Source: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) –
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will host the first-ever International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Energy, 3 to 4 December, at the IAEA in the M Building of the Vienna International Centre (VIC).
Stakeholders from the nuclear industry, AI sector, as well as representatives from government, regulatory bodies, academia, non-governmental organizations and energy companies will convene to assess and strengthen synergies between nuclear power and AI, from powering data centres to enhancing and accelerating nuclear innovation.
The event is open to the media and will be livestreamed. Pictures of the opening will be available here, and articles will be posted here.
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi will open the Symposium at 10:00 CET on 3 December, alongside Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency.
Over two days, the Symposium will feature, among others: Sama Bilbao y León, Director General, World Nuclear Association; Nathan Flaman, Head, Global Growth, Cameco UK Limited; Marc Kamphausen, Global Senior Vice President, Customer & Partner Success Management, Oracle; Maria Korsnic, President & CEO, Nuclear Energy Institute; Trey Lauderdale, Founder & CEO, Atomic Canyon; Kevin Lee, Lead – Disruptive, Innovative and Emerging Technologies, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission; Alexey Likhachev, Director General, Rosatom; Liu Jing, Vice Chairman, China Atomic Energy Authority; Lou Martinez, Chief Technology Officer, Westinghouse; Jeffrey Miller, Vice President, Business Development, TerraPower; Aurelien Schwartz, Chairman & CEO, Metroscope; Petteri Tiippana, Director General, STUK (Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland); Ahmet Tokpinar, Principal Vice President & General Manager, Nuclear, Bechtel Global Nuclear Power Business.
The Symposium is organized into five panel sessions: Nuclear Power for Data Centres; AI in the Nuclear Sector – Today, Tomorrow and Beyond; Nuclear Capacity Deployment Consistent with Safety, Security and Safeguards Objectives; NPP Project Management Optimization: Recent Achievements and Future AI Advancements; and Nuclear Supply Chains: Current Approach and Expanded use of AI. All sessions will take place in the M-building plenary.
In addition, the IAEA Innovation to Support Operating Nuclear Power Plants (ISOP) AI Working Group will host a side event on 3 December at 12:30 in M2, to highlight the IAEA’s cross-departmental and multi-stakeholder approach to advancing AI innovation in operating nuclear power plants. The Small Modular Reactor Regulators’ Forum (SMR RF) will also host a side event to provide an introduction to the Forum and its activities.
More information about the Symposium, including the programme summary, are available online.
IAEA experts will be available for interviews. Please send your request to the Press Office.
Press Working Area
M0E 100 on the M-Building’s ground floor will be available as a press working area, starting from 09:00 CET on 3 December.
Accreditation
All journalists interested in covering the meeting in person – including those with permanent accreditation – are requested to inform the IAEA Press Office of their plans. Journalists without permanent accreditation must send copies of their passport and press ID to the IAEA Press Office by 14:00 CET on Tuesday, 2 December. We encourage those journalists who do not yet have permanent accreditation to request it at UNIS Vienna.
Please plan your arrival to allow sufficient time to pass through the VIC security check.
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