Euratom in Horizon 2020Part 3 – SETPLAN and ESNII

Baltic Info Day, Warsaw (PL), 3 June 2014

Roger GARBIL

DG Research and InnovationEuratom Fission

European CommissionRoger.Garbil@ec.europa.eu

SET-Plan:What is it?

• The Strategic Energy Technology - Plan is a tool for implementation of EU policy to meet 2020 energy objectives and realise the vision of low carbon energy economy by 2050

3x20 (GHG emissions: 20% reduction by 2020 + 80% by 2050)Business As Usual is not enough – need to foster technology development in all low carbon energyA range of measures & initiatives proposed, most notable are the European Industrial Initiatives (EIIs) and establishing the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA)

• SEPLAN tool for EU 2020-2050 Energy policy implementation• Regarding key EU technology challenges for the next 10 years to meet

2020 targets:Maintain competitiveness in fission technologies, together with long-term waste management solutions

• Regarding key EU technology challenges for the next 10 years to meet 2050 vision:

Complete the preparations for the demonstration of a new generation (Gen-IV) of fission reactors for increased sustainability

• Regarding priority initiatives to be launched from 2008 onwards (initially 6 in total):

European Sustainable Nuclear Industrial Initiative focusing on development of Generation-IV technologies

http://ec.europa.eu/energy/technology/set_plan/set_plan_en.htm

SETPLAN:What does it say about nuclear?

On January 16, 2013, the EGE adopted Opinion 27 an "Ethical framework for assessing research, production, and use of Energy". The EGE recommends to achieve equilibrium between four criteria - access rights, security of supply, safety, and sustainability - in light of social, environmental and economic concerns.

Nuclear Fission Symposium websitehttp://www.eesc.europa.eu/?i=portal.en.events-and-activities-symposium-on-nuclear-fission

European Group of EthicsEGE Opinion 27 dated 16/01/2013

In line with ... SETPLAN2009 Nuclear Fission Technology Roadmap

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Maintain safety and competitiveness of today’s technologies

Enlarge the nuclear fission portfolio beyond electricity production (H2, synthetic fuels, petrochemical/ steelmaking/ paper/ cement industries, seawater desalination, etc.)

Develop advanced reactors with closed cycleto enhance sustainability

ESNII

ESNII = European Sustainable Nuclear Industrial Initiative

Sustainable Nuclear Energy TP3 main pillars + key cross-cutting issues

SNETP and ESNIIStrategic Documentation

• Vision Report(September 2007)

• Strategic Research Agenda(May 2009)

• Deployment Strategy(May 2010)

• ESNII Concept Paper (May 2010)

• ESNII Implementation Plan(2010-2012)

• Nuclear Education & Training(Jan 2011)

• Fukushima research areasreport (January 2013)

• Strategic Research andInnovation Agenda(February 2013)

http://www.snetp.eu/

French actors are gettingOrganised (650M€ national loan) ASTRID is open to EU and International cooperation

- Belgian programmefor MYRRHA, 60M€ / 5years- East European support to ALLEGRO (CZ,SV,HU,PL),ALFRED (RO host)

Projects are being launched

• preliminary design phases: partially funded• next steps: strong need for Public - Private Partnerships

( MS - EU - Private funding)

Funding to SET-Plan projects during 2010-2012 (source SETIS)

SET-PlanInitiative

FP7 funding, M€ EEPR, M€4Bi€ prog.

NER300, M€1.2Bi€ 1st call xx Bi€ 2nd call

MS, M€

Wind 130 565 273 ~450

Solar PV 85>>200

Solar CSP 83 203

CCS 183 1000 ~1500

Bioenergy 221 607 >450

Nuclear 132 357

Electricity grids

141 ~360

FCH JU 450 >350

EERA 1 ~450

http://setis.ec.europa.eu/set-plan-implementation/set-plan-review-2010-2012

EEPR, European Energy Programme for Recovery , http://ec.europa.eu/energy/eepr/NER300, http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/lowcarbon/ner300/index_en.htm

'Only' Euratom FP7 and MS funding contributes to

SET-Plan and the nuclear initiative …

• French government (CEA) led project : national loan 650 M€

• Industry participationEDF operations feedback from previous reactors, utility requirements and design, safety (all aspects) AREVA : from pre-conceptual to detailed design studies for the Nuclear Steam Supply System Other industrial partners are invited by CEA

• Current project phasedesign choices to move from pre-conceptual design to conceptual design coupled to ongoing R&D anddiscuss with the regulator the safety orientations (2012)

ESNII-1 : ASTRID ProjectAdvanced Sodium Technological Reactorfor Industrial Demonstration (600 MWe)

Pre-conceptual study by AREVA

Main phases of ASTRID projects development

ESNII-1 : ASTRID Project

ESNII-2: MYRRHA ProjectLFR Lead-Bi cooled Fast Reactor

(Multipurpose hYbrid Research Reactor for High-Tech Applications),

• Develop a LFR system with equal safety and competitiveness, and with comparable uranium utilisation and reduction of waste burden, to SFR

• Design and obtain a license for the construction of a European Technology Pilot Plan (ETPP) in the range 50-100 MWth, with full operation in 2023; MYRRHA will play this role:

A hybrid system combining a high energy proton linear accelerator and a lead-alloy cooled fast spectrum irradiation facilityUnique large facility in the world for demonstration of the accelerator driven system (ADS) R&D in spent fuel partitioning & transmutationSite selected (Mol, Belgium)FP7 CDT support with important contribution from industrial partnersPre-conceptual study

• 2012, 2014: MYRRHA Consortium• Belgian support for 40% of investment cost

• 2023: MYRRHA full operation

ESNII-2: MYRRHA Project

MYRRHA International Review Team (MIRT) OECD 2009 http://www.oecd-nea.org/science/reports/2009/nea6881-MYRRHA.pdf

ESNII-2: ALFRED ProjectLFR Advanced Lead cooled Fast Reactor

• Design and obtain a license for the construction between 2015 and 2025 of a LFR Demonstrator ALFRED, with a power around 100 MWe that will allow connection to the grid;

FP7 LEADER support with important contribution from industrial partners (ANSALDO as driving force)

• Demonstrate safety and waste minimisation performance by operational feedback and prepare the design and construction of an LFR Prototype of the order of 600MWe from 2025-2030.

• 2011 Central European ALFRED Hosting: Romanian proposal

Pre-conceptual study

ESNII-3: ALLEGROGFR Advanced Gas cooled Fast Reactor

• Longer term alternative technology of fast spectrum reactors for sustainability

• Able to deliver high temperature heat for industrial processes (H2 production)

• After an R&D program to consolidate preconceptual design options, ALLEGRO demonstrator (70-100 MWt) to be launched in 2012

• 2010 Central European ALLEGRO Consortium: Czek Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland joined in June 2012

• Ongoing process for Site selection and site permit (Eastern Europe)

FP7 GoFASTR support with important contribution from industrial partners

Pre-conceptual study

• Design, construct, upgrade and operate a consistent set of experimental facilities for component design, system development, code qualification and validation, that are essential to perform design and safety analyses of the demonstration programme of ESNII, including zero-power reactors, hot cells, gas loops, liquid metal loops;

• Design, construct and operate the necessary irradiation tools and devices to test materials and fuels;

• Design, construct and operate the necessary fuel fabrication workshops, dedicated to uranium-plutonium driver fuels, and to minor actinide bearing fuels;

• 2011: complete identification of the necessary facilities• 2012: initiate construction or upgrade of the necessary facilities

including:fuel manufacturing workshopmicro-pilot for separation of minor actinide bearing fuels

ESNII 4 – Supporting Infrastructures

ESNII-4:Mapping of Research Infrastructures

• NEA Research and Test facilities Database (RTFDB)http://www.nea.fr/rtfdb/publicReport http://www.nea.fr/html/science/reports/2009/6293-Research-Test-Facilities.pdf

• ADRIANA (ADvanced Reactor Initiative And Network Arrangement) is a coordination action supported by the Euratom 7th Framework Programme, dedicated to the mapping and gap analysis ofresearch infrastructures in support of the European Sustainable Nuclear Industrial Initiative: "ESNII" established under the umbrella of the Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform (SNETP).

http://adriana.ujv.cz/

• EU Energy research: http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/index_en.htm• Euratom Seventh Framework Programme: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/euratom/home_en.html• Information on FP7 and access to programmes and calls: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html• Euratom Seventh Framework Programme funded projects http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/euratom-

fission/library_en.html

• CORDIS publicationshttp://cordis.europa.eu/fp6-euratom/library_en.htmlhttp://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/euratom-fission/library_en.htmlEuratom FP6 Research Projects and Training Activities, Volume I-II and III (PDF)Volume I ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp6-euratom/docs/nuclear_fission_eur21228_en.pdfVolume II ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp6-euratom/docs/nuclear_fission_eur21229_en.pdfVolume III ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/euratom-fission_eur22385_en.pdfEuratom FP7 Research Projects and Training Activities, Volume I (PDF)Volume I ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/fin-266-euratom-web-jun09v02_en.pdfVolume II http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/pdf/euratom-fp7-vol-2.pdfVolume III http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/euratom/publications/pdf/euratom_fp7_research_&_training_projects_volume_3.pdf

• Research*eu magazine http://ec.europa.eu/research/research-eu/index_en.html• Strategic Energy Technolog Plan SET-Plan http://ec.europa.eu/energy/technology/set_plan/set_plan_en.htm• FISA 2009 http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/euratom-fission/fisa2009_en.html• MFF Multi Financial Framework 2014 – 2020 “Horizon 2020”• http://ec.europa.eu/budget/reform/index_en.htm• http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/index_en.cfm• http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/index.html• 2013 Symposium on ‘Nuclear Fission research for a low carbon economy’

http://www.eesc.europa.eu/?i=portal.en.events-and-activities-symposium-on-nuclear-fission• FISA 2013 and Euradwaste’13 http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/euratom-fission/fisa-euradwaste-2013_en.html

ConclusionsAvailable Links

Many thinks....

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• www.ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020