ERMSAR 2012 – 21-23 March, 2012 – Köln (DE) The EC Programmes concerning Severe Accident...

ERMSAR 2012 – 21-23 March, 2012 – Köln (DE)

The EC Programmes concerning Severe Accident Research

Michel HugonUnit ‘Fission’

Directorate EnergyDG Research & Innovation

European Commissione-mail: [email protected]


CONTENT

• Severe Accident ResearchSARNET2CEG-SAM

• Technology Platforms

• FP7+2

• Horizon 2020


SARNET2: Severe Accident Research NETwork of Excellence

• Key objectives:– Improve knowledge on severe accidents to reduce uncertainties on pending issues,

thereby enhance plant safety – Coordinate research resources and expertise available in Europe – Preserve research data and disseminate knowledge

• Started in April 2009 for 4 years in FP7• Total cost: 38 937 670 €• Total EC contribution: 5 750 000 €• Coordinated by IRSN • Work 40 equivalent full-time persons/year

• 22 countries – European Union, Switzerland, Canada, USA, Rep. Korea, India

• 43 organisations– 21 research organizations– 7 universities– 7 industry/utilities– 8 safety authorities or Technical Safety Organisations

230 researchers (+ 25 PhD)

• SARNET2 should create a self-sustaining organisation (legal entity, sources of funding) in the field of SA research before its completion


Project acronym and title Key areas of R&D Coordinating organisation & no of partners*

Start date & duration

Total budget / EU contribution

PLINIUS FP6 – Plinius Prototypic Corium Platformhttp://www.plinius.eu

Reactor Safety –Severe Accident ManagementVULCANO, COLIMA, KROTOS, VITI

CEA (FR)1 partner (from 1 country)

01/11/0648 months

€0.62M / €0.6M

LACOMECO – Large Scale Experiments on Core Degradation, Melt Retention and Containment Behaviourhttp://nuklear-server.ka.fzk.de/lacomeco

Reactor Safety –Severe Accident ManagementQUENCH, LIVE, DISCO-H, HYKA

KIT (DE)1 partner (from 1 country)

01/02/1036 months

€0.78M / €0.5M

ALISA – Access to Large Infrastructures for Severe Accidents

EU-China Large scale experiments under prototypical conditions addressing severe management in LWR

KIT (DE)2 partners (from 2 countries)

GA signedCooA not signed48 months

€1.6M / €1.0M

Transnational Access to Large Infrastructures (TALI) in Euratom FP6/FP7


ISTC/STCU CEG – SAM (Contact Expert Group on Severe

Accident Management)

Interaction between SARNET and CEG-SAM (ISTC/STCU) well established according to document entitled “Interaction between EC-SARNET and CEG-SAM activities”, which was endorsed by both groups in 2005 and 2010

• Results of SARNET activities periodically presented to CEG-SAM members

• Transmission of ISTC/STCU proposals and project reports related to SAM to SARNET topical co-ordinators

• Experimental results of ISTC/STCU projects used for development of knowledge as part of SARNET Joint Programme of Activities (JPA)


Status of CEG-SAMin October 2011

Quite successful since its launching in April 2002

• About 5.5 M€ funding from EC for 14 ISTC projects from 2002 to 2011:

– 11 ISTC projects funded and completed– 3 ISTC projects funded and running

• 1 STCU project funded by Canada (300 k$) and running

• A paper to summarise the main results of the 15 ISTC/STCU projects is being written to be published in a peer-reviewed journal

• ISTC and STCU funding from EC– It has decreased from ~ 25 M€ in 2007 to ~ 7.4 M€ in 2009 and in 2010– No more projects on SAM funded since 2009

• ISTC will be closed on 31/12/2014

• Collaboration with Russia will continue through the Euratom-ROSATOM Working Group on nuclear fission (Under the cooperation agreement on nuclear safety between Euratom and Russia in 2002)

– Last meeting on 13 October 2011 in Moscow– Next meeting in the autumn 2012 in Brussels

• Website: http://cegsam.grs.de (password protected)


ERCOSAM

• Collaborative Project (small/medium scale - focused)

• Key objectives:– Establish whether in a test sequence representative of a SA in a LWR a hydrogen

(helium) stratification can be established during part of the transient starting from the initiation of a LOCA blowdown until the end of bulk hydrogen release from the reactor vessel into the containment

– How can this stratification be broken down by the operation of SAM systems: sprays, coolers and Passive Auto-catalytic Recombiners?

• Started in July 2010 for 4 years in FP7• Total cost: 2 613 522 €• Total EC contribution: 1 000 000 €

• 6 partners:– PSI (CH) Coordinator, IRSN (FR), CEA (FR), KIT (DE), NRG (NL), AECL (Canada)– 2 new partners: JÜLICH GmbH (DE), NRC (USA)

• Link with ROSATOM project SAMARA through a Coordination Agreement (CooA) signed by all parties

– 2 partners: IBRAE RAN, SSC RF-IPPE– 1 new partner: JSC Afrikantov OKBM

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Reactor systems:• Nuclear installation safety• Advanced nuclear systems

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SNETP http://www.snetp.eu/Strategic Documentation

• Vision Report(September 2007)

• Strategic Research Agenda(May 2009)

• Deployment Strategy(May 2010)

• ESNII Concept Paper (May 2010)

• ESNII Implementation Plan(2010-2012)

• Nuclear Education & Training(Jan 2011)

http://www.snetp.eu/www/snetp/images/stories/Docs-ESNI/ESNII-Concept-Paper-2010.pdf

http://www.snetp.eu/www/snetp/images/stories/Docs-DS/DS-A4.pdf

http://www.snetp.eu/www/snetp/images/stories/Docs-VisionReport/sne-tp_vision_report_eur22842_en.pdf

http://www.snetp.eu/www/snetp/images/stories/Docs-AboutSNETP/SRA2009.pdf


The first pillar of SNETP: NUGENIANUclear GEN II-III International Association

Official creation at Brussels on Nov.14, 2011

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« ESNII » European Sustainable Nuclear Industrial Initiative

“TWG GenII&III” to implement SRAon current and future LWRs

NULIFE NoEto implement

SRAon LTO/PLIM


1 Plant safety and risk assessment

2 Severe accidents

3 Core and Reactor operation

4 Integrity assessment of systems, structures and components

5 Fuel, waste management (all but geological disposal) and dismantling

6 Innovative Gen III design

7 Harmonisation

7 main technical areas in NUGENIA


FP7 + 2 (Euratom)2012 - 2013

• Same programme, same instruments, SNETP and ESNII mentioned

• 1 call each year with ~ M€ 50 per year• Proposal adopted by Commission on 7 March 2011:

– Nuclear fission and radiation protection: M€ 118– JRC nuclear research activities: M€ 233– Fusion energy research: B€ 2.2

• M€ 1892 for ITER France• Following Fukushima, new FP7+2 text, which maintains

research on Gen IV systems, but exclusively on safety aspects, resulting from agreed political approach, noted by Council on 28 June

• 19 December 2011: proposal adopted by Council


• Geological disposal€6M

• Safety & competitiveness of nuclear installation

• Advanced nuclear systems for increased sustainability

• Cross-cutting aspects

• Advanced systems for non-electrical uses

€24M

• Radiation protection€12M

• Research infrastructures

• Training and mobility

• Cross-cutting

€14M

- Indicative budget: M€ 56- Publication date: end July 2012- Deadline: mid November 2012

FP7 + 2 (Euratom) - 2013 Call


PolicyPolicy Research and Innovation

Research and Innovation

What is Horizon 2020www.ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020

• Commission proposal for a 80 billion euro research and innovation funding programme (2014-2020)

• A core part of Europe 2020, Innovation Union & European Research Area:

– Responding to the economic crisis to invest in future jobs and growth

– Addressing people’s concerns about their livelihoods, safety and environment

– Strengthening the EU’s global position in research, innovation and technology




Proposed budget: Total € 1 789 million, including Fission € 355 million; Fusion € 710 million (without ITER); JRC € 724 million

Integral part of Horizon 2020 package

General objective: • Improve nuclear safety, security & radiation protection• Contribute to the long-term decarbonisation of the energy system, in a

safe, efficient and secure way

Specific objectives for indirect actions (fission):• support safe operation of nuclear systems;• contribute to development of solutions for the management of ultimate

waste;• support development and sustainability of nuclear competences;• foster radiation protection;• promote innovation and industrial competitiveness• ensure availability and use of research infrastructures

Euratom Programme 2014-2018




Next steps

Ongoing: Parliament and Council negotiations on the basis of the Commission proposals

Ongoing: Parliament and Council negotiations on EU budget 2014-2020 (including overall budget

for Horizon 2020)

Mid 2012: Final calls under 7th Framework Programme for research to bridge gap towards Horizon

2020

Mid 2013: Adoption of legislative acts by Parliamentand Council on Horizon 2020

1/1/2014: Horizon 2020 starts, launch of first calls


Information on FP7 and access to programmes and calls: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html

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