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OBJECTIVES
Support deployment of Heavy Liquid Metal (HLM) cooled advanced reactors in Europe
- Support ALFRED and MYRRHA pre licensing
- Use maturity of design to take concrete steps towards PSAR
Specific objectives:
- Use state of the art and design status to do thorough PIRT
- Focus on key safety issues
- Validation of safety related components and procedures
- Outlook towards society
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DESCRIPTION OF WORK
Thorough PIRT analyses as starting point for safety evaluation
- PIRT methodology and development, Reference design and initiating events selection, Numerical evaluation of selected scenarios and creation of R&D roadmap for V&V needs
Safety related experiments for grid and wire spaced fuel assemblies
- Grid spaced fuel bundle heat transfer characterization in lead : experiments & numerical modelling
- Wire spaced fuel bundle heat transfer research : generation of a database of experiments , new measurements and modelling of a MYRRHA representative wire spaced fuel bundle and assessment of CFD uncertainty and guidelines for CFD simulations
Validation or development of key Safety related systems
- Safety rod validation in flowing LBE and numerical modelling
- Failed fuel pin detection development in HLM via noble gas detection and/or fission products
- Validation of oxygen control systems in LBE and Pb
Development of NDUS inspection for LFR up to 400°C
Assessment of the impact of HLM cooled systems on society
- Energy use
- Social and ethical considerations of advanced nuclear technology
Stakeholder interaction
- Summer schools and lecture series
- Stakeholder workshop
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HIGHLIGHTS
Project has just had kick off meeting
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PARTNERS
SCK CEN (B) / ENEA (I) / NRG (NL) / KIT (G) / VKI (B) / ANSALDO Nucleare (I) / CRS4 (I) / RATEN-ICN (Ro) / CIRTEN(I) / Politecnico Milano (I) / UniRoma (I) / UniPisa (I) /Kaunas Tech Uni (Lt) / Empresarios Agrupados (E)/
Uni Pitesti (Ro) / JRC (EU) / PSI (CH)
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DURATION & BUDGET
09/2022 – 08/2026 – 4 years
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CONTACT
Technical Project Leader:
Paul Schuurmans (SCK CEN) Email: Paul.Schuurmans@sckcen.be
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This project has received funding from the Horizon Euratom programme 2021-NRT01 under grant agreement No 101061185