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Finally, the project will carry out characterisation and uncertainty/sensitivity analysis of the technical feasibility, economic viability and environmental friendliness of various detailed reference (V)HTR designs and their associated fuel cycles. The possibility of integrated symbiotic fuel cycles with different reactor systems will be investigated with a special focus on the potential role for (V)HTR systems serving a transuranium management mission. Transmutation performance indicators will be established enabling comparison with other management scenarios from other international assessment studies. Sustainable nuclear energy Finding solutions for managing radioactive waste is a key issue when addressing the future of nuclear energy in Europe. The assessment carried out in PuMA will contribute to define the potential future roles for (V)HTR systems in delivering energy products (electricity, hydrogen, process heat) while performing a transuranium management function. The qualification, design and optimisation activities of PuMA will set the path for future work, in particular for fuel fabrication. This will permit progress towards the emergence of (V)HTR technology as a solution to the management of plutonium and minor actinide stockpiles and to a more sustainable nuclear energy scenario in the future. Public events The PuMA project will be present at relevant international events and communication beyond the nuclear community will also be organised. PuMA LWR (UOX/MOX) + HTGR (OTC/deep burn) scenario MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE Partitioning and transmutation Coordinator Jim C. Kuijper NRG Westerduinweg 3 PO box 25 1755 ZG Petten Nederland Tel. (31-22) 456 45 06 Fax (31-22) 456 84 90 kuijper@nrg-nl.com www.puma-project.eu Project details Project type: Specific Targeted Research Project Project start date: 01/09/2006 Duration: 36 months Total budget: EUR 3 700 567 EC contribution: EUR 1 850 000 EC Project Officer: Ved Bhatnagar European Commission Directorate-General for Research Unit J. 2 – Fission CDMA 1/46 B-1049 Brussels Tel. (32-2) 299 58 96 Fax (32-2) 295 49 91 I N F O R M A T I O N Partners AGH Univ. of Science and Technology of Cracow, PL Belgonucleaire S.A., BE CIRTEN, IT Électricité de France, FR General Atomics, USA IKE – University of Stuttgart, DE European Commission – Joint Research Centre (Institute for Transuranian Elements), EU Royal Institute of Technology, SE LISTO bvba, BE Nexia Solutions Ltd., UK AMEC-NNC, UK LGI Consulting, FR Delft University of Technology, NL Forschungszentrum Jülich, DE Areva NP, FR 49
50 VELLA The VELLA (Virtual European Lead Laboratory) initiative is a Euratom FP6 project which has the am - bitious intent to create a virtual laboratory for lead technologies. In particular, VELLA aims to create a common research area among the European Union and its associate countries (such as Switzerland) in the field of lead technologies for advanced future nuclear applications. Best operational practise VELLA has the ambitious intent to both create a network of all the principal laboratories involved in this field and to connect firmly different groups of European experts. This will allow a common definition of good operational practices and promote the exchange of scientific results by means of appropriate and innovative tools and procedures, creating a common platform. It will also promote access to existing European facilities to different specialist groups, support technological development and qualification activities and create a homogenous European ‘scientific community’, organised to support all the required technological challenges and the necessary research requi - rements in this area. The consortium of participants includes institutions with different capabilities: universities, enterprises and research centres deeply involved in the field of lead technologies. The high-level profile of these organizations, their well proven experience in the various areas of interest and their co-operative capability are all important characteristics for success. A variety of activities VIRTUAL EUROPEAN LEAD LABORATORY VIRTUAL CORE TO HEAVY METAL RESEARCH VELLA comprises three different kinds of activities: networking activities (NA), transnational access activities (TA), and joint research activities (JRA). EU research area The scope of the NA is to create a virtual community of researchers, to define common standards and protocols for the use of the shared facilities and to interact with all the programmes and institutions operating in this field. The objectives of the TA are to promote access for researchers, universities and firms to the existing infrastructures and knowledge, in order to increase the competitiveness of the European industry as a whole, to train the researchers in the use of this existing EU infrastructures over the project’s three year duration and to help human resource mobility between the various laboratories. The JRA will create a base of knowledge on lead technologies, develop and operate heavy liquid metal (HLM) components and instru - mentation, and study HLM thermal hydraulics. Harmonising lead research The major expected result of VELLA is to harmonise the European research area in the field of lead technologies for nuclear applications in order to produce a common platform of work that will continues. Through the NA a real “virtual” community of researchers in the field of HLM technologies for nuclear applications will be created using a variety of ICT elements to enhance interaction between research teams across Europe. In addition dedicated workshops on specifics, thematic issues and good practice related to the HLM technology will be organised. An expert group will be set up to promote real integration amongst ongoing EU activities on HLM. EURATOM FP6 RESEARCH PROJECTS AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES Volume III
Page 1 and 2: PROJECT SYNOPSES Euratom FP6 Resear
Page 3 and 4: EUROPEAN COMMISSION Euratom FP6 Res
Page 5 and 6: CONTENTS Introduction 5 FP6 researc
Page 7 and 8: 6 isolation. However, in parallel t
Page 9 and 10: 8 ❚ CARD - A CA assessing the fea
Page 11 and 12: 10 The funded projects described ar
Page 13 and 14: 12 Forward to FP7 The Seventh Eurat
Page 15 and 16: MARK S MANY ND ITALY SWEDEN CZECH R
Page 17 and 18: 18 ARGONA ARENAS FOR RISK GOVERNANC
Page 19 and 20: 20 CARD COORDINATION ACTION FOR THE
Page 21 and 22: 22 CATT COOPERATION AND TECHNOLOGY
Page 23 and 24: 24 CIP Over a number of European re
Page 25 and 26: 26 MICADO MODEL UNCERTAINTY FOR THE
Page 27 and 28: 28 OBRA EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY FOR LO
Page 29 and 30: 30 PAMINA The main objective of the
Page 31 and 32: 32 SAPIERR-II STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN
Page 33 and 34: 34 THERESA Nuclear power plants, wh
Page 35 and 36: 36 TIMODAZ The management of spent
Page 37 and 38: 38 CANDIDE COORDINATION ACTION ON N
Page 39 and 40: 40 EFNUDAT EUROPEAN FACILITIES FOR
Page 41 and 42: 42 LWR-DEPUTY The LWR-DEPUTY initia
Page 43 and 44: 44 NUDAME The NUDAME project is a t
Page 45 and 46: 46 PATEROS PARTITIONING AND TRANSMU
Page 47: 48 PuMA Sustainability is a key iss
Page 51 and 52: Quantification of risks associated
Page 53 and 54: second was aimed to check the feasi
Page 55 and 56: extreme overreaction to radiotherap
Page 57 and 58: Understanding individual response S
Page 59 and 60: ties and to study how these genes a
Page 61 and 62: NOTE will investigate if ionising r
Page 63 and 64: an assessment will be made of how t
Page 65 and 66: The PROTECT project will assist in
Page 67 and 68: e widely distributed among national
Page 69 and 70: 72 ALISIA ASSESSMENT OF LIQUID SALT
Page 71 and 72: 74 EISOFAR The EISOFAR Specific Sup
Page 73 and 74: 76 ELSY The ELSY project aims to de
Page 75 and 76: 78 HPLWR Phase 2 Supercritical wate
Page 77 and 78: 80 ENEN-II EUROPEAN NUCLEAR EDUCATI
Page 79 and 80: 82 ANTIOXI A DETERMINISTIC MODEL FO
Page 81 and 82: 84 MAGIC The MAGIC project is a two
Page 83 and 84: 86 NULIFE The NULIFE Network of Ex
Page 85 and 86: 88 MTR+I3 INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE
Page 87 and 88: 90 NICODEME TEST FACILITIES IN PRES
Page 89 and 90: 92 PLINIUS FP6 This initiative offe
Page 91 and 92: 94 SNF-TP SUSTAINABLE NUCLEAR FISSI
Page 93 and 94: 96 Glossary The texts in this gloss
Page 95 and 96: 98 Typical characteristics of high-
Page 97 and 98: Index of projects ALISIA 72 ANTIOXI
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