https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2022048
Review Article
Review of Euratom projects on design, safety assessment, R&D and licensing for ESNII/Gen-IV reactor systems
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PSI, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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VTT, Kemistintie 3, Espoo, P.O. Box 1000, FI-02044 VTT, Finland
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VUJE, A.S., Okruzna 5, Trnava, Slovak Republic
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TU DELFT, Mekelweg 15, 2629 JB Delft, The Netherlands
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CVŘ, Hlavní 130, 250 68 Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
* e-mail: konstantin.mikityuk@psi.ch
Received:
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May
2022
Received in final form:
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September
2022
Accepted:
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November
2022
Published online: 12 April 2023
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.
© K. Mikityuk et al., Published by EDP Sciences, 2023
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