Speaker
Jeremy Whitlock
(Atomic Energy of Canada Limited)
Description
Methodologies have been developed within the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) to support the assessment and improvement of system performance in the areas safeguards, security, economics and safety. Of these four areas, safeguards and security are the subjects of the GIF working group on Proliferation Resistance and Physical Protection (PRPP). Since the PRPP methodology (now at Revision 6) represents a mature, generic, and comprehensive evaluation approach, and is freely available on the GIF public website, several non-GIF technical groups have chosen to utilize the PRPP methodology for their own goals. Indeed, the results of the evaluations performed with the methodology are intended for three types of generic users: system designers, program policy makers, and external stakeholders. The PRPP Working Group developed the methodology through a series of demonstration and case studies. In addition, over the past few years various national and international groups have applied the methodology to inform nuclear energy system designs, as well as to support the development of approaches to advanced safeguards. A number of international workshops have also been held which have introduced the methodology to design groups and other stakeholders. In this paper we summarize the technical progress and accomplishments of the PRPP evaluation methodology, including applications outside GIF, and we outline the PRPP methodology’s relationship with the IAEA’s INPRO methodology. Current challenges with the efficient implementation of the methodology are outlined, along with our path forward for increasing its accessibility to a broader stakeholder audience – including supporting the next generation of skilled professionals in the nuclear non-proliferation field.
| Country or International Organization | Generation-IV International Forum (GIF) |
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Primary authors
Giacomo G.M. Cojazzi
(European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Transuranium Elements)
Jeremy Whitlock
(Atomic Energy of Canada Limited)
Per Peterson
(University of California, Berkeley)
Robert Bari
(Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Co-authors
Alexander Chebeskov
(Institute for Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE))
Eckhard Haas
(Consultant)
Eun-ha Kwon
(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI))
Evelyne Bertel
(OECD - Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA))
Franca Padoani
(Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA))
Gennady Pshakin
(Institute for Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE))
Guido Renda
(European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Transuranium Elements, Nuclear Security Unit)
Hodong Kim
(KAERI)
Hosik Yoo
(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI))
Ike Therios
(Argonne National Laboratory (ANL))
JEAN CAZALET
(CEA (French Atomic Energy Commission))
James Sprinkle
(IAEA SGCP)
Joseph Pilat
(Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL))
Keiichiro Hori
(Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA))
Sunyoung Chang
(Korea Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation and Control (KINAC))
Yoko Kawakubo
(Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
