Towards European Licensing of Small Modular Reactors

Project: EU project

Project Details

Description

Light water small modular reactors (LW-SMRs) are a promising new technology whose features make them a potentially attractive energy source. The EU-funded ELSMOR project seeks to design methods and tools for stakeholders to assess and verify LW-SMRs’ safety when installed across Europe. It will gather, analyse and disseminate information on LW-SMRs’ potential and challenges to target audiences such as citizens, decision-makers and regulators. The project will also devise procedures to evaluate their safety, enhance European experimental research infrastructure to help in assessing future LW-SMR safety features, and enrich European nuclear safety analysis codes for evaluating future LW-SMR safety. Ultimately, the licensing procedure will be smoother and more complete.
AcronymELSMOR
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date1/09/1928/02/23

Collaborative partners

  • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (lead)
  • Fortum Power and Heat Oy
  • Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA)
  • Framatome SAS
  • Joint Research Centre (JRC), Petten
  • Polytechnic University of Milan
  • ENEA - Ricerca sul Sistema Elettrico (ERSE) SpA.
  • Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH
  • Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
  • Électricité de France S.A. (EDF)
  • Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI)
  • Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN)
  • Energorisk Ltd.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

Funding category

  • EU-H2020

Keywords

  • H2020-Euratom-1.1.