LAPSE:2023.19151
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LAPSE:2023.19151
The H2020 McSAFER Project: Main Goals, Technical Work Program, and Status
March 9, 2023
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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.
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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experiments, high fidelity, multiphysics, multiscale, safety evaluations, SMR
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Sanchez-Espinoza VH, Gabriel S, Suikkanen H, Telkkä J, Valtavirta V, Bencik M, Kliem S, Queral C, Farda A, Abéguilé F, Smith P, Uffelen PV, Ammirabile L, Seidl M, Schneidesch C, Grishchenko D, Lestani H. The H2020 McSAFER Project: Main Goals, Technical Work Program, and Status. (2023). LAPSE:2023.19151
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Sanchez-Espinoza VH: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Neutron Physics and Reactor Technology (INR) Hermann-vom-Helmholtz-Platz-1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany [ORCID]
Gabriel S: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Neutron Physics and Reactor Technology (INR) Hermann-vom-Helmholtz-Platz-1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Suikkanen H: School of Energy Systems/Nuclear Engineering, LUT University, FI-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland
Telkkä J: School of Energy Systems/Nuclear Engineering, LUT University, FI-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland
Valtavirta V: VTT, Street VUORIMIEHENTIE 3, FI-02150 Espoo, Finland
Bencik M: UJV Rez a.s., Hlavni 130, 250 68 Husinec Rez, Czech Republic
Kliem S: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, D-01328 Dresden, Germany [ORCID]
Queral C: Department of Energy and Fuels, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Alenza 4, 28003 Madrid, Spain [ORCID]
Farda A: Service d’Études des Réacteurs et de Mathématiques Appliquées, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Abéguilé F: Service d’Études des Réacteurs et de Mathématiques Appliquées, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Smith P: JACOBS, Boothspark Chelford Road, Knutsford WA16 8QZ, UK
Uffelen PV: Joint Research Centre Karlsruhe, P.O. Box 2340, D-76125 Karlsruhe, Germany [ORCID]
Ammirabile L: Joint Research Centre Karlsruhe, P.O. Box 2340, D-76125 Karlsruhe, Germany
Seidl M: PreussenElektra GmbH, Tresckowstraße 5, D-30457 Hannover, Germany
Schneidesch C: Tractebel Engineering S.A., Boulevard Simón Bolívar 34-36, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Grishchenko D: KTH Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Lestani H: Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (CNEA), Av. Del Libertador 8250—CABA, Buenos Aires C1429BNP, Argentina
Gabriel S: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Neutron Physics and Reactor Technology (INR) Hermann-vom-Helmholtz-Platz-1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Suikkanen H: School of Energy Systems/Nuclear Engineering, LUT University, FI-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland
Telkkä J: School of Energy Systems/Nuclear Engineering, LUT University, FI-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland
Valtavirta V: VTT, Street VUORIMIEHENTIE 3, FI-02150 Espoo, Finland
Bencik M: UJV Rez a.s., Hlavni 130, 250 68 Husinec Rez, Czech Republic
Kliem S: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, D-01328 Dresden, Germany [ORCID]
Queral C: Department of Energy and Fuels, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Alenza 4, 28003 Madrid, Spain [ORCID]
Farda A: Service d’Études des Réacteurs et de Mathématiques Appliquées, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Abéguilé F: Service d’Études des Réacteurs et de Mathématiques Appliquées, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Smith P: JACOBS, Boothspark Chelford Road, Knutsford WA16 8QZ, UK
Uffelen PV: Joint Research Centre Karlsruhe, P.O. Box 2340, D-76125 Karlsruhe, Germany [ORCID]
Ammirabile L: Joint Research Centre Karlsruhe, P.O. Box 2340, D-76125 Karlsruhe, Germany
Seidl M: PreussenElektra GmbH, Tresckowstraße 5, D-30457 Hannover, Germany
Schneidesch C: Tractebel Engineering S.A., Boulevard Simón Bolívar 34-36, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Grishchenko D: KTH Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Lestani H: Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (CNEA), Av. Del Libertador 8250—CABA, Buenos Aires C1429BNP, Argentina
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Energies
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14
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19
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6348
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2021
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2021-10-04
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1996-1073
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