INPRO News Archive
2012
Survey of National Long-Range Nuclear Energy Strategies
2012-04-03 – INPRO is undertaking a Survey of Existing National Long-Range Nuclear Energy Strategies. The results of the survey will serve as reference material for Member States developing such long term strategies. Read more...
INPRO and GIF Continue Close Cooperation
2012-03-14 – Safety, proliferation resistance, physical protection and economics of innovative nuclear reactors will continue to be key areas of cooperation between the IAEA/INPRO and the Generation IV International Forum (GIF). This was discussed by some 50 experts of both organizations, who met at the IAEA last week. Read more...
New Public Gateway to PRIS Database
2012-02-20 – The new public website for the IAEA Power Reactor Information System (PRIS) has been deployed recently. This new design website provides information about the PRIS database and its associated publications as well as high-level statistics about the world's nuclear power reactors. Read more...
Developing Tools to Assess Proliferation Resistance and Safeguardability of Nuclear Energy Systems
2012-02-10 – The new INPRO Collaborative Project PROSA held its first meeting in early February. PROSA will develop tools to assess proliferation resistance and safeguardability of nuclear energy systems based on methodologies developed by INPRO and GIF. The project is carried out in close cooperation with the IAEA Department of Safeguards. Read more...
Welcoming INPRO's 36th Member - Vietnam
2012-02-09 – The IAEA welcomes Vietnam as a new Member of INPRO. The country will be represented through the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute (VINATOM) in Hanoi. Read more...
IAEA Nuclear Power Newsletter - January 2012
2012-01-19 – The latest issue of Nuclear Power newsletter has just been released, reporting about recent key events and activities. Highlights of INPRO are included on p 4, and 11-15. Read more...
INPRO in NUCLEAR NEWS
2012-01-17 – INPRO's future activities, including the SYNERGIES Collaborative Project and the INPRO Vision 2017, are the topic of an article published in the January 2012 issue of the American Nuclear Society's Nuclear News journal. Read more...
Assessing New Reactor Technologies: Interview with Thomas Koshy
2012-01-03 – In a recent Interview, Judith Perera, Editor of McCloskey's Nuclear Business (MNB) asked Thomas Koshy, Head of the IAEA's Nuclear Power Technology Development Section, how the Agency is helping Member States select new reactor technologies that are safe, reliable and able to withstand extreme external events. Read more...
GIF and IAEA Discuss Safety Aspects of Sodium Cooled Fast Reactors
2011-12-01 – Technical issues uniquely or particularly relevant to the safety of sodium cooled fast reactors (SFRs) were the focus of a two day workshop held jointly by the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) and the IAEA. Particular attention was paid to the safety implications of the lessons learned from Fukushima, as the next generation of SFRs is designed. Read more...