DESCRIPTION of the TANDEM Project

Taking a new approach to clean energy, Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) can be integrated into hybrid energy systems to work in tandem with other energy sources, storage systems, and energy conversion applications to provide not only electricity but also heat and hydrogen.

Decarbonising just the power sector would get the world only one-third of the way to achieving net-zero emissions (IEA, 2020).

SMRs have the potential to strongly contribute towards decarbonisation of the entire energy system, thus helping Europe to achieve climate-neutrality in Europe and the Sustainable Development Goals (particularly SDG 7, access to energy for all) by 2050.

The integration of nuclear reactors, particularly SMRs, into hybrid energy systems is a new and exciting Research & Development topic that will be tackled by the TANDEM project.

LINK to the MAIN PROJECT WEBSITE: https://tandemproject.eu/

TANDEM Project technical POSTER: HERE

Organization of the Work

PARTNERS

N° Participant organization name Short name Country
1 COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX
ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES		 CEA FRANCE
2 ANSALDO NUCLEARE SPA ANSALDO ITALY
3 Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Ricerca
Tecnologica Nucleare		 CIRTEN ITALY
3.1 POLITECNICO DI MILANO POLIMI ITALY
3.2  UNIVERSITA DI PISA UNIPI ITALY
4 AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE,
L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO
SOSTENIBILE		 ENEA ITALY
5 EUROPEAN NUCLEAR EDUCATION NETWORK ENEN BELGIUM
6 TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING TRACTABEL BELGIUM
7 EMPRESARIOS AGRUPADOS INTERNACIONAL SA EAI SPAIN
8 ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE EDF FRANCE
9 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ENERGORISK LLC
ENERGORISK		 UKRAINE
10 FORUM ATOMIQUE EUROPEEN FORATOM (NuclearEurope) BELGIUM
11 FORTUM POWER AND HEAT OY FORTUM FINLAND
12 GESELLSCHAFT FUR ANLAGEN UND REAKTORSICHERHEIT (GRS) gGmbH GRS gGmbH GERMANY
13 INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SURETE NUCLEAIRE IRSN FRANCE
14 TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY VTT FINLAND
15 UJV REZ, a. s. UJV CZECHIA
16 JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN
COMMISSION		 JRC BELGIUM

Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Atomic Energy Community (‘EC-Euratom’). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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