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

The conference “Nuclear Energy’s Role in the 21st Century: Addressing the Challenge of Financing” was organised jointly by the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) and the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), on 11-12 May 2016 in Paris, France.

More than 150 stakeholders from 30 countries participated, representing energy planning authorities, regulators, export credit agencies,... more

On November 12, 2019, the RNFSWG met in Washington DC. The topic addressed in the meeting include:

1. A review of the Working Group's past accomplishments. 
2. A short summary of the December 2018 RNFSWG Workshop on Approaches to Financing a Multinational Repository. The printed version of the full Report of the Workshop was distributed to the meeting participants, and the electronic version can be do... more

The Nuclear Supplier and Customer Countries Engagement Group met with the objective to discuss, through case studies, how cooperation between supplier countries and customer countries can support the development of a safe nuclear programme in the customer country, as well as the development of a strong safety culture.

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On 13 and 14 November IFNEC held its Global Ministerial Conference "Bringing the World SMRs and Advanced Nuclear" which gathered high level presentations from our member countries, industry and international organizations. The conference had Suzie Jaworowski as Mistress of Ceremonies, who after each session took the chance to reflect on each presentation highlighting their most salient remarks.  ... more

SG Chair Julián Gadano chaired the Steering Group meeting hosted by Ms Suzanne Jaworowski, SG Vice Chair and the Department of Energy of the United States. The meeting took place in Washington DC.  

 To view the related documents click here (password protected site)

The Executive Committee of the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) congratulated Ms. Suzanne Jaworowski (United States) on assuming the role of Steering Group Chair. Ms. Jaworowski is the Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor in the Office of Nuclear Energy at the US Department of Energy and serves as the Political Liaison between the Office of Nuclear Energy and the Secret... more

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

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.

Click here to view the related documents in the IFNEC Resource Library. 

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