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The H2020 McSAFER Project: Main Goals, Technical Work Program, and Status

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  • Victor Hugo Sanchez-Espinoza

    (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Neutron Physics and Reactor Technology (INR) Hermann-vom-Helmholtz-Platz-1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany)

  • Stephan Gabriel

    (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Neutron Physics and Reactor Technology (INR) Hermann-vom-Helmholtz-Platz-1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany)

  • Heikki Suikkanen

    (School of Energy Systems/Nuclear Engineering, LUT University, FI-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland)

  • Joonas Telkkä

    (School of Energy Systems/Nuclear Engineering, LUT University, FI-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland)

  • Ville Valtavirta

    (VTT, Street VUORIMIEHENTIE 3, FI-02150 Espoo, Finland)

  • Marek Bencik

    (UJV Rez a.s., Hlavni 130, 250 68 Husinec Rez, Czech Republic)

  • Sören Kliem

    (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, D-01328 Dresden, Germany)

  • Cesar Queral

    (Department of Energy and Fuels, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Alenza 4, 28003 Madrid, Spain)

  • Anthime Farda

    (Service d’Études des Réacteurs et de Mathématiques Appliquées, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

  • Florian Abéguilé

    (Service d’Études des Réacteurs et de Mathématiques Appliquées, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

  • Paul Smith

    (JACOBS, Boothspark Chelford Road, Knutsford WA16 8QZ, UK)

  • Paul Van Uffelen

    (Joint Research Centre Karlsruhe, P.O. Box 2340, D-76125 Karlsruhe, Germany)

  • Luca Ammirabile

    (Joint Research Centre Karlsruhe, P.O. Box 2340, D-76125 Karlsruhe, Germany)

  • Marcus Seidl

    (PreussenElektra GmbH, Tresckowstraße 5, D-30457 Hannover, Germany)

  • Christophe Schneidesch

    (Tractebel Engineering S.A., Boulevard Simón Bolívar 34-36, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium)

  • Dmitry Grishchenko

    (KTH Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Hector Lestani

    (Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (CNEA), Av. Del Libertador 8250—CABA, Buenos Aires C1429BNP, Argentina)

Abstract

This paper describes the main objectives, technical content, and status of the H2020 project entitled “High-performance advanced methods and experimental investigations for the safety evaluation of generic Small Modular Reactors (McSAFER)”. The main pillars of this project are the combination of safety-relevant thermal hydraulic experiments and numerical simulations of different approaches for safety evaluations of light water-cooled Small Modular Reactors (SMR). It describes the goals, the consortium, and the involved thermal hydraulic test facilities, e.g., the COSMOS-H (KIT), HWAT (KTH), and MOTEL (LUT), including the experimental programs. It also outlines the different safety assessment methodologies applied to four different SMR-designs, namely the CAREM (CNEA), SMART (KAERI), F-SMR (CEA), and NuScale. These methodologies are multiscale thermal hydraulics, conventional, low order, and high fidelity neutron physical methods used to demonstrate the inherent safety features of SMR-core designs under postulated design-basis-accident conditions. Finally, the status of the investigations is shortly discussed followed by the dissemination activities and an outlook.

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  • Victor Hugo Sanchez-Espinoza & Stephan Gabriel & Heikki Suikkanen & Joonas Telkkä & Ville Valtavirta & Marek Bencik & Sören Kliem & Cesar Queral & Anthime Farda & Florian Abéguilé & Paul Smith & Paul , 2021. "The H2020 McSAFER Project: Main Goals, Technical Work Program, and Status," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-14, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:19:p:6348-:d:649958
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    1. Pablo Fernández-Arias & Diego Vergara & Álvaro Antón-Sancho, 2023. "Bibliometric Review and Technical Summary of PWR Small Modular Reactors," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(13), pages 1-15, July.

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