NETWORKING ACTIVITY 3:
“HARMONIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND ESTABLISHMENT OF GOOD PRACTICES”


Responsible person: Dominique Gorse, CNRS - Dominique.Gorse@glvt-cnrs.fr

The objective of this activity is twofold:

  • improvement and harmonization of the scientific knowledge of the present generation of scientists and engineers coming from different areas of the nuclear R&D projects of the VIth FP related to HLM(s),

  • preparation of the new generation of scientists by giving them a common platform of knowledge and developing their skills in all aspects of HLM technologies and related areas. The aim is an increasing efficiency for the GIF reactor concepts, going from the production of energy in LMFBRs to the incineration of nuclear wastes by transmutation in ADS.


To attain this objective, two types of actions are considered:

  • Thematic workshops will be organized by the VELLA partners during the I3 duration. The central theme is HLM technology, as a spallation material and coolant of the ADS and the Generation IV reactor concepts.

  • Good practices’ workshops will be organized for young researchers involved in the field of Nuclear science coming from Universities, Agencies or Companies in the different research teams or laboratories of the Organizations grouped in VELLA.

 

The expected impact of this NA will primarily be the diffusion of knowledge on HLMs among the European Scientific Community working on the GIF reactor concepts, followed by the development of a close cooperation between nuclear scientists from different backgrounds in the EU. Moreover, the activities will favour interactions between metallurgists, nuclear scientists and designers, and will promote close collaboration between R&D at the industrial level and more academic research, and will contribute to fill the gap between partners who should build and operate safe and reliable reactors in the 21st century. This NA3 activity will benefit from the actions carried out in MATLAB, and CHEMLAB and should also benefit from the RAs proposed in VELLA.

 

NA3 INVOLVED INSTITUTIONS :: CNRS - ENEA - FZK - SCK•CEN - FZD - KTH - NRI - IPUL - CEA