SARGEN_IV: Proposal for harmonized European practices for the safety assessment of innovative fast neutrons spectrum reactors considered in Europe

In the aim of preparing the safety assessment of advanced reactor demonstrator and/or prototype with closed fuel cycle planned to be built in Europe (Fast reactors cooled by sodium, lead, lead/bismuth or gas) the SARGEN_IV Project gathers 22 partners’ safety experts from 12 Member States + European Commission (EC), including all the European Technical Safety Organizations, EC’s Joint Research Centre, designers, one utility, research institutes and universities in order to propose a European harmonized practices for the safety assessment. The paper will focused on the two first stages of the project: 1-review of the critical safety features of the concepts and their categorization to identify common phenomena, to highlight each concept specific topics; 2-review of the safety assessment practices adopted in European countries, used within FP7 projects, proposed by international organizations and presentation for a commonly agreed proposal for harmonized safety assessment practices for the above mentioned reactors.

BLANC D.;  WATTELLE E.;  AMMIRABILE Luca;  TUCEK Kamil;  BURGAZZI L.;  PUENTE ESPEL Fernando; 

2015-09-03

IAEA

JRC80522

978-92-0-104114-2,   

0074-1884,   

http://www-pub.iaea.org/books/IAEABooks/10682/Fast-Reactors-and-Related-Fuel-Cycles-Safe-Technologies-and-Sustainable-Scenarios-FR13-Proceedings-of-an-International-Conference-on-Fast-Reactors-and-Related-Fuel-Cycles-Paris-France-4-7-March-2013,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC80522,