Joint ICTP-IAEA School on Nuclear Energy Strategic Planning and Application of the IAEA INPRO Methodology for Sustainability Assessment

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Description

An ICTP-IAEA Hybrid Meeting. You can submit your application for participation in presence or online.

During this 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 of ensuring a sustainable nuclear energy supply to help meet 21st century global energy needs. INPRO’s activities are centred on the key concepts of global nuclear energy sustainability and the development of long-range nuclear energy strategies, so that nuclear energy is and remains available to meet national energy needs.

The event aims to familiarize the participants with the concept and methodology for nuclear energy system (NES) sustainability assessment and provide theoretical and practical introductory training on INPRO tools for NES modelling and analysis. Young professionals working in the nuclear energy industry, researchers, students and lecturers from technical universities will benefit from a better understanding of the nuclear role in the long-term sustainability of energy production according to national priorities.

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
Economics of nuclear power
Methodology for assessing the sustainability of nuclear energy systems (the INPRO Methodology)
Nuclear energy systems modelling and analysis
Methods and tools for modelling and analysis of nuclear energy systems
Role of technological and institutional innovations
Evolutionary and innovative reactor designs, including SMRs
Technological and national approaches for the nuclear fuel cycle

Lecturers:
A. BYCHKOV, IAEA
G. FESENKO, International Expert
I. JALAL, International Expert
H. KHARTABIL, IAEA
A. KOSILOV, STAR-NET
A. MIASSOEDOV, IAEA
C. SCHERER, IAEA

Essay: Applicants who would like to attend in person are encouraged to submit an 1-page essay with the topic: "The potential role of nuclear energy in achieving sustainable development goals in your country or region".

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

Material

Final list of Participants Group photo Poster Time zones

Joint ICTP-IAEA School on Nuclear Energy Strategic Planning and Application of the IAEA INPRO Methodology for Sustainability Assessment | (smr 3737)

Go to day

Monday, 26 September 2022
- 08:30 - 09:00
  - 08:30 Registration formalities (in person participants) 30'
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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 Guesthouse as follows: 
Registration Desk (Lower level) from 8.30 till 9.00.

Time zone: You can choose your time zone (in place of Europe/Rome) on the top right of the page and the programme time will be modified accordingly.
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- 09:00 - 13:30
  
  Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
  - 09:00 Opening remarks 10'
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Welcoming Address by the IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Energy Mikhail CHUDAKOV (pre-recorded)
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  - 09:10 School objectives, scope, and programme 20'
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Remote
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    Speaker: Maxim GLADYSHEV (IAEA, Austria)
  - 09:30 Global Energy Supply-Demand Trends and Challenges for Sustainable Development 45'
    
    Speaker: Irej JALAL (IAEA, Austria)
  - 10:15 Questions & Answers 15'
  - 10:30 Coffee break 15'
  - 10:45 Combating Climate Change and the Potential Role for Nuclear Power 45'
    
    Speaker: Irej JALAL (IAEA, Austria)
  - 11:30 Role of innovations: Technological and Institutional 45'
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Remote
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    Speaker: Hussam KHARTABIL (IAEA, Austria)
  - 12:15 Questions & Answers 15'
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h0'
- 13:30 - 17:00
  
  Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
  - 13:30 Overview of INPRO Methodology and Nuclear Energy System Assessment (NESA) 45'
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Remote
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    Speaker: Hussam KHARTABIL (IAEA, Austria)
  - 14:15 INPRO Methodology 45'
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Remote

• Infrastructure
• Environmental Impacts
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    Speaker: Hussam KHARTABIL (IAEA, Austria)
  - 15:00 Questions & Answers 15'
  - 15:15 Coffee break 15'
  - 15:30 Economics of Nuclear Power - 1: Understanding the Cost Structure of a Nuclear Power Project 45'
    
    Speaker: Irej JALAL (IAEA, Austria)
  - 16:15 Economics of Nuclear Power - 2: Economic Competitiveness of Nuclear Power 45'
    
    Speaker: Irej JALAL (IAEA, Austria)
- 18:00 - 19:30
  - 18:00 Welcome Reception 1h30'
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All participants are cordially invited to the Welcome Reception.
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Tuesday, 27 September 2022
- 09:00 - 13:30
  
  Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall
  - 09:00 INPRO Methodology: 30'
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• Economics
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    Speaker: Carolynn SCHERER (IAEA, Austria)
  - 09:30 Teaching strategic planning for sustainable nuclear energy development in universities 45'
    
    Speaker: Andrei KOSILOV (STAR-NET, Austria)
  - 10:15 Questions & Answers 15'
  - 10:30 Coffee break 15'
  - 10:45 Energy System Modelling for Designing Sustainable Energy Strategies 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Irej JALAL (IAEA, Austria)
  - 11:45 Introduction to INPRO approaches and tools for modeling and analysis of nuclear energy systems (NES) 45'
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Remote
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    Speaker: Galina FESENKO (Rosatom Technical Academy, Russia)
  - 12:30 Questions & Answers 15'
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Remote
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  - 12:45 Lunch Break 45'
- 13:30 - 14:30
  - 13:30 Demonstration of NESA Economics Support Tool (NEST) Tool 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Irej JALAL (IAEA, Austria)
- 14:30 - 17:00
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Moving to computer class

Mentors: Irej JALAL (IAEA, Austria) (on-site), Galina FESENKO (Rosatom Technical Academy, Russia) (online)
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  Location: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)
  - 14:30 Group and individual projects (all INPRO tools): objectives and expectations 15'
  - 14:45 Installation and getting to know NEST Tool 30'
  - 15:15 Coffee break 15'
  - 15:30 Exercises on group and individual projects: NEST Tool 1h30'
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Tutor: Andrei KOSILOV (STAR-NET, Austria)
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Wednesday, 28 September 2022
- 09:00 - 13:30
  - 09:00 INPRO Methodology 45'
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Remote

• Reactor Safety
• Proliferation Resistance
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    Speaker: Hussam KHARTABIL (IAEA, Austria)
  - 09:45 Global Nuclear Energy Scenarios in INPRO collaborative projects 30'
    
    Speaker: Alexander BYCHKOV (IAEA, Austria)
  - 10:15 Questions & Answers 15'
  - 10:30 Coffee break 15'
  - 10:45 INPRO Service - Analysis Support for Enhanced Nuclear Energy Sustainability (ASENES) 30'
    
    Speaker: Alexander BYCHKOV (IAEA, Austria)
  - 11:15 Modelling Energy Systems with MESSAGE 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Irej JALAL (IAEA, Austria)
  - 12:15 Questions & Answers 15'
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h0'
- 13:30 - 15:30
  - 13:30 NES modelling and analysis 45'
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Remote
• framework for NES scenario modelling and analysis
• basics for NES mass flow analysis and NES Simulators
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    Speaker: Galina FESENKO (Rosatom Technical Academy, Russia)
  - 14:15 Demonstration of NES Simulators 45'
    
    Speaker: Irej JALAL (IAEA, Austria)
  - 15:00 Questions & Answers 15'
  - 15:15 Coffee break 15'
- 15:30 - 17:00
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Moving to computer class

Mentors: Irej JALAL (IAEA, Austria) (on-site), Galina FESENKO (Rosatom Technical Academy, Russia) (online)
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  Location: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Laboratory
  - 15:30 Exercises on group and individual projects: NES simulators 1h30'
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Tutor: Andrei KOSILOV (STAR-NET, Austria)
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Thursday, 29 September 2022
- 09:00 - 13:15
  - 09:00 INPRO Methodology: Nuclear Fuel Cycle Safety 25'
    
    Speaker: Alexander BYCHKOV (IAEA, Austria)
  - 09:25 Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Technologies and National Approaches 50'
    
    Speaker: Alexander BYCHKOV (IAEA, Austria)
  - 10:15 Questions & Answers 15'
  - 10:30 Coffee break 15'
  - 10:45 Evolutionary Water Cooled Reactor Designs 45'
    
    Speaker: Alexei MIASSOEDOV (IAEA, Austria)
  - 11:30 Innovative Reactor Designs 45'
    
    Speaker: Alexei MIASSOEDOV (IAEA, Austria)
  - 12:15 Questions & Answers 15'
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 45'
- 13:15 - 14:45
  - 13:15 Comparative evaluation of NES options with MCDA: the KIND approach and tool 45'
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Remote
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    Speaker: Galina FESENKO (Rosatom Technical Academy, Russia)
  - 14:00 Demonstration of KIND 45'
    
    Speaker: Irej JALAL (IAEA, Austria)
- 14:45 - 18:00
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Moving to computer class

Mentors: Irej JALAL (IAEA, Austria) (on-site), Galina FESENKO (Rosatom Technical Academy, Russia) (online)
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  - 14:45 Exercises on KIND 30'
  - 15:15 Group photo (in person participants) 1'
  - 15:15 Coffee break 15'
  - 15:30 Group photo (online participants) 1'
  - 15:30 Exercises on group and individual projects (all INPRO tools) 1h30'
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Tutor: Andrei KOSILOV (STAR-NET, Austria)
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  - 17:00 Finalizing group project presentations and individual assignments 1h0'
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Tutor: Andrei KOSILOV (STAR-NET, Austria)
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Friday, 30 September 2022
- 09:00 - 14:00
  - 09:00 Small Modular Reactor Designs 45'
    
    Speaker: Alexei MIASSOEDOV (IAEA, Austria)
  - 09:45 Current Status of Radioactive Waste Management. INPRO Methodology: Waste Management 30'
    
    Speaker: Alexander BYCHKOV (IAEA, Austria)
  - 10:15 Questions & Answers 15'
  - 10:30 Coffee break 15'
  - 10:45 Group presentations 1h15'
  - 12:00 Q&A and discussion session 30'
  - 12:30 Final remarks, certificates distribution and closing session 1h30'