Euratom FP6 Research Projects and Training Activities Volume III

The TA activities will increase the competitiveness of the
European industry, while the JRA will help develop and
justify the technologies needed for the operation of large
facilities for future generation IV nuclear reactors and
accelerator-driven systems cooled by HLM, help develop
the required components and instrumentation, study liquid
metal thermal-hydraulics and analyse the effects of
irradiation in presence of lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE). This
research programme will harmonise and complete results
obtained in the other research programmes on HLM
technologies for nuclear applications.
Lead – big nuclear future
Due to its attractive properties a wide use of pure lead, as
well as its alloys (such as LBE and lead-lithium), is foreseen
in several nuclear-related fields. These include as a coolant
for critical and sub-critical nuclear reactors, as a spallation
target for neutron generation and for tritium production in
fusion systems. Given this potential extensive future use of
lead technologies in nuclear systems, a deeper under -
standing of its physical properties and engineering
applications is highly desirable. VELLA is, therefore, of great
relevance for the whole nuclear research community.
The beneficial effect of VELLA will promote the integration
of existing European infrastructures and develop synergies
between the laboratories and the research groups, while
acting in a concerted way with other FP6 programmes that
have a greater focus on other technical-scientific aspects.
Public events
The fourth workshop on materials for HLM-cooled reactors
and related technologies was sponsored by VELLA and held
in Rome on 21-23 May 2007.
MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Partitioning and transmutation
Coordinator
Gianluca Benamati
ENEA
Località Brasimone
I-40032 Camugnano
Tel. (39) 05 34 80 14 23
Fax (39) 05 34 801
gianluca.benamati@brasimone.enea.it
www.3i-vella.eu
Project details
Project type: Integrated Infrastructure Initiative
Project start date: 01/10/2006
Duration: 36 months
Total budget: EUR 3 318 258
EC contribution: EUR 2 300 000
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
Commissariat à l’énergie atomique, FR
CIEMAT, ES
Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche, Istituto per l’energetica e le interfasi
IENI, Sezione di Genova, IT
CNRS, FR
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, DE
Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, DE
Institut Quimic de Sarria (Universitat Ramon Llull), ES
Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, SE
Nuclear Research Institute ŘeŽ, CZ
Paul Scherrer Institute, CH
Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, BE
Institute of Physics, University of Latvia, LV
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