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1 Research Centre Řež (CVR) New Technologies for New Challenges in Nuclear Industry Technical Meeting on Materials and Chemistry for Supercritical Water Cooled Reactors October 10 th, 2016 Dr. Vincenzo Romanello

2 Nuclear Research in the Czech Republic History and Milestones 1955 Foundation of the Nuclear Physics Institute in Řež 1957 VVR-S research reactor start-up with capacity of 2 MWt 1978 Commissioning of the reactor LR Refurbishment of the Research reactor (10 MWt) 1993 The Nuclear Research Institute Řež was privatized to joint-stock company 2000 Scientific management of the commissioning of Temelín NPP 2002 Research Centre Řež (CVŘ) 2011 Formation of ÚJV Group - UJV plus 4 daughter companies 2012 Beginning of the project Sustainable Energy at Research Centre Řež

3 ÚJV Group: the mission To provide, both at the national and international levels, engineering, design, analytical and scientific support to the operation and new construction of energy and nuclear installations. To provide complex and system scientific-research services, especially in the utilisation of nuclear energy and ionising radiation sources. To be an expert authority and promoter in the field of nuclear energy and the utilisation of ionising radiation.

4 Centrum výzkumu Řež s.r.o. Since 2002 R&D organization focusing on development of technologies in the power generation industry Member of ÚJV Group The vision of the company is: to be a leading research and development organization in pre-commercial energy research by utilizing synergies available in R&D within the ÚJV Group 3

5 Fuel cycle R&D Thermohydraulic experimens Safety related studies CVŘ activities in brief 4

6 WHY WHAT - HOW Needs Reliable, safe & achievable energy Low & balanced climate impact High efficiency of power generation Drivers Need for innovations Economical success Need for competence New paradigm of power generation Enablers Technology edge Supporting the current operators in safety and reliability enhancement Cooperation of research institutes, universities and industry International cooperation Sustainable Energy (project): 95 M EUR to expand the technologies Research staff: in 5 years Cutting edge technology issues: Gen II, III, III+, Gen IV, Fusion, Hydrogen Publications Young scientific generation International networking 5

7 Research Centre Řež - R&D focus Generation 2, 3 reactors Material research Fuel assessment Water chemistry NDE related research Generation 4 SCWR HTGC He cooled Fast - He cooled Fast - Pb-Bi cooled MSR Special projects Fusion ITER Material R&D JHR Nuclear waste back end research Hydrogen energy

8 SUSEN Project: Structure Subject of the project ( , 95 mil. ): Building of research infrastructure to extend energy research possibilities with emphasis on nuclear technologies GEN IV & Fusion Technologies Safety and Integrity of Gen II - IV SUSEN Sustainable Energy Nuclear Fuel Cycle Material Research

9 Research Centre Řež: Infrastructure 10 MWth research reactor LVR-15 Irradiation Irradiated material testing Critical assembly: LR 0 Material testing & microstructure Hot cells Experimental loops: HT He, PB, PB-Bi Super critical H2O Super critical CO2 VVER Fusion primary first wall high heat flux testing

10 Examples of SUSEN technologies Final disposal laboratories Nanoindentation HELCZA facility 9 New hot laboratories Micro-structure laboratories

11 International Cooperation Membership European Energy Research Aliance (EERA) ExCom member The European Nuclear Education Network Association (ENEN) The European Technical Safety Organisation Network (ETSON) NUGENIA association (founding member) EU programs HORIZON 2020 Nuclear Safety Cooperation Instrument Projects Bilateral International Cooperation CEA Jules Horowitz Reactor Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS), Germany Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), USA IFE Halden, Norway Commission at Energy Atomic (CEA), France Scientific & Technical Centre for Nuclear and Radiation Safety (SSTC NRS), Ukraine

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