The IAEA assists Member States in capacity building related to long-range and strategic planning for nuclear energy. The International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO) established in 2000 works to ensure that nuclear energy is available to contribute, in a sustainable manner, to the growing energy needs of the current century and beyond. INPRO promotes technological and institutional innovations in the development and deployment of nuclear energy systems that are safe, secure, economically viable, and environmentally sustainable.

The INPRO tools support development of nuclear energy scenarios and conducting studies for formulating national strategies toward sustainable nuclear energy. INPRO disseminates these tools and conducts specialized training on their application through Schools and Advisory Services. Member States experts from in INPRO collaborative projects and activities for modelling, analysis and assessment of nuclear energy systems. Over the years, INPRO has received feedback from Member States on the benefits of using the tools, suggestions for improvement, need for provision of database and possibility for introducing new tool(s) as well as use of new platforms.