Objective
The overall objective of the HPLWR Phase 2 project is to assess the critical scientific issues and the technical feasibility of the High Performance Light Water Reactor (HPLWR) system with a view to determine its future potential. To accomplish this objective, a highly qualified team of seven research centres from seven different countries, two universities and an industrial partner will substantiate the concepts and ideas from the previous HPLWR research project.
The measurable results of this project can be summarized as follows:
- Conceptual layouts of the plant including core, reactor pressure vessel (RPV) components and balance-of-plant - refined economic assessment
- analysis of the thermal core for neutronic, thermalhydraulic and mechanical aspects - decision on the feasibility of the fast core option
- concept of safety system which leads to fulfil the European Utility Requirements and assessment of the safety system by simulations of several accidents and transients with improved safety codes
- selection of tested materials and data for fuel rod cladding, core and RPV materials and specifications for the water chemistry
- numerical heat transfer modelling and derived correlations
- evaluation of the concept on its environmental impact, resource utilisation and proliferation resistance
- European research agenda and industrial deployment strategy.
The assessment criteria are provided by the European Utility Requirements and the technology goals of the Generation IV International Forum. In both time frame and content, the project fits perfectly into the Generation IV roadmap, and is complementary to the international research on Supercritical Water Cooled Reactors (SCWR). A training and educational program is carried out in course of this project.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electrical engineering power engineering electric power generation
- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels fossil energy coal
- engineering and technology other engineering and technologies nuclear engineering
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Keywords
Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
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Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
EURATOM-2005-6-FIXEDDEADLINE
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Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
KARLSRUHE
Germany
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.