The IDWG meeting addressed the topic of export controls as an enabler of nuclear cooperation, and gathered experts from the US, China, Russia, UAE and Kenya as well as from the IAEA, the Nuclear Suppliers Group and Pillsbury. The NSCCEG meeting discussed best practices in developing safety culture, with presentations from the Chinese and French regulators, as well as from Rosatom with a focus on ... more

The Infrastructure Development Working Group co-Chairs, Alex Burkart and Zbigniew Kubacki chaired a workshop on "nuclear energy beyond electricity generation" which was held at the Ministry of Energy of Poland, in Warsaw. 

Nuclear technology is today widely used to produce electricity without a negative impact on the environment. No harmful emissions, small footprints of nuclear power plants, re... more

Mr Shi Lishan, SG Vice-Chair for China, and the China National Energy Administration hosted the working group and Steering Group meetings at the China National Convention Centre in Beijing on 24-25 June 2019.

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This conference was designed to be of interest to all IFNEC member countries and provide the various stakeholders, including regulators, planning authorities, financial institutions and industry, the opportunity to observe and participate in discussions of practical interest and value. The primary audience for the conference included IFNEC members with future plans for developing nuclear power pr... more

Co-Sponsored Conference on Challenges and Opportunities Facing Nuclear Energy in an Energy Transitions Context:

Innovation and Actions to advance Clean Nuclear Energy

IFNEC and the Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy Future (NICE Future) initiative sponsored a conference which explored the role that nuclear energy options can play in contributing to economic growth, energy security and access, and ... more

Compared to the development of the current Generation II fleet, the construction of the new Gen III/III+ reactors, and in the future, that of advanced reactors, rely on vendor companies that are active on the global market. These include North-American and European companies, and more recently, Korean, Russian and Chinese companies. Given the large investments that new projects represent, strong ... more

The Reliable Nuclear Fuel Services Working Group held a workshop on Approaches to Financing a Multinational Repository - Challenges and Alternate Approaches.

RNSFWG workshop Programme

Presentations and documents:

0 INTRO Zagar & Tyson

1 ERDO McCombie

2 Brownstein

3 ARIUS Chapman

4 ERDO McCombie

5.1 IAEA Mayer

5.2.1 FINLAND Väätäinen

5.2.2 FINLAND Pohjonen

5.3 ROSATOM Khaperskaya

5.4 JAPAN Yoshim... more

IDWG Co-chairs John Mathieson of the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Alex Burkart of the U.S. Department of State opened the workshop. With the advent of Gen III/III+ reactors, long established regulators face the challenge of evaluating enhanced safety features, including a higher degree of passive safety, and other new design features to deal with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accide... more

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2016 IFNEC meetings in May in Paris, France

The International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) and the Nuclear Energy Agency were pleased to co-sponsor their first Nuclear Finance Conference May 11-12, 2016, in Paris, France.  The Conference convened leading stakeholders ranging from energy planning authorities, regulators, export credit agencies, vendors, utilities, bankers, rati... more