INPRO has developed heterogeneous global model to capture countries’ different policies regarding the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle in regional and global scenarios of nuclear energy evolution and applied in a number of studies performed by participants of the project. This paper will highlight the model and major conclusions obtained in the studies. | Heterogeneous world model and collaborative scenarios of transition to globally sustainable nuclear energy systems EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol. 1 1 2015 Nuclear Sciences V. Kuznetsov and G. Fesenko published by EDP Sciences 2015 amp Technologies DOI epjn e2015-50031-2 Available online at http REGULAR ARTICLE Heterogeneous world model and collaborative scenarios of transition to globally sustainable nuclear energy systems Vladimir Kuznetsov and Galina Fesenko International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna International Centre PO Box 100 1400 Vienna Austria Received 11 May 2015 Received in final form 2 July 2015 Accepted 20 July 2015 Published online 27 November 2015 Abstract. The International Atomic Energy Agency s International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles INPRO is to help ensure that nuclear energy is available to contribute to meeting global energy needs of the 21st century in a sustainable manner. The INPRO task titled Global scenarios is to develop global and regional nuclear energy scenarios that lead to a global vision of sustainable nuclear energy in the 21st century. Results of multiple studies show that the criteria for developing sustainable nuclear energy cannot be met without innovations in reactor and nuclear fuel cycle technologies. Combining different reactor types and associated fuel chains creates a multiplicity of nuclear energy system arrangements potentially contributing to global sustainability of nuclear energy. In this cooperation among countries having different policy regarding fuel cycle back end would be essential to bring sustainability benefits from innovations in technology to all interested users. INPRO has developed heterogeneous global model to capture countries different policies regarding the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle in regional and global scenarios of nuclear energy evolution and applied in a number of studies performed by participants of the project. This paper will highlight .
