Review of Euratom projects on design, safety assessment, R&D and licensing for ESNII/Gen-IV reactor systems

Review (2023)

Authors

Konstantin Mikityuk Paul Scherrer Institut
Miguel Ferreira VTT Technical Research Center of Finland
Branislav Hatala VUJE, Trnava
J.L. Kloosterman RST/Radiation, Science and Technology
Monika Šípová CVR~, Husunec-Rez
Department
RST/Radiation, Science and Technology
Copyright: © 2023 Konstantin Mikityuk, Miguel Ferreira, Branislav Hatala, J.L. Kloosterman, Monika Šípová
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2022048
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Published Date

2023

Language

English

Department

RST/Radiation, Science and Technology

Abstract

Five Euratom projects launched since 2017 in support of the development of ESNII/Generation-IV reactor systems are briefly presented in the paper in terms of key objectives, results, and recommendations for the future. These projects focus on various aspects of the following ESNII/Generation-IV systems: Sodium Fast Reactor, Gas Cooled Fast Reactor, Supercritical Water Cooled Reactor, and Molten Salt Fast Reactor. The paper does not consider EU projects focused on the Gen-IV reactor technologies based on the use of heavy metals as a coolant because these projects are reviewed in a different paper.