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Coordination of the European Research Community on Nuclear Materials for Energy Innovation

Project description

Advancing nuclear materials for green energy

Nuclear reactors provide sustainable baseload energy and are crucial for the transition to green energy. Their safety and efficiency depends significantly on the performance of the materials used for their construction. The EU-funded CONNECT-NM partnership aims to accelerate nuclear materials (NM) innovation for all reactor generations by combining modern digital technologies with materials science. Its research lines are dedicated to developing platforms for NM acceleration, testbeds for qualification, smart technology to monitor health and behaviour of materials during operation, advanced methodologies to predict such behaviour, and a NM data organisational system. Additionally, it will collaborate with several organisations to enhance nuclear safety, expertise, and data management. The results will be instrumental in advancing NM technologies, and nuclear energy.

Objective

CONNECT-NM is a co-funded European Partnership on nuclear materials for all reactor generations that applies modern digital technologies to materials science practices for the acceleration of innovation. It implements plans elaborated in the ORIENT-NM CSA with 5
strategic goals: (1) Nuclear materials (NM) acceleration platforms; (2) NM test-beds for accelerated qualification; (3) Intelligent materials health monitoring; (4) Advanced methodologies for prediction of materials behaviour in operation; (5) NM knowledge organisation system. Accordingly, the work will be organised in 5 research lines: (1) Advanced materials development & manufacturing; (2) Materials & component qualification: testing, standardization & design rules; (3) Non-destructive examination & materials health monitoring; (4) Advanced materials modelling and characterization; (5) Nuclear materials knowledge & data management. Each research line will coordinate call-selected Projects. CONNECT-NM will centralize transversal activities for the benefit of all Projects: e.g. coordination & management; E&T and infrastructure access; communication, dissemination & result exploitation; interaction with stakeholders; data management. Collaboration is foreseen with international organisations and bodies dealing with safety, standardisation, data management, as well as with fusion & non-nuclear energy communities. All activities align with national and European initiatives on nuclear materials, strengthening R&D&I and avoiding fragmentation and duplication, with direct involvement of industry, TSOs and regulatorsas active partners and end-users.

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EURATOM-COFUND - EURATOM Cofund Actions

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Call for proposal

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(opens in new window) HORIZON-EURATOM-2023-NRT-01

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Coordinator

CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS
Net EU contribution

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€ 15 706 633,64
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AVENIDA COMPLUTENSE 40
28040 MADRID
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Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid
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Total cost

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€ 28 673 015,70

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