EUropean QUalification Approach for Low EnrIched Fuel sYstems for secure production supply of medical isotopes

Project description

Securing Europe’s capacity to produce medical radioisotopes

The EU is the major world operator of research reactors and supplier of medical radioisotopes. To ensure the supply of research reactors’ fuels and targets, low-enriched uranium (LEU) is key. Success hinges on technological solutions for converting high-enriched uranium to LEU in research reactors. The EU-funded EU-QUALIFY project will bring together a multidisciplinary team of experts, including fuel designers and manufacturers, reactor operators and researchers, to qualify these fuels and the capability to fabricate these fuels. The findings of this project will ensure the availability of high-performance research reactors in Europe, which produce the majority of medical isotopes.

Programme(s)

• H2020-Euratom-1. - Indirect actions

Topic(s)

• NFRP-2019-2020-15 - Optimised fuels for production of medical radioisotopes

Call for proposal

NFRP-2019-2020
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Funding Scheme

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinator

STUDIECENTRUM VOOR KERNENERGIE / CENTRE D'ETUDE DE L'ENERGIE NUCLEAIRE

Address

Avenue Herrmann Debroux 40
1160 Bruxelles
Belgium

Activity type

Research Organisations

EU contribution

€ 2 847 125

Participants (5)

COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES

France

EU contribution

€ 954 680

Address

Rue Leblanc 25
75015 Paris 15

Activity type

Research Organisations

FRAMATOME

France

EU contribution

€ 3 240 125

Address

1 Place Jean Millier Tour Areva
92400 Courbevoie

Activity type

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

INSTITUT MAX VON LAUE - PAUL LANGEVIN

France

EU contribution

€ 60 125

Address

71 Avenue Des Martyrs
38000 Grenoble

Activity type

Research Organisations

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN

Germany

EU contribution

€ 641 871

Address

Arcisstrasse 21
80333 Muenchen

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE

France

EU contribution

€ 55 000

Address

Avenue Felix Viallet 46
38031 Grenoble Cedex 1

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments