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EU-QUALIFY

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EUropean QUalification Approach for Low EnrIched Fuel sYstems for secure product...
EUropean QUalification Approach for Low EnrIched Fuel sYstems for secure production supply of medical isotopes One of the biggest challenges for European research reactors is securing their nuclear fuel supply to ensure a sustainment of medical isotopes for Europe and the world. This is particularly true for the few operating High Performa... One of the biggest challenges for European research reactors is securing their nuclear fuel supply to ensure a sustainment of medical isotopes for Europe and the world. This is particularly true for the few operating High Performance Research Reactors (HPRRs) in Europe, which produce the vast majority of medical isotopes. The obligation to convert them from high to low enriched uranium (LEU) nuclear fuels while keeping similar radioisotopes production ratios makes it necessary to develop higher uranium density fuels. The R&D related to that topic was started in previous EURATOM projects (HERACLES-CP and LEU-FOREvER). The main goal of the EU-QUALIFY project is to qualify such fuels and qualify the capability to fabricate such fuels. This will be done by a multi-disciplinary consortium composed of fuel designers/manufactures, reactor operators, research organizations and a university, namely: SCK CEN, CEA, CERCA, ILL, TUM, and G-INP.The EU-QUALIFY project will build on previous LEU fuel development work with specific focus on the qualification of three particular types of fuels: the dispersed U-Mo, the monolithic U-Mo and the high-loaded dispersed U3Si2 fuels. This qualification will be accomplished through fabrication and concurrent qualification of pilot manufacturing equipment and processes, irradiation under representative irradiation conditions, post-irradiation examinations, as well as modelling of the in-pile behavior to support LEU conversion safety analyses. This project will contribute to ensuring the availability of HPPR’s, and thus enhance the security of the EU’s capacity in the production of medical radioisotopes. It will thus contribute to health care through provision of innovative medical radioisotopes necessary for diagnostic and therapy and will support European industry by maintaining access to research reactor irradiation capabilities. ver más
30/09/2024
SCK CEN
9M€
Perfil tecnológico estimado
Duración del proyecto: 47 meses Fecha Inicio: 2020-10-01
Fecha Fin: 2024-09-30

Línea de financiación: concedida

El organismo FP6 notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2024-09-30
Línea de financiación objetivo El proyecto se financió a través de la siguiente ayuda:
NFRP-2019-2020-11: Advancing nuclear education
Cerrada hace 5 años
Presupuesto El presupuesto total del proyecto asciende a 9M€
Líder del proyecto
STUDIECENTRUM VOOR KERNENERGIE CENTRE DETUDE... No se ha especificado una descripción o un objeto social para esta compañía.
Perfil tecnológico TRL 4-5