EU Security of Supply of Nuclear Fuel for Research Reactors Project
This project focuses on the long-term security of supply, economy, robustness, and LEU conversion for research reactors. It involves multiple consortium partners working on fuel technology readiness assessment, state-of-the-art studies, and fuel utilization in research reactors. The proposal outlines advancements in fuel technology, manufacturing processes, safety requirements, market analysis, and sustainability considerations for enhanced nuclear fuel supply.
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NFRP-11 SUPPORT FOR THE EU SECURITY OF SUPPLY OF NUCLEAR FUEL FOR RESEARCH REACTORS PROJECT TITLE ??? PROPOSER: CEA, HERACLES CONSORTIUM Contact Persons: PALANCHER Herve [herve.palancher@cea.fr]; BIGNAN Gilles [gilles.bignan@cea.fr] WAHIDE CAROLE [CAROLE.WAHIDE@CEA.FR] (ADM.) | PAGE 1 CEA | 10 AVRIL 2012
LONG TERM SECURITY OF SUPPLY : ECONOMY, ROBUSTNESS AND LEU CONVERSION Consortium Partners AREVA TA, AREVA NP/Romans, CEA (JHR), CVRez (LVR-15), ILL (Grenoble), NCBJ (MARIA), TUM (FRM2), SCK (BR2) Two goals Economy and robustness improvement Use of a robust existing industrial process based on U3Si2(std or HD) fuel Innovation for LEU conversion of HPRR : comprehension phase Development and demonstration of a high density fuel technology (UMo or U3Si2 HD) | PAGE 2 NFRP 11 - PROPOSAL
PROPOSAL OF WP Fuel technology readiness assessment and state of art Studies and preliminary calculations, drawbacks, flexibility, Choice of technologies (options) : fuel meat, poisons, clad, Fabrication / Manufacturing processes Robust and existing process for U3Si2 Improvement of existing technology (U3Si2HD) New process for high density fuel (UMo dispersed or monolithic) Dispersed fuel : atomization and coating Monolithic fuel : C2TWP developments Preparation of the Mixed Fuel Element Control QA : UT measurements UMo comprehension PIE analyses (EMPIRE) Annealing Modeling (thermomecanical) | PAGE 3 NFRP 11 - PROPOSAL
PROPOSAL OF WP Fuel utilization in RR General requirements on Fuel Element (FE) and core design Modeling on reactor physics, reactor design, Safety and demonstration General safety requirements (manufacturing and reactors) European licensing frame (manufacturing and reactors) Scale 1 demonstration and qualification Small demonstration (U3Si2HD + UMo) Economy Market Analysis and optimization of the value chain (manufacturing (standardization), reactors, externalities) Market analysis (and policy background) with data from European RR (provided by NRFP-10, EUROFORCE) Long term sustainability (front end, transports and back end) Preliminary analysis of capacity and potentialities (and drawbacks) | PAGE 4 NFRP 11 - PROPOSAL
