Exploring the safety and performance of molten salt reactors for their deployment in the European Union: the MIMOSA and ENDURANCE projects 

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025026" target="_blank" >10.1051/epjn/2025026</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Exploring the safety and performance of molten salt reactors for their deployment in the European Union: the MIMOSA and ENDURANCE projects 

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Molten Salt Reactors (MSR) are Generation IV nuclear systems in which the fuel is dissolved in a molten salt circulating through the primary system. There is growing interest in this advanced technology in Europe, but also in the US, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia, due to their inherently high safety level, flexibility, reliability, load-following capabilities, and potential for multi-recycling of materials contained in light-water reactors' spent nuclear fuels. These advantages could position MSRs as ideal complements to other decarbonized energy sources in a future sustainable energy mix. In this respect, it is probably one of the most promising advanced technologies and, at the same time, the least mature and studied one. Two ongoing EURATOM-funded projects, MIMOSA and ENDURANCE projects are exploring molten salt reactors' safety and performance features, as well as fuel cycle aspects, in order to assess and demonstrate their potential for future deployment in Europe. The MIMOSA and ENDURANCE projects have the common objective of improving the maturity of MSR technology. The MIMOSA project develops and analyses multi-recycling strategies for the European Union based on the use of MSR and demonstrates several key aspects of their technical feasibility and performance by both calculations and experimental investigations. The ENDURANCE project supports the safe operation and the development of Critical Technology Elements by connecting design developers and industry with universities and research centres while ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements. Whereas ENDURANCE is in its starting phase, MIMOSA has already delivered important results.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Exploring the safety and performance of molten salt reactors for their deployment in the European Union: the MIMOSA and ENDURANCE projects 

Popis výsledku anglicky

Molten Salt Reactors (MSR) are Generation IV nuclear systems in which the fuel is dissolved in a molten salt circulating through the primary system. There is growing interest in this advanced technology in Europe, but also in the US, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia, due to their inherently high safety level, flexibility, reliability, load-following capabilities, and potential for multi-recycling of materials contained in light-water reactors' spent nuclear fuels. These advantages could position MSRs as ideal complements to other decarbonized energy sources in a future sustainable energy mix. In this respect, it is probably one of the most promising advanced technologies and, at the same time, the least mature and studied one. Two ongoing EURATOM-funded projects, MIMOSA and ENDURANCE projects are exploring molten salt reactors' safety and performance features, as well as fuel cycle aspects, in order to assess and demonstrate their potential for future deployment in Europe. The MIMOSA and ENDURANCE projects have the common objective of improving the maturity of MSR technology. The MIMOSA project develops and analyses multi-recycling strategies for the European Union based on the use of MSR and demonstrates several key aspects of their technical feasibility and performance by both calculations and experimental investigations. The ENDURANCE project supports the safe operation and the development of Critical Technology Elements by connecting design developers and industry with universities and research centres while ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements. Whereas ENDURANCE is in its starting phase, MIMOSA has already delivered important results.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

20305 - Nuclear related engineering; (nuclear physics to be 1.3);

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

R - Projekt Ramcoveho programu EK

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies

ISSN

2491-9292

e-ISSN

2491-9292

Svazek periodika

11

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

June

Stát vydavatele periodika

FR - Francouzská republika

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

1-20

Kód UT WoS článku

001520480100001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105010851540