
OBJECTIVES
The ENDURANCE projects aims at supporting the safe operation and the technological development of Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) technology in Europe. The objectives of the project are:
- to create an environment for a constructive alignment, connecting the needs of reactor designers and industry with the university and research centre capabilities and the regulator requirements and to maintain the competence inside the Europe
- to enable the MSR safe development and deployment increasing the SRL and the TRL on key enabling phenomena, technologies and methodologies (Critical Technology Elements) and filling R&D gaps
- to identify the future R&D needs required to enable the safe development of MSR in Europe and define the technology roadmap development to preserve research and industry leadership in Europe on MSR technology

EXPECTED IMPACT
The project has identified five critical technology elements as areas in which the effort on R&D and safety assessment is more required to close the gap for demonstrating that MSR technology could be deployed in compliance with the highest safety standards, excelling in waste management and proliferation resistance, thus providing a relevant contribution to the integrated European energy vision.


R&D ACTIVITIES
- Thermo-physical properties measurements, front-end modelling and simulation, PIE in reactor environment
- Experimental analysis of the transport and deposition of solid fission products, neutronics parameter and natural circulation
- PIRT, TAR and computational methods for supporting safety analysis and licensing including numerical and experimental benchmark
- Assessment of MSR fuel cycle sustainability, reprocessing schemes, off-gas systems and process safeguardability
- Evaluation of operational flexibility of MSR in poly-generation and relative safety aspects

PARTNERS
PoliMi, FPM, CNRS, IMT, INPG, CV Rez, CEA, Framatome, HZDR, ASNR, KIT, NRG, Politecnico di Torino, TU Delft, JRC, ETHZ, Naarea, PSI, Seaborg, Stellaria, Thorizon, UCB

DURATION
4 years (Oct 2024 – Sep 2028)
Budget 5.1 mln € (EU contribution 4 mln €)

CONTACT
Technical Project Leader:
Stefano Lorenzi, Politecnico di Milano
Website: https://www.endurance-msr-project.eu/
Linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/endurance-msr-project/

This project has received funding from the EURATOM research and Innovation programme 2021-2025 under Grant Agreement n° 101165896.