Webinar Series on Nuclear Technology Breakthroughs for the 21st Century

Part 1: Integrated Energy Systems for Electricity Production and Beyond

The use of current and future nuclear power technologies, such as Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), for cogeneration and integration of nuclear and renewable sources, is among the most innovative solutions for a stable and balanced energy supply under consideration worldwide. Such technologies can help to expand the supply of low carbon energy through a variety of applications, including water desalination, hydrogen production, district heating or cooling, the extraction of tertiary oil resources, and process heat applications.

• Webinar 1: Nuclear-Renewable Integrated Energy Systems: Prospects and Issues
  24 June 2020, 15:00–16:00 CET (GMT+02:00) View recording →
   
• Webinar 2: Small Modular Reactors in Integrated Energy Systems
  9 July 2020, 15:00–16:00 CET (GMT+02:00) View recording →
   
• Webinar 3: Cogeneration: Nuclear Energy Beyond Electricity Production
  22 July 2020, 15:00–16:00 CET (GMT+02:00) View recording→
   
• Webinar 4: Nuclear Heat to Decarbonize the Energy Sector
  13 July 2021, 15:00-16:30 CET (GMT +02:00) View recording→

Part 2: Disruptive Trends in Nuclear Technology

This part will draw on lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to cast a fresh light on how nuclear power can be accepted as a foundation for climate change mitigation. It will also explore the role of digital technologies, Artificial Intelligence and integrated nuclear simulation techniques in nuclear science and engineering.

• Webinar 1: Multiphysics Modelling to Optimize Design and Safety of Advanced Nuclear Reactors
  17 March 2021, 14:30 - 1600 (CET) (GMT +02:00) View recording →

Part 3: Advanced Nuclear Technologies for 21st Century Solutions

This part will delve into the specific technologies that enable nuclear power to become part of an optimal energy solution for the 21st century.

The webinar series is aimed at a wide range of participants including engineers, physicists, chemists, researchers and scientists, students and professors in developed countries as well as those embarking on or considering nuclear power. In addition, end users, managers and policy makers determining the future direction of sustainable energy research and development can benefit from the webinar discussions.

• Webinar 1: Molten Salt Reactors: A Game Changer in the Nuclear Industry: 27 August 2020, 14:00-15:00 CET (GMT +02:00) View recording →
• Webinar 2: Next Generation CANDU Reactors: Goals and Challenges: 1 June 2021, 15:00 – 16:30 CET (GMT+02:00)
• Webinar 3: Science and Technology of Supercritical Water Cooled Reactor Concepts - Part I: Overview of Current Concepts and R&D: 22 September 2021, 15:00-16:30 CET (GMT +02:00)
• Webinar 4: Reliability of Passive Safety Systems in Advanced Reactors: 16 February 2022, 15:00-16:30 CET (GMT +02:00) View recording →
• Webinar 5: Introduction to Natural Circulation and its Application in Advanced Nuclear Power Plants: 15 June 2022, 15:00-18:00 CET (GMT +02:00) View recording → and 16 June 2022, 15:00-18:00 CET (GMT +02:00) View recording → 
• Webinar 6: Thorium based advanced reactor design concepts, 5 May 2023, 14:00-16:00 CET (GMT +02:00) Register →

Part 4: Small Modular Reactors (including Microreactors)

The webinar series is aimed at a wide range of participants including engineers, physicists, chemists, researchers and scientists, students and professors in developed countries as well as those embarking on or considering small modular reactors, including microreactors. In addition, end users, managers and policy makers determining the future direction of sustainable energy research and development can benefit from the webinar discussions.

• Webinar 1: Advances in SMR Design and Technology Developments
  24 September 2020, 13:30-15:00 CET (GMT +02:00) View recording →
   
• Webinar 2: Spotlight on Nuclear Microreactors: A High Level Dialogue between Director General Grossi and Secretary Moniz
  29 April 2021, 15:00–16:00 CET (GMT+02:00) View recording →
   
• Webinar 3: Advances in Reactor Technologies for Marine-based Small Modular Reactors
  18 May 2021, 14:00–15:30 CET (GMT+02:00) ​​View presentations →   

Part 5: FR22 Series

This webinar series is aimed to promote the upcoming International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles: Sustainable Clean Energy for the Futture (FR22), scheduled 25-28 April 2022, Beijing, China.

• Webinar 1: Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles: Status, Prospects and What's Next
  02 June 2021, 14:00-15:30 CET (GMT +02:00)

Part 6: Education and Training in Support of Member States Human Resource Technological and Scientific Development

These webinars offered by the Nuclear Power Technology Development Section focus at demonstrating educational and training tools, toolkits and learning modules with hands-on practical examples in support of human resource technological and scientific development:

• Webinar 1: How to Operate a Nuclear Reactor: Introductory Webinar on IAEA's Nuclear Reactor Simulators
   
• Webinar 2: Theoretical Overview and Hands-on Training on Micro-Physics Simulator
  28 Julu 2021, 15:00–16:30 CET (GMT+02:00) View recording →