Objective
In spite of the accomplishments reached in severe accident research, a limited number of specific items remain where R&D is still necessary to reduce further uncertainties considered of importance for nuclear reactor safety, and to consolidate severe accident management plans. Facing and anticipating budget reductions, 51 European R&D organizations, including technical supports of safety authorities, industry, utilities and universities, have decided to join their efforts in SARNET in a durable way to resolve outstanding severe accident safety issues for enhancing the safety of existing and future NPPs.SARNET will: tackle the fragmentation existing in defining/carrying out research programmes; harmonize and improve Level-2 PSA methodologies; diffuse the knowledge to Associated Candidate Countries more efficiently; bring together top scientists in severe accident research so as to be a world leader in advanced computer tools for severe accident risk assessment; The integral severe accident analysis code ASTEC will provide the backbone of the integration. The current knowledge and all the future knowledge generated within SARNET will be integrated in ASTEC.In addition, ASTEC will be adapted so as to be used for any water-cooled reactor applications in Europe. Island GRS will do their best to provide the necessary capacity for maintenance, training and developments. The Network management will coordinate the knowledge generation through joint projects, monitor its integration in ASTEC, make sure that access rights are correctly implemented, disseminate appropriate information using electronic communication links, preserve the knowledge in scientific databases, and identify the missing knowledge. These actions will be decided and controlled by a Governing Board assisted by appropriate advisory capacities. Most the organisations involved will contribute to the diffusion of the knowledge by contributing to the education and training programme.
Field of science
- /engineering and technology/other engineering and technologies/nuclear engineering
Call for proposal
EURATOMCALL2003-FIXEDDEADLINE
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Funding Scheme
NoE - Network of ExcellenceCoordinator
Clamart
France
Participants (52)
Wien
Bruxelles
Clalk River
Eschborn
Budapest
Madrid
Milano
Milano
Gothenburg
Paris
Bruxelles
Madrid
Paris
Madrid
Roma
Jülich
Karlsruhe
Weissig - Dresden
Helsinki
Erlangen
Paris La Defense
Koeln
Sofia
Trnava
Ljubljana
Budapest
Stockholm
Kaunas
Aghia Paraskevi
Knutsford
Sofia
Petten
Villigen Psi
Mioveni - Arges
Bochum
Brussels
Stockholm
Gif Sur Yvette
Sofia
Saint Martin D'heres
Madrid
Pisa
Stuttgart
Louvain-la-neuve
Bruxelles
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Bratislava
Rez - Praha
Budapest
Espoo
Trnava
Didcot