:00 - 17:00

09:00 Roadmaps for a transition to globally sustainable nuclear energy systems 45'

Speaker: Cristina Alice MARGEANU (Institute For Nuclear Research, Romania)
09:45 Sustainability of Legal and Institutional Infrastructure for NPP projects 45'

Speaker: Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA (Nuclear Expert, Hungary)
10:30 Coffee Break 30'
11:00 FRAmework for Modelling Electricity Systems (FRAMES) 45'

Speaker: Thanh Mai VU (IAEA, Austria)
11:45 Role-playing game on Nuclear Energy System (NES) planning 45'
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Moderator
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Speaker: Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA (Nuclear Expert, Hungary)
12:30 Lunch Break 1h0'

13:30 Poster Session 1h30'

Speaker:

Ahmed Irej JALAL, Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA, and Cristina Alice MARGEANU (Nuclear Expert, Nuclear Expert, and Institute For Nuclear Research)

15:00 Coffee Break 30'

15:30 Group projects: NEST tool, NES simulators, KIND 1h30'

WORK SESSION IN COMPUTER CLASS

Speaker:

Ahmed Irej JALAL, Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA, and Cristina Alice MARGEANU (Nuclear Expert, Nuclear Expert, and Institute For Nuclear Research)

Thursday, 25 September 2025

09:00 - 17:00

09:00 INPRO Methodology: Recent Applications of INPRO Methodology 45'

Speaker: Thanh Mai VU (IAEA, Austria)
09:45 Stakeholder engagement and sustainable development 45'

Speaker: Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA (Nuclear Expert, Hungary)
10:30 Coffee Break 30'

11:00 Group projects: NEST tool, NES simulators, KIND 1h30'

WORK SESSION IN COMPUTER CLASS

Speaker:

Ahmed Irej JALAL, Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA, and Cristina Alice MARGEANU (Nuclear Expert, Nuclear Expert, and Institute For Nuclear Research)

12:30 Lunch Break 1h0'

13:30 Group projects: NEST tool, NES simulators, KIND 1h30'

WORK SESSION IN COMPUTER CLASS

Speaker:

Ahmed Irej JALAL, Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA, and Cristina Alice MARGEANU - (Nuclear Expert, Nuclear Expert, and Institute For Nuclear Research)

15:00 Coffee Break 30'

15:30 Group projects: NEST tool, NES simulators, KIND 1h30'

WORK SESSION IN COMPUTER CLASS

Speaker:

Ahmed Irej JALAL, Yulia CHERNYAKHOVSKAYA, and Cristina Alice MARGEANU (Nuclear Expert, Nuclear Expert, and Institute For Nuclear Research)

Friday, 26 September 2025
- 08:00 - 14:00
  - 09:00 Presentation of Group Projects 1h30'
  - 10:30 Coffee break 30'
  - 11:00 Presentation of Group Projects 1h0'
  - 12:00 Lunch break 1h0'
  - 13:00 Wrap-up, Feedback, Certificates and Closing 1h0'