Dr. Thushara Rathnayaka from the Department of Electrical Engineering participated in the Sixth Research Coordination Meeting on Economic Appraisal of Small Modular Reactors Projects: Methodologies and Applications, organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under Coordinated Research Project (CRP) 112007 (2241). The meeting took place at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria, from August 19 to 23, 2024.
Country representatives from the USA, Japan, France, China, Korea, Italy, Finland, Estonia, Indonesia, Croatia, Ghana, Morocco, Netherlands, South Africa and Congo, among others, presented updates on their Small Modular Reactor (SMR) projects. Dr. Rathnayaka delivered a presentation on the progress of Sri Lanka’s Nuclear Power project. She attended the meeting as the main additional scientific staff member of the Sri Lankan team under the CRP.
