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JRC Activities to support Nuclear Safety
Conference on Research Cooperation between EC-JRC and Slovakia, Bratislava, 10 June 2014
Michel Bièth, Head of the Unit "Nuclear Reactor Safety Assessment", Institute for Energy and Transport, Joint Research Center,
European Commission
Basic Research and Applications
JRC Euratom Programme 2014-2020
Safety of Nuclear Fuels and Fuel Cycles Nuclear Safeguards
and Security
Safety of Nuclear Reactors
Waste management and decommissioning
Knowledge Management, Training and Education
Emergency Preparedness and accident modelling
JRC Management Meeting, 17 July 2012
Nuclear reactor safety Follow up on stress tests implementation
– National Action Plans
“Clearinghouse on Operating Experience Feedback” reinforcement
Contribute to scientific knowledge
regarding plant life extension Support to the EU nuclear safety
policies inside and outside the EU Euratom Generation IV International
Forum coordination and scientific support
European Clearinghouse on NPP Operating Experience Feedback
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Report on NPP construction experience
EU Clearinghouse Topical studies
• Reports available on the Clearinghouse website (restricted area) and on the IAEA IRS website (section “Publications”)
• Public summary topical study
developed to facilitate the dissemination of the main messages / lessons learned (public area of the Clearinghouse website)
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EERA Joint Programme Nuclear Materials 19 Participants: CEA (FR), CIEMAT (ES), Chalmers (SE), CNR (IT), CNRS (FR), CVR
(CZ), ENEA (IT), HZDR (DE), INR (RO), JRC (EU), KIT (DE), KTH (SE), NCBJ (PL), NRG (NL), PSI (CH), SCK-CEN (BE), STU (SK), UKERC (UK), VTT (FI), + Associates
Subprogrammes: 1. Support to ESNII (Coordinator JRC-IET) 2. ODS Steels (Coordinator CEA) 3. Refractory Metals and Composite Materials (Coordinator ENEA) 4. Modelling and Simulation of Structural Materials (Coordinator SCK-CEN) 5. Advanced Fuels (Coordinator JRC-ITU) 6. Multi-scale Modelling of Fuels (Coordinator CEA)
European Energy Research Alliance (EERA)
JRC-IET has a long-standing cooperation
with STU in the field of ageing of materials,
and candidate materials for Gen IV
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Euratom FP 7 CESAM Project (2013-2017): JRC leading the project part on Plant applications and Severe Accident Management: Partners from Germany (GRS, USTUTT, RUB, KIT), France (IRSN, AREVA), Slovakia (VUJE, IVS), Hungary (NUBIKI), Bulgaria (INRNE) etc..
JRC works on ASTEC (Accident Source Term Evaluation Code) the Reference European code developed by IRSN/GRS for Severe Accident Analyses and Source Term evaluation on Light Water Reactors (LWRs)
JRC leading an International benchmark for modelling "In Vessel Melt Retention (IVMR) for VVER 1000" (2013-2014) Partners from Czech Republic (UJV REZ), Slovakia (IVS), Bulgaria (INRNE), the Russian Federation (KI), France (IRSN, CEA, EDF), etc…
Nuclear Reactor Accident analyses and Modelling
ALLEGRO – The GFR demonstrator Joint collaboration in Euratom FP7 projects:
SARGEN_IV (2012-2014) (SFR, LFR, GFR)
Harmonization of Safety Methodologies
ESNII+ (2013-2016) (SFR, LFR, GFR)
Preparation of ESNII for the 2014-2020 agenda
Potential co-operation: • Safety assessment and analysis • Computer code validation • Severe accident related features
Generation IV
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Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation The INSC is an EU instrument promoting high levels of nuclear safety in third countries through the implementation of specific projects which provide:
Support for regulatory bodies and TSOs including reinforcement of legislative/regulatory frameworks
Safety improvements to the design, operation and maintenance of NPPs
Support for safe management of SF & RW, decommissioning and remediation of contaminated sites
Support for the application of efficient and effective safeguards of nuclear material
JRC provides technical and scientific support to DG DEVCO for the programming, preparation and implementation of INSC projects
Slovak Organisations are participating in the implementation of several INSC projects:
UJD SR – Support to regulatory bodies
AMEC Nuclear Slovakia – Safe management of SF & RW
Vuez AS – Safety improvements to NPPs; safe management of SF & RW
Vuje AS - Safety improvements to NPPs
INSC
Senior Advisory Group Members
European Human Resources Observatory for the Nuclear Energy Sector Founding member
JRC Management Meeting, 17 July 2012
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