The EURATOM Research and Training Programme in its wider context

Marc Deffrennes

Unit Fission Directorate Energy-Euratom

DG Research European Commission

The EURATOM Research and Training Programme

Contents

l

Setting the scene

l

Euratom Research Framework Programme

l

Sustainable Nuclear Energy

Technology Platform = SNE-TP

l

Strategic Energy Technololy Plan = SET-P

l

Euratom FP and International Cooperation

1. Setting the Scene

• Nuclear Power in the EU today: 1/3 electricity, >150

NPPs in 15 MS, >130 GWe installed, full fuel cycle

• Challenges for the future:

– Energy Challenges : supply, environment, economy, security – Nuclear ageing

– Liberalisation of the electricity market

– Divergent policies of MS on nuclear – ENEF ?

• EU/EC role: Policy and Financing Tools: Energy Policy

(Low Carbon Economy - 3x20 target), Knowledge and

Research Policy (Lisbon target, ERA, Research FP), link

= SET Plan, Security Policy and International

Coupling Energy and Knowledge/Research : the Strategic Energy Technology Plan

SET PLAN

Research - Development ………… Demonstration – Deployment

Energy Security _{Competitiveness} Sustainability Research Knowledge Education Innovation

794 170 271 788 191 281 824 209 319 1947 287 517 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 FP4 FP5 FP6 FP7 Fusion Fission JRC € Million 5 years! 4 years

l

One call for proposals per year, c. €50M per

call

l Rules for participation

l Evaluation of proposals –>negotiation –>Grant Agreement

(contract between EC and Consortium)

l Principle of co-financing and no profit

l Consortium Agreement required between project partners l Integrated training, dissemination and publicity

l Reporting, monitoring, review, auditing

l

From FP5 to FP7: Increased integration with

national & industrial programmes essential –

larger projects and CA + Technology

Platforms to play a key role

Euratom “Fission” Programme:

Euratom Programme:

instruments - funding schemes

Projects implemented using a variety of “funding schemes”,

depending on desired objective:

•

Collaborative Projects to carry out multi-partner R&D

actions on basis of shared cost

•

Networks of Excellence to promote sustainable

integration amongst key organisations

•

Coordination Actions to fund networking activities

•

Support Actions to fund studies and general programme

support

•

Other possible instruments: training actions, support

for/access to infrastructures, or combinations of the

above

Management of radioactive waste:

• Geological disposal

• Partitioning & Transmutation

Management of radioactive waste:

• Geological disposal

• Partitioning & Transmutation

Key cross-cutting activities:

• Research

infrastructures

• Human resources,

mobility & training

Key cross-cutting activities: • Research

infrastructures

• Human resources,

mobility & training

Radiation protection:

• Risk from low doses

• Medical uses of radiation • Emergency management

Radiation protection:

• Risk from low doses

• Medical uses of radiation • Emergency management

Reactor systems:

• Nuclear installation safety • Advanced nuclear systems

Reactor systems:

• Nuclear installation safety • Advanced nuclear systems

S

N

E

I

T

P

C A R D

Euratom “fission” Programme:

priority activity areas

Platform launched

on 21 Sept. 07!

FP6 PROJECTS IN PLIM

1/1/2004 4 years 7.5M/ 18.5M 28 (13) EDF (FR) IP PERFECT

Prediction of irradiation damage on reactor components 1/11/2006 2 years 0.250M/ 0.318M 10 (7) EDF (FR) CA MAGIC

Management of Ageing I&C equipment of NPPs 1/11/2006 2 years 0.200M/ 0.401M 3 (3) VTT (FI) STREP ANTIOXI

Deterministic Model for Corrosion and Activity Incorporation in NPPs

1/9/2004 2 years 0.245M/ 0.341M 3 (3) BWO (UK) SA GAIN

Gaps Analysis for long term

Inspection Needs of Nuclear Plants

1/4/2005 3 years 1.1M/ 2.4M 26 (12) UJV (CZ) CA COVERS

VVER Safety Research

1/10/2006 5 years 5M/ 8.5M 10+27 (18) VTT (FI) NoE NULIFE

Nuclear Plant Life Prediction

Start Date and duration EU Funding/ Total Cost Number of Partners (Countries) Coordinator Instrument PLIM

3. Nuclear plant life prediction – NULIFE

q 10 Core contract members (+1)

and

27 other members representing

§ National research institutes

§ Industrial research centres

§ Vendors, plant providers

§ Service providers

§ Power companies

Vision is to create a Virtual Institute with q Integrated RTD platform

§ Made of European stakeholders § Completely new structure with

improved and efficient use of public and private RTD funding

q Sustainable forum for realizing harmonized technical procedures

§ Impact for Nuclear energy

industry, National regulators and European Regulatory Working Groups

q Service provider

§ Sustainable source of qualified expertise for all customers in Nuclear energy field

§ Innovator and executor of R&D projects

Create a single organisation structure, capable of providing harmonised R&D at European level to the nuclear power industry and the related

safety authorities in the area of lifetime evaluation methods for CSS

q Time schedule 10.2006 - 9.2011,

5 years

q Total budget 8.4 million euro

q EC funding 5 million euro

Evolution process towards NULIFE Virtual Institute Past Networking activities Integration plan 12 months Preparation of business plan 24 months Consolidation of integration plan 36 months Creation of Virtual Institute 48 month s

Transition plan for permanent entity 60 months Beyond 5 years Evo lutio nof inte grat ion

•Viable expert groups •Coherent structure

•Communication methods •Business plan

•Links with national programmes •Updated structure

•Approaches to training, knowledge and communic. •Development and application of procedures

and best practices

•Launching of new RTD projects

•Structure with permanent entity features •Joint use of facilities

•Investment policy

•Permanent management structure •Long term business plan

•Acknowledged solution provider

NULIFE Institute

Contractual structure of NULIFE Collaborators (4 founding) Consortium Agreement between 10 contractors Associate Contributors (27) SERCO FKA NRI SCK·CEN VTT BE JRC ANP-G EDF CEA EU/EC Contract Collaboration Agreement between Coordinator and

Collaborators

Associate agreement between Contractors and

Coordinator VTT Advanced PLIM methodologies Resources R&D projects Strategy Harmonisation IA-5 JRC

Business and integration plan

IA-7 VTT

Pilot projects

- SCC RA-3 SCK•CEN (EDF)

- TF RA-4 CEA (EDF)

- I&C (feasibility) RA-5 FKA

- DMW (feasibility) RA-6 ANP-G

End User Group

RA-2 EDF (EKK)

Proposal evaluation and planning RA-1 BE Links to regulators SA-5 CEA Expert Groups

- Materials IA-2-1 SCK•CEN (EDF)

- Integrity IA-2-2 ANP-G (SERCO)

- Lifetime IA-2-3 SERCO (EKK)

- Safety & risk IA-2-4 FKA (VTT)

Knowledge management and communication

IA-3 NRI

R&D projects

Competences and facilities

IA-1 CEA

Project prioritisation process

End-User Group proposals Expert Group proposals External requests Funding calls Evaluation by the RA-1 Road Mapping

Group Decision of NULIFE approval Executive Group Go Reconsider/replan at Expert Group/WP level No-Go Possible EC project/title NULIFE RA-N - very rare End User Group

funding External funding according to request End User Group Recommendation Implemented in EG activities

Major initiatives for NULIFE in 2008

• Launch industry funded projects of major short term

concern

– end user priorities

– I&C, metallic components, polymers, concrete – PLIM methodology, risk based approaches

• Develop the Business Plan

• Identify joint projects to be launched under collaboration between Rosatom and Euratom, and with Ukraine –

connection with COVERS and the CEG PLIM

• Contribute to Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform (SNE-TP)

– Impact to Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) and Deployment Stategy (DB) in PLIM area

FP6 Projects in Reactor Systems: Innovative

Reactors

01/01/07 1 year 0.25M/ 0.45M 14(9) CEA (FR) SA ALISIA

Liquid Salts for Innovative Applications 01/01/07 1 year 0.25M/ 0.5M 12(8) CEA (FR) SA EISOFAR

European Innovative Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor 01/09/06 3 years 2.9M/ 7.1M 18(13) ANSALDO (IT) STREP ELSY

European Lead Cooled System

01/09/06 3.5 years 2.5M/ 4.6 M 10(8) FZK(DE) STREP HPLWR

Hi Performance Light Water Reactor – Phase 2 1/3/2005 4 years 2M/ 3.6M 9(7) NNC(UK) STREP GCFR

Gas Cooled Fast Reactor : Fast Route to Sustainable Energy

15/4/2005 4 years 9M/ 19.8M 35(12) AREVA-NP (FR) IP RAPHAEL

Hi Temperature Reactor for Process Heat, Hydrogen and Electricity

Start Date and Duration EU Funding/ Total Cost Number of Partners (Countries) Coordinator Instrument Project Acronym and Title

Ø “RAPHAEL”: ReActor for Process heat, Hydrogen And ELectricity generation (GIF : VHTR) IP, 4 years (start April 2005), 20 M EUR including 9 M from EC

Ø “GCFR”: Gas Cooled Fast Reactor (GIF system: GFR)

STREP, 4 years (start March 2005), 3.6 M EUR including 2 M EUR from EC

Ø “HPLWR”: High Performance Light Water Reactor (GIF : SCWR)

STREP, 3.5 years (start September 2006), 4.65 M including 2.5 M from EC

Ø “ELSY”: European Lead-cooled SYstem (GIF system: LFR) STREP, 3 years (start October 2006), 6.5 M including 2.95 M from EC

Ø "EISOFAR": Roadmap for a European Innovative Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor (GIF : SFR) SSA, 1 year (start February 2007), 0.5 M including 0.25 M from EC

Ø "ALISIA":“Assessment of liquid salts for innovative applications” (GIF system: MSR) SSA, 1 year (start February 2007), 0.5 M including 0.25 M from EC

Euratom (indirect actions)

FP6 Projects in Waste Management:

Partitioning & Transmutation

• EUROPART: IP - 3 years, start 1/1/2004,

Coordinator: CEA, 6Meuros/10M – 23 partners

• EUROTRANS: IP - 4 years, start 1/4/2005,

Coordinator: FZK, 23Meuros/43M

– 32 partners

• PATEROS: CA (road mapping) – 2 years, start

1/11/2006, Coordinator: CENSCK, 600/766

Keuros – 17 partners

Euratom (indirect action)

FP-7 Projects related to Generation IV systems

• ACSEPT / Actinide reCycling by SEParation and Transmutation

Æ budget: total eligible costs = 23 789 000 EUR (incl. 8 999 000 from EC)

• GETMAT / Gen IV and Transmutation MATerials

Æ budget: total eligible costs = 13 959 123 EUR (incl. 7 500 000 from EC)

• CARBOWASTE / Treatment and Disposal of Irradiated Graphite and Other Carbonaceous Waste

Æ budget: total eligible costs =11 500 000 EUR (incl. 6 000 000 from EC)

• F-BRIDGE / Basic Research for Innovative Fuel Design for GEN IV Æ budget: total eligible costs =10 234 318 EUR (incl. 5 467 808 from EC)

ACSEPT

ACtinide reCycling by SEParation

and Transmutation

Coordinator: CEA (34 Partners in total)

Starting date: (most likely) = 01/02/2008 (duration = 48 months)

Aim: select most promising strategies to reduce the

inventory of radioactive waste, thus contributing to make nuclear energy sustainable

Æ technically mature aqueous separation processes: dedicated to actinide partitioning and those featuring a group separation

Æ promising group actinide separation pyro-processes will be

developed beyond the current state-of-the-art, as an alternative option, for a longer term.

ACSEPT

Work Package list: examples of deliverables of potential interest for GIF Domain 1 / Hydrometallurgy

Æ D1.4.4: Report on the co-conversion of mixed actinides by

external and/or internal gelation / FZJ / 28 p-m / CO / Month 48

Domain 2 / Pyrometallurgy

Æ D2.4.1: Assessment of sodalite as a matrix for conditioning chloride wastes / ENEA / 24 p-m /CO / Month 24

Domain 3 / Process

Æ D3.3.2: System studies for the treatment of MgO, ZrO2, Mo, UO2 based actinide bearing matrices: assessment and ranking of the matrices in terms of reprocessing capabilities, waste management / CEA / 3 p-m / CO / Month 12

GETMAT

Gen IV and Transmutation MATerials

Coordinator: FZK Germany (24 partners in total)

Starting date: (most likely) = 01/02/2008 (duration = 60 months)

Aim: investigation of materials under in-service and off-normal temperatures operation beyond current nuclear industry experience

Æ demonstrate that candidate materials for reactor core and primary coolant components meet the following design objectives:

Ø viable dimensional stability; enough strength to cope with the safety

criteria; acceptable resistance to creep rupture ; reasonable chemical compatibility.

GETMAT

Work Package list: examples of deliverables of potential interest for GIF WP1 / Metallurgical and mechanical behaviour

Æ D1.9b: Mechanical behaviour of ODS steels at high temperature after thermal ageing / CIEMAT / PU / Month 54

WP2 / Material compatibility with coolant

Æ D2.4: characterization of smart coatings for fuel claddings / FZK / 29 p-m / PP / Month 54

WP3 / Irradiation behaviour of structural materials

Æ D3.6: Report on the Non-destructive testing of materials

irradiated in ASTIR and on the chemical analyses of LBE and test samples / SCKCEN / 35 p-m / PU / Month 36

WP4 / Multiscale modelling and model experiments

Æ D4.10: Effects of spin-dynamics on primary state of damage in FeCr alloys / KTH / 10 p-m / PP / Month 54

CARBOWASTE

Treatment and Disposal of Irradiated Graphite

and Other Carbonaceous Waste

Coordinator: FZJ (29 partners in total)

Starting date: (most likely) = 01/02/2008 (duration = 48 months)

Aim: development of best practices in the retrieval, treatment and disposal of irradiated graphite (i-graphite)

Æ Five principal investigations:

Ø compatibility with ecological, economic and socio-political

requirements

Ø retrieval procedures which might affect the nature of the waste (e.g. wet or dry)

Ø suitable treatments for removal of volatile and long-lived radioactive

contamination

Ø options for re-use and recycling of the graphitic materials

CARBOWASTE

Work Package list: examples of deliverables of potential interest for GIF

WP1 / Integrated Waste Management Approach

ÆD-1.5.3: Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) assessments / 19.5 p-m /Month 36

WP2 / Retrieval & Segregation

ÆT-2.5.5: ANP review on technologies that can be used to recover TRISO fuel from graphite matrix / 1 p-m / Month 24

WP3 / Characterisation & Modelling

ÆT-3.3.3: Report on long-lived nuclides characterisation methods/22 p-m/ Month 35

WP 4 / Treatment & Purification

ÆD-4.3.6: Decontamination factors by treatment with oxygen / 27.5 p-m / Month 46

WP5 / Recycling & New Products

ÆT-5.4.1: Properties and characterisation of recycled materials / 8 p-m / Month 42

WP6 / Disposal Behaviour of Graphite & Carbonaceous Wastes

ÆT-6.4.4: Report on relation between treatment of graphite waste and disposal properties / 16 p-m / Month 46

F-BRIDGE

Basic Research for Innovative Fuel Design

for GEN IV

Coordinator: CEA (20 Partners in total)

Starting date: (most likely) = 01/03/2008 (duration = 48 months)

Aim: develop a new approach to fuel development based on fundamental understanding of fuel behaviour from the atomic to the macroscopic scale and apply it to fuel design and in particular to the improvement of the sphere-pac concept.

Æ rationalization of the design process and better selection of promising fuel systems

Ø significant reduction of time and costs currently required for

developing new fuels, as well as contribute to improving safety features of new systems under all operational and accidental conditions.

F-BRIDGE

Work Package list: examples of deliverables of potential interest for GIF Domain 1: Basic research: Experimental simulation and modelling of fuels

and SiC cladding from the atomic to the mesoscopic scale

Æ WP1-4 Impact of minor actinides and fission products on phase diagrams

Æ WP1-5 Fuel-environment chemical interaction (cladding, thermal bond material)

Domain 2: Integration of all scales, transfer between technological issues and basic research

Æ WP2-3 Best Practice Guidelines for irradiation test campaigns contributing to multi-scale modelling

Æ WP2-4 Transfer of basic research and mesoscopic results to macroscopic models and fuel performance codes

Domain 3: Application to advanced Sphere-pac fuel design

Euratom programme:

More Information

•

FP6 projects on Website:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/fi/fi_pubs/

article_1186_en.htm

•

FP7 on the CORDIS Website:

www.cordis.europa.eu/fp7

– Euratom FP7, SP, WP, Call Fiches

– Guide for Applicants

3. Technology Platforms

• The TPs belong to their stakeholders – not to the EC. The EC

supports the creation and operation of the TPs when it fits with the objectives and policies of the EU.

• Stakeholders, usually led by industry, come together to agree a

common Vision for the technology

• Stakeholders define a Strategic Research Agenda setting out

medium and long term objectives for the technology - Stakeholders

develop a Deployment Strategy (means to implement the SRA)

• Stakeholders implement the Strategic Research Agenda with the mobilisation of significant human and financial resources

• TP Structure/organisation: Forum of Stakeholders or General Assembly, Advisory or Steering Group, Exec Group, Secretariat, Working groups (SRA, DS, Education & Trg, Communication and Dissemination, Funding Mechanisms,…)

Sustainable Nuclear

Energy Technology

Platform (SNE-TP)

“Sustainable Nuclear Energy TP” (SNE-TP) 1/7

9

Presentation of Vision Report, Brussels, 21st Septem ber 2007

The R&D and industrial challenges

“Sustainable Nuclear Energy TP” (SNE-TP) 2/7

12

Presentation of Vision Report, Brussels, 21st Septem ber 2007

LW R (Gen.II – Gen.III) Research Road M ap

2010: Harmonized Life Time

Extension Methodology

2010-12: Optimization of

Severe Accident

Management Procedure for LW R

Continuous optimisation of fuel performances and safety

2010: improved fuel cycle

economy ; viability of high conversion ratio designs

“Sustainable Nuclear Energy TP” (SNE-TP) 3/7 1 3 P re s e n ta tio n of V is io n R e p o rt, B ru s s e ls , 2 1 s t S e p te m b er 20 0 7

G e n .IV F a s t N e u tro n R e a c to rs R e s e a rc h R o a d

M a p (S u s ta in a b ility )

S o d iu m c o o le d F a s t R e a c to r (S F R ) R & D p ro g ra m m e s

to b rin g in n o v a tio n s (s a fe ty, c o m p e titiv e n e ss )

2 0 0 9 : P re -se le c tio n o f d e s ig n o p tio n s

2 0 1 2 : C o n firm a tio n o f d e s ig n o p tio n s – P re lim in a ry a n d

d e ta ile d d e s ig n , s a fe ty a n a lys is re p o rts , va lid a tio n R & D , C o n s tru c tio n o f a p ro to typ e S F R in th e ra n g e 2 5 0 -6 0 0 M W e . 2 0 2 0 : S ta rt u p o f o p e ra tio n s

R & D to a s s e s s v ia b ility a n d p e rfo rm a n ce o f g a s a n d

le a d c o o le d fa s t re a c to rs , a s w e ll a s A c c e le ra to r

D riv e n S ys te m s .

S e le c tio n in 2 0 1 0 -1 2 o f a s e c o n d ty p e o f fa st n e u tro n s ys te m o f im p o rta n ce fo r E u ro p e . C o n stru ctio n o f a 5 0 -1 0 0 M W th first e x p e rim e n ta l fa c ility in E u ro p e , 2 0 2 0 : s ta rt-u p o f o p e ra tio n s

“Sustainable Nuclear Energy TP” (SNE-TP) 4/7

14

Presentation of Vision Report, Brussels, 21st Septem ber 2007

R esearch R oad M a p for N ew Applications of

N uclear E nergy

D evelopm ent of alternative fuels to oil for transport, including hydrogen and synthetic hydrocarbon fuel production, as w ell as processes that require heat and/or electricity such as desalination.

Tentative R & D agenda to support the realisation of First O f A K ind V/H T R G en. IV reactor around 2020:

2010-12: confirm ation of key technologies (fuel,

m aterials, com ponents, po wer conversion, hydrogen production)

2015-20: construction of a V /H T R and dem onstration of cogeneration applications

“Sustainable Nuclear Energy TP” (SNE-TP) 5/7 1 5 P re s e n ta tio n of V is io n R e p o rt, B ru s s e ls , 2 1 s t S e p te m b er 20 0 7

R e s e a rc h R o a d M a p fo r A d v a n c e d F u e l C y c le

P ro c e s s e s

2 0 1 2 : s e le c tio n o f te c h n o lo g ie s fo r th e c lo s e d fu e l

c y c le w ith th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f m in o r a c tin id e b e a rin g fu e ls ; s e le c tio n m a d e o n a te c h n o lo g ic a l a n d

e c o n o m ic a l b a s is , w ith a n o p tim iz a tio n o f th e w a s te fo rm in te rm s o f lo n g te rm ra d io -to x ic ity a n d th e rm a l lo a d im p a c t o n th e re q u ire d v o lu m e fo r th e

g e o lo g ic a l re p o s ito ry .

S u p p o rt th e o p e ra tio n o f a fa s t re a c to r p ro to ty p e fro m 2 0 2 0 o n w a rd s :

C o n s tru c tio n in th e p e rio d 2 0 1 2 -2 0 1 7 o f: • a fu e l m a n u fa c tu rin g w o rk s h o p

• a m ic ro p ilo t fo r m in o r a c tin id e re c y c lin g (s e p a ra tio n a n d m in o r a c tin id e b e a rin g fu e l m a n u fa c tu rin g )

“Sustainable Nuclear Energy TP” (SNE-TP) 6/7 1 6 P re s e n ta tio n of V is io n R e p o rt, B ru s s e ls , 2 1 s t S e p te m b er 20 0 7

B u t a ls o , c ro s s -c u ttin g to p ic s

• S a fe ty • N u m e rica l s im u la tio n

• E d u c a tio n & tra in in g

• M a te ria l re se a rc h

• R e s e a rch in fra s tru c tu re s

“Sustainable Nuclear Energy TP” (SNE-TP) 7/7

19

P re sentation of V ision R epo rt, B ru ssels, 21 st S e ptem b er 2007

4. Strategic Energy Technology Plan

background

•

EU Council Spring 2006: Green Paper Energy

•

“Energy Package” of 10 Jan 2007: COM (2006)847:

•

“Towards a European Strategic Energy Technology Plan”

•

EU Council Spring 2007: support for the SET-Plan

•

Essence of the SET Plan: do more, better and quicker to respond to energy security of supply, competitiveness and

sustainability challenges - by matching most appropriate set of policy instruments to needs of different low-carbon energy

technologies at different stages of development and deployment cycle. Addresses entire innovation process from basic research to market uptake. All relevant actors to be involved: industry, research, financial community, public bodies, users

Strategic Energy Technology Plan

scope

•

Provide “objective and neutral” perspective of

different

key low-carbon technologies:

what needs

to be done at EU scale (incl national and

international levels) for these technologies to

deliver secure, competitive and sustainable energy

between now &

2020/30/50 (research, innovation,

market penetration)

•

Nuclear Fission and Fusion are included

•

European Industrial Initiatives

•

SET-Plan was issued by EC in Nov. 2007

(COM(2007)723, and endorsed by MS at Feb

Council 2008. Input needed from SNE-TP: SRA end

2008 and European Industrial Initiative

5. EURATOM and INT COOP

• EURATOM FP open/favorable to int coop

• Guiding principle: mutual benefit and cost

sharing

• Launching structured dialogue with partner

countries – Umbrella Agreements

• Seminars in Moscow April 2007 + Brussels

October 2007 : Euratom-Rosatom/REA

• In planning with other countries – which may

include « newcomers » to the nuclear field : NPT

pillars – non proliferation and cooperation

• Other EC tools : the INSC and the Stability

Instrument (incl ISTC/STCU). Coordinated

approach (Examples: CEGs)