TEMPEST: Testing and enhanced modelling of passive evolutionary systems technology for containment cooling

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 00.0477

Key words (English)

Boiling water reactor; passive safety systems; decay heat removal experiments; mixing and stratification; CFD model validation;
Nuclear Fission; Radiation Protection; Safety

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: FIKS-2000-00095

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 5.5.2 Nuclear fission

Short description (English)

See abstract

Partners and International Organizations (English)

NRG (NL), CEA (F), FZK, GRS and Framatome-ANP (D), VTT (FIN), PSI (CH)

Abstract (English)

The goal of this proposal is to address most significant challenge facing Nuclear Power, improved economics and need for operational flexibility. New plants address challenge by reducing capital cost and operating plants improve their economics in several ways including increase in the power output. This proposal addresses the issue of pressure suppression design and decay heat removal systems and ways to reduce conservatism in designs. This will allow either a reduction in the containment cost or an easier increase in operating plant power levels. An integrated and focused testing and analytical programme addressing the remaining uncertainties in the post accident response addresses these issues. The proposal is endorsed by a group of European utilities and the team primarily consists of European specialists in their respective fields. Technology and resources of additional international partners are used to leverage the European resources.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
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CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
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Swiss Project-Number: 00.0477