| Issue |
EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol.
Volume 6, 2020
Euratom Research and Training in 2019: challenges, achievements and future perspectives
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 40 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Part 1: Safety research and training of reactor systems | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019013 | |
| Published online | 05 May 2020 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019013
Review Article
Innovative and safe supply of fuels for reactors
1
CEA, DEN, DEC, Cadarache, 13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
2
Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II), Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrass, 1, 85747 Garching, Germany
3
Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB., 72163 Västerås, Sweden
* e-mail: stephane.valance@cea.fr
Received:
12
March
2019
Accepted:
4
June
2019
Published online: 5 May 2020
Within the Euratom research and training program 2014–2018, three projects aiming at securing the fuel supply for European power and research reactors have been funded. Those three projects address the potential weaknesses – supplier diversity, provision of enriched fissile material – associated with the furbishing of nuclear fuels. First, the ESSANUF project, now terminated, resulted in the design and licensing of a fuel element for VVER-440 nuclear power plant manufactured by Westinghouse. The HERACLES-CP project aimed at preparing the conversion of high performance research reactor to low enriched uranium fuels by exploring fuels based on uranium-molybdenium. Finally, the LEU-FOREvER pursues the work initiated in HERACLES-CP, completing it by an exploration of the high-density silicide fuels, and including the diversification of fuel supplier for soviet designed European medium power research reactor. This paper describes the projects goals, structure and their achievements.
© S. Valance et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2020
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