| 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 | 39 | |
| Number of page(s) | 9 | |
| Section | Part 1: Safety research and training of reactor systems | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019010 | |
| Published online | 05 May 2020 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019010
Review Article
Safety assessments and severe accidents, impact of external events on nuclear power plants and on mitigation strategies
1
IRSN, BP17, Fontenay-aux-Roses 92262, France
2
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, P.O. Box 100, 1400
Vienna, Austria
3
University of Stuttgart, Institute of Nuclear Technology and Energy Systems (IKE), Pfaffenwaldring 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
4
Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH, Schwertnergasse 1, 50677 Köln, Germany
* e-mail: ahmed.bentaib@irsn.fr
Received:
12
March
2019
Accepted:
4
June
2019
Published online: 5 May 2020
The Fukushima-Daiichi accidents in 2011 underlined the importance of severe accident management (SAM), including external events, in nuclear power plants (NPP) and the need of implementing efficient mitigation strategies. To this end, the Euratom work programmes for 2012 and 2013 was focused on nuclear safety, in particular on the management of a possible severe accident at the European level. Relying upon the outcomes of the successful Euratom SARNET and SARNET2 projects, new projects were launched addressing the highest priority issues, aimed at reducing the uncertainties still affecting the main phenomena. Among them, PASSAM and IVMR project led by IRSN, ALISA and SAFEST projects led by KIT, CESAM led by GRS and sCO2-HeRO lead by the University of Duisburg-Essen. The aim of the present paper is to give an overview on the main outcomes of these projects.
© J.P. Van Dorsselaere et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2020
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