Technical Meeting on Synergies in Technology Development between Nuclear Fission and Fusion for Energy Production

Scientific Programme

1. Status of fusion technology: needs and challenges

2. Scenario studies: nuclear fusion reactors as an element of future energy systems

3. Technology, safety, security and safeguardability for synergies and know-how transfer

• 3.01 Energy conversion systems

• 3.02 Structural materials and circulating fluids

• 3.03 Waste technology

• 3.04 Decommissioning by design

• 3.05 Fuel cycle

• 3.06 Detritiation technologies

• 3.07 Remote handling

• 3.08 Nuclear measurements

• 3.09 Nuclear data

• 3.10 Modelling and simulations

• 3.11 Design Safety, Safety Analysis and Regulation

• 3.12 Project management and management systems

• 3.13 Manufacturing and supply chain

• 3.14 Construction and commissioning

• 3.15 Operation and maintenance

• 3.16 Safeguards

4. Economic and market considerations

• 4.01 Economics of energy systems

• 4.02 Lessons learned from 70 years of nuclear fission reactors deployment

• 4.03 Economic and market considerations on nuclear fusion power plants

5. Human Resources and Knowledge management

• 5.01 Mapping human resources needs and identification of common professional competencies

• 5.02 Knowledge management strategies and techniques

6. Fission-fusion hybrid systems

7. General considerations on needed infrastructure

8. Stakeholder involvement

• 8.01 Start-ups

• 8.02 Public acceptance and support

9. Considerations and suggestions for future work in the field