APIS - SNETP

OBJECTIVES

APIS objective is to create security of supply of nuclear fuel for Russian designed pressurized water reactors (VVER) operating in the EU and Ukraine. APIS has been prepared upon indication that European countries operating VVER reactors have had an urgent need to qualify an alternative fuel supplier to secure the future power generation. The APIS project is structured into eleven work-packages with different objectives, including:

completion of the VVER-440 fuel design for short term delivery
development of improved and advanced VVER-440 and VVER-1000 fuel designs
standardization of the fuel licensing
complete the re-instatement of fuel manufacturing capabilities
improved modeling and methods
analysis of fuel related plant lifetime extension

Improved communication among the EU partners

EXPECTED IMPACT

Expedited process of Western fabrication and design of VVER types of fuel.
Developed design with improved economics for operation in all European plants without restrictions and develop next generation of fuel design.
Re-established manufacturing capability and licensing analyses capabilities with reliable methods and codes.
Created security of supply of nuclear fuel for VVER reactors operating in the EU and Ukraine by diversification of fuel sources in full compliance with nuclear safety.
Strengthened cooperation between countries with experience of adaptation of fuel type and countries starting their journey towards nuclear fuel diversification.
Advanced fuel performance modeling and core simulator
Harmonized approach for VVER fuel licensing to optimize and accelerate the licensing process

HIGHLIGHTS

Emergent VVER-440 fuel design
Improved VVER-440 fuel design
Next generation VVER fuel designs
Harmonized approach for VVER fuel licensing,
Re-instatement manufacturing capability,
Advanced fuel performance modeling
Fuel contributing to plant life extension
Advanced core simulator.

PARTNERS

Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB, (Coordinator) / ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas, S.A., S.M.E., Spain / JRC – Joint Research Centre, Belgium / VUJE, a.s. , Slovakia / SSTC NRS, Ukraine / NRI – UJV REZ, Czechia / MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant, Hungary / Slovenske elektrárne, a.s. , Slovakia / CEZ, a.s., Czechia / Uppsala Universitet, Sweden / Fortum Power and Heat OY, Finland / SE NNEGC Energoatom, Ukraine