Consolidation of scientific technological expertise to assess the reliability of reactor pressure vessel embrittlement prediction in particular for the arctic area plant

Project Information

COBRA

Grant agreement ID: ICA2-CT-2000-10027

Project closed

Start date 1 August 2000

End date 31 July 2003

Funded under

• Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002"

Total cost € 625 000,00

EU contribution € 312 500,00

Coordinated by

TECNATOM S.A.
Spain

Objective

Kola Nuclear Power Plant is located in the Arctic area of Russia near the town of Polaner Sorry. The key component of NPP is the Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV). The evaluation and prognosis of RPV ernbrittlement and the allowable period of its safe operation are performed on the basis of impact test results on irradiated surveillance specimens (SS) . However the results of SS testing are not fully representative. The key issue is the difference between the irradiation temperature of the SS and the actual RPV component temperature. The main OBJECTIVE of this project is: The consolidation of Western and Eastern scientific and technological practice to implement modern methods for SS irradiation temperature measurement in order to improve the reliability of RPV ernbrittlement prediction.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › other engineering and technologies › nuclear engineering

Programme(s)

• FP5-INCO 2 - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002"

Topic(s)

Data not available

Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

TECNATOM S.A.

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 1,Avenida Montes de Oca 1 ; 28709 SAN SEBASTIAN DE LOS REYES - MADRID ; Spain
• Total cost: No data

Participants (4)

ARMATOM

Armenia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Admiral Isakov Prospect 50 ; 375114 YEREVAN
• Total cost: No data

KFKI - ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE - HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Hungary

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Konkoly-Thege Miklos ut 29-33 ; 1121 BUDAPEST
• Total cost: No data

KOLA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Russia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Polyarnye Zori ; 184151 MURMANSK REGION
• Total cost: No data

RUSSIAN RESEARCH CENTRE 'KURCHATOV INSTITUTE '

Russia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Kurchatov Square 1 ; 123182 MOSCOW
• Total cost: No data