NICE Future Initiative

Deputy Secretary of Energy of Argentina Julian Gadano takes the microphone to engage speakers in a Q&A discussion at the NICE Future and International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) international conference: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Nuclear Energy in an Energy Transitions Context: Innovation and Actions to Advance Clean Nuclear Energy.

U.S. DOE Senior Advisor Suzie Jaworowski engages the expert panel at the NICE Future and International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) international conference: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Nuclear Energy in an Energy Transitions Context: Innovation and Actions to Advance Clean Nuclear Energy.

Millennial scientists discuss nuclear innovation/careers at NICE Future/International Youth Nuclear Congress/U.S DOE Millennial Caucus event co-sponsored with U.S. DOE, a Millennial Nuclear Caucus event in Tokyo, Japan, on November 13.

Millennial students, academics, and professions in interactive discussions at NICE Future, International Youth Nuclear Congress event co-sponsored with U.S. DOE a Millennial Nuclear Caucus event at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (“Titech”) in Tokyo, Japan, on November 13.

Shannon Bragg-Sitton of the U.S. DOE Idaho National Laboratory speaks about integrated nuclear-renewable systems and emerging innovations at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (“Titech”) in Tokyo, Japan, on November 13.

Cooperation on NICE Future was spotlighted by U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Hiroshige Seko, and Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Masahiko Shibayama in a U.S.-Japan accord agreed on November 12.

Argentine Deputy Secretary of Energy Julian Gadano (center) and DOE Office of Nuclear Energy’s Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary Sarah Lennon (first-left) discuss the NICE Future initiative at a meeting of the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC), held in conjunction with the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference, on September 18 in Vienna, Austria.

DOE Office of Nuclear Energy Senior Advisor Suzie Jaworowski discusses the NICE Future initiative at a meeting of the Friends of Nuclear Energy (FONE) held in conjunction with the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference on September 20, 2018, in Vienna, Austria.

DOE Office of Nuclear Energy’s Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary Sarah Lennon discusses nuclear energy within the context of innovation and clean energy systems of the future, such as integrated nuclear-renewables systems, at a meeting of the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC), held in conjunction with the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference, on September 18 in Vienna, Austria.

Assistant Deputy Minister Jay Khosla, Natural Resources Canada and U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Ted Garrish discuss low and zero carbon technologies at the Hybrid Energy Systems Panel on the margins of the Ninth Clean Energy Ministerial in Copenhagen on May 23, 2018. This discussion was hosted by ClearPath, Third Way, and Energy for Humanity.

Side event to the Ninth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM9) Meeting: Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy Future (NICE Future) Initiative on May 24, 2018: Michal Kurtyka, Secretary of State, Polish Ministry of Energy; Masaki Ogushi, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy Trade and Industry, Japanese Vice-Minister; Kim Rudd, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources Canada; Dan Brouillette, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy.

Side event to the Ninth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM9) Meeting: Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy Future (NICE Future) Initiative on May 24, 2018: David Turk, acting director, International Energy Agency (IEA); Bill Magwood, director-general of the OECD/NEA; Michal Kurtyka, Secretary of State, Polish Ministry of Energy; Masaki Ogushi, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy Trade and Industry, Japanese Vice-Minister; Kim Rudd, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources Canada; Dan Brouillette, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy.

Side event to the Ninth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM9) Meeting: Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy Future (NICE Future) Initiative on May 24, 2018: Joshua Freed, Third Way; Mark Lesinski, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL); Shannon Bragg-Sitton, Idaho National Laboratory (INL); Rich Powell, ClearPath; Agneta Rising, World Nuclear Association (WNA).

Side event to the Ninth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM9) Meeting: Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy Future (NICE Future) Initiative on May 24, 2018: Fatih Birol, executive director, International Energy Agency (IEA). “We don’t see a sustainable energy future in the absence of nuclear.”

ClearPath Executive Director Rich Powell, Assistant Deputy Minister for Natural Resources of Canada Jay Khosla, U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Ted Garrish discuss low and zero carbon technologies at the Hybrid Energy Systems Panel on the margins of the Ninth Clean Energy Ministerial in Copenhagen on May 23, 2018. This discussion was hosted by ClearPath, Third Way, and Energy for Humanity.

Side event to the Ninth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM9) Meeting: Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy Future (NICE Future) Initiative on May 24, 2018: David Turk, International Energy Agency (IEA); Bill Magwood, director, general of the OECD/NEA; Michal Kurtyka, Secretary of State, Polish Ministry of Energy; Masaki Ogushi, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy Trade and Industry, Japanese Vice-Minister; Kim Rudd, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources Canada; Dan Brouillette, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy.

Side event to the Ninth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM9) Meeting: Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy Future (NICE Future) Initiative on May 24, 2018: Ministerial Leadership, International Organization Heads, Industry Executives, Third Way, ClearPath, and the International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC).

May 24, 2018. U.S. Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette and Canadian Parliamentary Secretary Kim Rudd, addressing Ninth Clean Energy Ministerial participants on the NICE Future Initiative.

Conference: “Building the North American Energy Systems of Tomorrow.” U.S. DOE Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary Sarah Lennon discusses the NICE Future initiative and plans for the May 2019 Clean Energy Ministerial at Canadian-hosted policy forum in Washington, D.C., on February 28, 2019.

High-Level International Energy Agency (IEA) Workshop: “Nuclear Power in a Clean Energy System”: Chris Evans, deputy director of strategic nuclear policy, NRCan (first from right), talks about the NICE Future initiative, innovation, and SMRs at this workshop in Paris, France, on February 25, 2019.

High-Level International Energy Agency (IEA) Workshop: “Nuclear Power in a Clean Energy System”: U.S. DOE Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Ted Garrish prepares to respond to question from IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol about nuclear energy options in clean energy systems at a workshop in Paris, France, on February 25, 2019.