Innovative Gen-II/III and research reactors’ fuels and materials
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- ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies
- VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
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Abstract
This manuscript presents important material challenges regarding innovative Gen-II/III nuclear
systems and research reactors. The challenges are discussed alongside the key achievements so far realised
within the framework of 4 EU-funded projects: H2020 IL TROVATORE, FP7 MULTIMETAL, FP7
MATTER and FP7 SCWR-FQT. All the four Projects deal with innovative researches on materials to
enhance the safety of nuclear reactors. IL TROVATORE proposes new materials for fuel cladding of PWR
reactors and tests in order to really find out an “Accident Tolerant Fuel” (ATF). MULTIMETAL focused on
optimization of dissimilar welds fabrication having considered the field performances and dedicated
experiments. MATTER carried on methodological and experimental studies on the use of grade 91 steel in
the harsh environment of liquid metal cooled EU fast reactors. SCWR-FQT focused on fuel qualification of
Supercritical Water Reactor including the selection of the better material to resist the associated high
thermal flux.
Details
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 2019008 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-7 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | EPJ Web of Conferences |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 41 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 19 Jun 2019 |
Keywords
- Accident-tolerant fuels (ATFs), Innovative nuclear materials
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