International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO)
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About INPRO
The International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO) was established in 2001 in response to a resolution by the IAEA General Conference.
Objectives
To help to ensure that nuclear energy is available to contribute, in a sustainable manner, to meeting the energy needs of the 21st century;
To bring together technology holders and users so that they can consider jointly the international and national actions required for achieving desired innovations in nuclear reactors and fuel cycles.
Missions
To provide a forum for discussion for experts and policy makers from industrialized and developing countries on all aspects of nuclear energy planning as well as on the development and deployment of innovative nuclear energy systems in the 21st century.
To develop a methodology to assess innovative nuclear systems on a global, regional and national basis, and to establish it as an IAEA recommendation;
To facilitate coordination and cooperation among Member States for planning of innovative nuclear system development and deployment;
To pay particular attention to the needs of developing countries interested in innovative nuclear systems.
Recognition of INPRO
World leaders have acknowledged INPRO's strengths and contributions to nuclear development and the relevance of the issues which INPRO addresses.
R. Lubbers, Chair, Scientific Forum of the IAEA General Conference, 2008
"The envisaged renaissance depends very much on the success of international cooperation and approaches, and thus on the Agency."
US–Russia Strategic Framework Declaration by US President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, 2008
"The Russian Federation and the U.S. support the IAEA Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO) that has brought together both the states with developed nuclear technology and states running small-scale nuclear programmes or just developing plans for peaceful use of nuclear energy."
G8 Summit, Global Energy Security, St. Petersburg, 2006
"The development of innovative nuclear power systems is considered an important element for efficient and safe nuclear energy development. In this respect, we acknowledge the efforts made in the complementary frameworks of the INPRO project and the Generation IV International Forum."
M. ElBaradei, IAEA Director General
Statement to the Fiftieth Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference, 2006
"Technological and institutional innovation is a key factor in ensuring the long term sustainability of nuclear power."
"INPRO addresses issues faced by all countries that choose nuclear power."
Last updated: 21 April 2009