Global Forum Working Group 4: Revitalising innovation in the nuclear sector to improve the future competitiveness of nuclear energy
Ongoing
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Co-Chair: Ian Farnan (left), University of Cambridge and Man-Sung Yim (right), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

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For nuclear energy to remain pertinent in the future energy system it must effectively be integrated into energy markets and grids systems that recognise and reward low carbon energy generation. With this necessity in mind, the Global Forum Council of Advisor suggested a working area focused on how to integrate conventional power generation, next-generation advanced modular (small and micro) reactors, and nuclear electricity and heat (as applied to energy vectors) into energy markets and appropriate grid systems.

 

Working Group Members

University

Institution

Man-Sung Yim - Co-Chair

KOREA

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Ian Farnan - Co-Chair

UNITED KINGDOM

University of Cambridge

Carlos Gho

ARGENTINA

Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica

Thomas Pardoen

BELGIUM

University of Louvain

John Luxat

CANADA

McMaster University

Gilles Mathonnier

FRANCE

Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission

Marco Ricotti

ITALY

Politecnico di Milano

Tomoko Murakami

JAPAN

Institute of Energy Economics, Japan

Georgy Tikhomirov

RUSSIA

Moscow Engineering Physics Institute

Maria Avramova

UNITED STATES

North Carolina State University

Max Fratoni

UNITED STATES

University of California Berkeley

Francesca Giovannini

UNITED STATES

Harvard Kennedy School

Yassin Hassan

UNITED STATES

Texas A&M University

Lefteri Tsoukalas

UNITED STATES

Purdue University

Jasmina Vujic

UNITED STATES

University of California Berkeley