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

Review (2023)
Author(s)

Konstantin Mikityuk (Paul Scherrer Institut)

Miguel Ferreira (VTT Technical Research Center of Finland)

Branislav Hatala (VUJE, Trnava)

Jan Leen Kloosterman (TU Delft - RST/Radiation, Science and Technology)

Monika Šípová (CVR~, Husunec-Rez)

Department
RST/Radiation, Science and Technology
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2022048 Final published version
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Publication Year
2023
Language
English
Department
RST/Radiation, Science and Technology
Volume number
9
Article number
18
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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.