PELGRIMM Project

PELlets versus GRanulates: Irradiation, Manufacturing & Modelling

PELGRIMM Project

This project receives funding from the EURATOM Research and Training programme, 4 years under grant agreement N° 295664.

PELGRIMM is a 4 year project, addressing Minor-Actinide (MA) bearing fuel developments for Generation IV Fast Reactor Systems to support the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) of the European Sustainable Nuclear Energy –Technology Platform (SNE-TP). Both options, MA homogeneous recycle in driver fuels with MA content at a few percent, and heterogeneous recycle on UO2 fuels bearing high MA contents, located in the radial core blanket, are considered. Two fuel forms (pellet and spherepac) will be investigated. Indeed, spherepac technology (that leads to production of beads that can be directly loaded in pins) is attractive regarding MA-bearing fuels as it would lead to a significant simplification of the fabrication process and to a better accommodation of solid swelling (compared to pellets) under irradiation. These developments extend Europe’s leading role in this area.

A total of 12 partners from research institutions, education establishments and industries will collaborate to share and leverage their skills, progress and achievements, covering a comprehensive set of investigations: fuel fabrication, fuel behaviour under irradiation through an irradiation test and the execution of Post Irradiation Examinations, modelling and simulation of fuel behaviour and performance under irradiation, from normal operating conditions to severe accidents, and finally by providing unique education and training possibilities.

PARTNERS

The consortium includes key players in the field comprising a university (KTH), an E&T international organisation (ENEN), national laboratories  (CEA, ENEA, KIT, NRG, PSI, SCK•CEN), international laboratories (JRC-ITU, JRC-IE), nuclear industrial companies (AREVA, EDF) and an innovation management consultancy (LGI Consulting)

 

No.  Organisation  Short name  Country 
1 (Coordinator) COMMISSARIAT A L’ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES CEA France
2 AREVA NP SAS AREVA France
3 ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE S.A. EDF France
4 AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE,L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE ENEA Italy
5 RESEAU EUROPEEN POUR L ENSEIGNEMENT DES SCIENCES NUCLEAIRES ENEN France
6 JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION JRC Belgium
7 KARLSRUHE INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE KIT Germany
8 KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN KTH Sweden
9 LGI CONSULTING LGI France
10 NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GROUP NRG Netherlands
11 PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT PSI Switzerland
12 STUDIECENTRUM VOOR KERNENERGIE SCK•CEN Belgium

 

Finally, synergies will be sought with other ongoing European projects. Furthermore, the PELGRIMM project will contribute actively to the EURATOM’s contribution to Generation IV International Forum (especially SFR).

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