Objective
In line with the Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform (SNETP) Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) and Deployment Strategy (DS), the ARCHER project will extend the state-of-the-art European (V)HTR technology basis with generic technical effort in support of nuclear cogeneration demonstration.
The partner consortium consists of representatives of conventional and nuclear industry, utilities, Technical Support Organisations, R&D institutes and universities. They jointly propose generic efforts composed of:
-System integration assessment of a nuclear cogeneration unit coupled to industrial processes
-Critical safety aspects of the primary and coupled system:
oPressure boundary integrity
oDust
oIn-core hot spots
oWater and air ingress accident evaluation
-Essential HTR fuel and fuel back end R&D
oPIE for fuel performance code improvement and validation
oBack end research focused on radiolysis
-Coupling component development:
oIntermediate heat exchanger development
oSteam generator assessment
-High temperature material R&D:
oCompletion of graphite design curves
oMaking use of the experience of state of the art metal in conventional industry
-Nuclear cogeneration knowledge management, training and communication
The activities proposed are imbedded in the international framework via GIF; direct collaboration within the project with international partners from the US, China, Japan, and the republic of Korea; and cooperation with IAEA and ISTC.
The proposal is a technical building block supporting nuclear cogeneration as fossil fuel alternative for industry and as such supports a high potential contribution to European energy strategy as defined in the SET-Plan. The results of the proposal will be reported to SNETP, to support the strategic pillar of ‘other uses of nuclear energy’, and the establishment of a Nuclear Cogeneration Industrial Initiative, which shall include effective (international) nuclear cogeneration demonstration.
Fields of science
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringpower engineeringelectric power generationcombined heat and power
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsnuclear energy
- natural scienceschemical sciencesnuclear chemistryradiation chemistry
- social sciencespolitical sciencesgovernment systems
Call for proposal
FP7-Fission-2010
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Funding Scheme
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1755 LE Petten
Netherlands
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Participants (33)
30-059 Krakow
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75116 PARIS
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38120 Fontanil
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CV21 2NH RUGBY
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WA16 8QZ Knutsford
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92400 Courbevoie
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75015 PARIS 15
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38800 Grenoble
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52428 Julich
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73264 AIGUEBLANCHE cedex
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GL43RS BARNWOOD
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92260 Fontenay Aux Roses
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1049 Bruxelles / Brussel
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68167 Mannheim
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75011 Paris
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5232 Villigen Psi
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78180 Montigny Le Bretonneux
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28015 Madrid
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86405 Meitingen
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75272 Paris
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58791 WERDOHL
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2628 CN Delft
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01069 Dresden
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51105 Koln
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250 68 Husinec-Rez
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M13 9PL Manchester
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52062 Aachen
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70174 Stuttgart
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76131 Karlsruhe
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01328 Dresden
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CB2 1TN Cambridge
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75794 Paris
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2531 Potchefstroom
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