Towards European Licencing of Small Modular Reactors

Objective

ELSMOR (towards European Lisencing of Small MOdular Reactors) aims to create methods and tools for the European stakeholders to assess and verify the safety of light water small modular reactors (LW-SMR) that would be deployed in Europe.

ELSMOR advances the understanding and technological solutions pertaining to light water SMRs on several fronts:
• Collection, analysis, and dissemination of the information on the potential and challenges of Small Modular Reactors to various stakeholders, including the public, decision makers and regulators.
• Development of the high level methods to assess the safety of LW-SMRs
• Improvement of the European experimental research infrastructure to assist in the evaluation of the novel safety features of the future LW-SMRs.
• Improvement of the European nuclear safety analysis codes to demonstrate the capability to assess the safety of the future LW-SMRs

Establishing education and training in the field of innovative nuclear reactors for young professionals is also emphasized.

The ELSMOR project is built upon the expertise of the consortium that consists of technical support organizations, technical research centres, industrial partners, and universities with the long experience in European nuclear safety analysis and the development and implementation of innovative nuclear technologies. The industrial partners include utilities, small medium sized enterprises as well as the consortium currently developing the French LW-SMR (F-SMR design). The developers of European safety analysis tools and other computer codes use their well-established paths for exploitation of the improved and validated simulation tools.

The licencing approaches and methods would be expected to be directly utilized by SMR designers like the French consortium. The outcomes should make the licensing process more fluid and comprehensive; this should also be true from the regulator point of view.

Field of science

• /engineering and technology/other engineering and technologies/nuclear engineering

Programme(s)

• H2020-Euratom-1.1. - Support safe operation of nuclear systems

Topic(s)

• NFRP-2018-3 - Research on the safety of Light Water Small Modular Reactors

Call for proposal

NFRP-2018
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Funding Scheme

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinator

TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY

Address

Tekniikantie 21
02150 Espoo
Finland

Activity type

Research Organisations

EU contribution

€ 457 511,25

Participants (14)

COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES

France

EU contribution

€ 322 811,25

Address

Rue Leblanc 25
75015 Paris 15

Activity type

Research Organisations

Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Ricerca Tecnologica Nucleare

Italy

EU contribution

€ 267 531

Address

Via Lambruschini 4A
20156 Milano

Activity type

Research Organisations

JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Belgium

EU contribution

€ 18 750

Address

Rue De La Loi 200
1049 Brussels

Activity type

Research Organisations

AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE

Italy

EU contribution

€ 217 000

Address

Lungotevere Grande Ammiraglio Thaon Di Revel 76
000196 Roma

Activity type

Research Organisations

ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE

France

EU contribution

€ 187 187,50

Address

Avenue De Wagram 22
75008 Paris 08

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Fortum Power and Heat Oy

Finland

EU contribution

€ 155 127,50

Address

Keilanimentie 1
00048 Espoo

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

FRAMATOME

France

EU contribution

€ 223 906,25

Address

1 Place Jean Millier Tour Areva
92400 Courbevoie

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

GESELLSCHAFT FUR ANLAGEN UND REAKTORSICHERHEIT (GRS) gGmbH

Germany

EU contribution

€ 450 828,75

Address

Schwertnergasse 1
50667 Koln

Activity type

Research Organisations

INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SURETE NUCLEAIRE

France

EU contribution

€ 162 305,06

Address

Av De La Division Leclerc 31
92260 Fontenay Aux Roses

Activity type

Research Organisations

SOCIETE TECHNIQUE POUR L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE TECHNICATOME SA

France

EU contribution

€ 152 220

Address

Rte St-aubin Lieudit Hautes Rives
91190 Villiers Le Bacle

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

SOCIETA INFORMAZIONI ESPERIENZE TERMOIDRAULICHE SPA ENUNCIABILE ANCHE

Italy

EU contribution

€ 630 025

Address

Via Nino Bixio 27/C
29121 Piacenza

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ENERGORISK

Ukraine

EU contribution

€ 104 250

Address

7 Timofeya Strokacha Street Office 141
03148 Kyiv

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

LIETUVOS ENERGETIKOS INSTITUTAS

Lithuania

EU contribution

€ 115 250

Address

Breslaujos G. 3
LT-44403 Kaunas

Activity type

Research Organisations

PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT

Switzerland

EU contribution

€ 30 000

Address

Forschungstrasse 111
5232 Villigen Psi

Activity type

Research Organisations