4th GIF/INPRO Interface Meeting
1-3 March 2010
IAEA, Vienna, Austria
The 4th GIF/INPRO interface meeting brought together over 50 representatives of the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) and the IAEA to present the status and progress of activities and discuss potential areas for expanded cooperation.
The following IAEA Departments participated in the meeting:
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Department of Nuclear Energy
- International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO)
- Nuclear Power Technology Development Section (NPTDS)
- Nuclear Energy Planning Section (NPES)
- Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Materials Section (NFCMS)
- Planning and Economic Studies Section (PESS)
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Department of Nuclear Safety & Security
- Safety Assessment Section (NSNI)
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Department of Nuclear Sciences & Applications
- Physics Section (NAPC)
Meeting Documents
| Agenda | |
| Opening Remarks |
Mr. Y. Sokolov, Deputy Director General Department of Nuclear Energy and INPRO Project Manager |
| Introductory Remarks |
Mr. Y. Sagayama, Chair Generation IV International Forum (GIF) |
Presentations
Progress Status of GIF System Development
| Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors (SFR) | Mr. J. Rouault (GIF) |
| VHTR (Very-High-Temperature Reactors) | Mr. F. Carre (GIF) |
| GFR (Gas-Cooled Fast Reactors) | Mr. J. Rouault (GIF) |
| SCWR (Supercritical-Water-Cooled Reactors) | Mr. R. Speranzini (GIF) |
| LFR (Lead-Cooled Fast Reactors) | Mr. S. Monti (GIF) |
| MSR (Molten Salt Reactors) | Mr. C. Guerard (GIF) |
INPRO progress status
| Overview | Mr R. Beatty (INPRO/IAEA) |
| Nuclear Energy System Assessment (NESA) | Mr. F. Depisch (INPRO/IAEA) |
| Global Vision | Mr. P. Villalibre (INPRO/IAEA) |
| Innovation | Mr. H. Khartabil (INPRO/IAEA) |
| INPRO Dialogue Forum | Mr. P. Gowin (INPRO/IAEA) |
Current status and progress of agreed Action Items
| a) Safety | |
| Application of IAEA Safety Standards to advanced/future reactors | Mr. El-Shanawany (NSNI/IAEA) |
| RSWG safety assessment methodology | V. Ranguelova (GIF) |
| Status of GIF evaluation methodology (RSWG) | Mr. T. Leahy (GIF) |
| b) Proliferation Resistance | |
| Progress in GIF-PRPP methodology | Mr. J. Whitlock (GIF) |
| INPRO PR methodology, including PRADA | Mr. E. Haas (INPRO/SG/IAEA) |
| c) Economics | |
| GIF Economical Model | Mr. B. Rasin (GIF) |
| INPRO and IAEA Economic Modelling | Mr. I. Jalal (PESS/IAEA) |
| d) Non-electric applications of NE | |
| IAEA activities in non-electric applications | Mr. I. Khamis (NPTDS/IAEA) |
| GIF activities in non-electric applications | Mr. J. Ch Robin (GIF) |
Potential areas for expanded cooperation
| a) Modelling and simulation (M&S) | |
| Status of activities planned by GIF | Mr. H. McFarlane (GIF) |
| INPRO Collaborative Project on M&S | Mr. H. Khartabil (INPRO/IAEA) |
| b) Advanced small and medium sized reactors | |
| IAEA programmes on SMRs | Mr. V. Kuznetsov (NPTDS/IAEA) |
| c) Advanced Fuel Cycles (incl Th) | |
| IAEA activities supporting advanced FCs | Mr. G. Dyck (NEFW/IAEA) |
| Thorium Fuel Cycle overview | Mr. F. Carre (GIF) |
| d) Education and training (E&T) | |
| Status of the activities planned by GIF | Mr. H. McFarlane (GIF) |
| IAEA programs in E&T | Mr. T. Mazour (NPES/IAEA) |
| e) Advanced reactors development | |
| Overview | Ms. S. Bilbao (NPTDS/IAEA) |
| High temperature gas reactors | Mr. B. Tyobeka (NPTDS/IAEA) |
| Supercritical water cooled reactors | Ms. S. Bilbao (NPTDS/IAEA) |
| Fast reactors | Mr. A. Stanculescu (NPTDS/IAEA) |
| f) Advanced/innovative materials development | |
| Status of IAEA activities | Mr. A. Zeman (NAPC/IAEA) |
| g) Institutional arrangements for FR deployment | |
| Necessary infrastructure to optimize the benefit from using advanced NE systems, including FR | Mr. V. Usanov (INPRO/IAEA) |
Experience summary and topics of interest for Workshops
| United States | Mr. H. McFarlane (GIF) |
| Japan | Mr K. Hirao (GIF) |
3 March 2010
Technical Briefing open to all interested IAEA staff, held at the IAEA Library:
Status of Activities of the Generation IV International Forum (GIF)
| Update on GIF status | Mr. H. McFarlane (GIF) |
| Summary result from the 4th GIF/INPRO interface meeting | Mr. R. Beatty (INPRO/IAEA) |
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