April 2021 in brief

Meeting with Shin Hosaka, Commissioner of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), 13 April 2021

Meeting with Shin Hosaka, Commissioner of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), 13 April 2021.

  • NEA Director-General William D. Magwood, IV spoke at the Atlantic Council webinar The role of nuclear energy in meeting climate goals, hosted by the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center on Thursday, 8 April 2021 as part of the “Raising Ambitions” events series.

 

 

 

54th Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) Annual Conference, 13-14 April 2021 

 

World Nuclear Fuel Cycle (WNFC) conference session 5, Luminita Grancea, 14 April 2021

 

 

  • An expert roundtable discussion was held on 20 April 2021 to discuss the recently launched Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES) and the experiments it will support.

 

NICE Future IYNC webinar Policy and Financing Lessons, Advancing Energy and Climate Goals with Low-Carbon Energy Systems, 22 April 2021 

 

 

First official meeting of the NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy, 23 April 2021 

 

 

  • NEA Director-General Magwood and Diane Cameron, Head of the NEA Division of Nuclear Technology Development and Economics, participated in the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) 20th Anniversary Celebration event Progress and Future Prospects toward Deploying GEN IV reactors as Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems on 28 April 2021.

Generation IV International Forum 20th Anniversary Celebration event Progress and Future Prospects toward Deploying GEN IV reactors as Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, 28 April 2021 

 

  • Tatiana Ivanova, Head of the NEA Division of Nuclear Science, participated in the Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle Programme (AFCP) Quarterly Technical Meeting on 28 April 2021 and spoke about the challenges and opportunities for advanced nuclear fuel cycles on the path towards a clean energy future.
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