The Joint Programme on Nuclear
Materials of the European Energy
Research Alliance (EERA JPNM)
Coordinating GenIV reactor materials research
for a low carbon Europe
L. Malerba, JPNM coordinator
SCK•CEN, Belgium
lmalerba@sckcen.be
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EERA is an official part of
the EU SET-Plan.
http://setis.ec.europa.eu/
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EERA: an alliance of Public Research Organisations
One of the cornerstones of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan)
150 members, 15 of them in the ExCo
The JP NM is one of 16 JPs
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The JPNM in the complex landscape of energy platforms
EU functioning Treaty
~150 public
research
organisations
(15 in ExCo)
Euratom Treaty
TRL  5
TRL  5
SET-plan pushes to
create a clear link
JP1JP1 JP
JP1
energy
x
Gen IV
Industrial
initiatives
JPNM
MATISSE
Gen II/III
ESNII: European
Sustainable Nuclear
Industrial Initiative
?
SET-plan pushes to
create a clear link
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ESNII+
Nugenia+
Objectives of the JPNM
Pursue better knowledge of materials behaviour in operation:
- achieve predictive capability (radiation & temperature
effects, compatibility with coolants …)
- select most suited materials for GenIV systems
- support definition of safe design rules
JPNM  improve safety
& sustainability of
Nuclear Energy, focusing on
materials aspects
Develop innovative materials for industrial use with superior
capabilities:
- resistant to high temperature and irradiation
- resistant to aggressive environments
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Three Grand Challenges (Vision paper)
Elaboration of design rules and procedures for
assessment and testing for the materials envisaged at the
expected operating conditions (high T, prolonged
irradiation, aggressive environment).
This involves deployment of infrastructures for relevant ageing
phenomena and for testing of materials, data and knowledge, that are
currently limited.
Development of physical models coupled to advanced
microstructural characterization to achieve high-level
understanding and predictive capability:
an asset, given the scarcity of experimental data and the difficulty and
cost of obtaining them.
Development of new materials of nuclear-relevance, with
superior thermo-mechanical properties: radiation-,
temperature- and corrosion-resistance
in partnership with industry for a faster industrial upscaling.
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Subprogramme structure: to cover all aspects of NM
Industrial application
SP5: Advanced fuels
(J. Somers, JRC-ITU)
(K.-F. Nilsson, JRC-IET)
SP2: Innovative steels
Technological Innovation
(M. Serrano, CIEMAT)
Fuel
Structural
materials
SP1: support to European Sustainable
Nuclear Industrial Initiative (ESNII)
SP3: Refractory materials
(A. Rinaldi, ENEA)
SP4: Physical modelling of structural
materials
SP6: Physical modelling of fuel
behaviour
(C. Pareige, CNRS)
(M. Bertolus, CEA)
Basic & Applied Research
Coordinator: L. Malerba, SCK•CEN
Deputy coordinator: A. Bohnstedt, KIT
Cross-cutting issues: J. Kalivodová, CVR
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JPNM as unifying framework for projects
EU projects on GenIV materials …
JPNM
GETMAT
MATTER
MatISSE
Nat. Prog. &
Pilot Projects
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
(H2020) …
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 …
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Participants
Involved European Countries: 16 (+JRC)
17 full participants
(> 5 PY/Y)
CEA
Chalmers
CIEMAT
CNR
CNRS
CV Rez (RC Rez)
ENEA
HZDR
JRC-IET & ITU
KIT
KTH
NCBJ
NRG
PSI
SCKCEN
UKERC
VTT
France
Sweden
Spain
Italy
France
Czech Republic
Italy
Germany
EU
Germany
Sweden
Poland
The Netherland
Switzerland
Belgium
UK
Finland
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23 Associates
(< 5 PY/Y)
+ 6 new applicants
Aalto U. (VTT)
COMTES FTH (CVR)
CSM (ENEA)
EDF (CEA)
ETH Zürich (PSI)
IFE (VTT)
IIT (ENEA)
IMDEA Mater. (CIEMAT)
METU (UKERC)
MPA (KIT)
NNL (UKERC)
OCAS (SCKCEN)
POLIMI (ENEA)
POLITO (ENEA)
RATEN (JRC)
STUBA (CVR)
TU Delft (NRG)
TU Dresden (HZDR)
UA (CIEMAT)
UH (VTT)
ULB (SCKCEN)
UPC (CIEMAT)
UTBM (CEA)
Finland
Czech. Rep.
Italy
France
Switzerland
Norway
Italy
Spain
Turkey
Germany
UK
Belgium
Italy
Italy
Romania
Slovakia
The
Netherlands
Germany
Spain
Finland
Belgium
Spain
France
Way of functioning
Vision Paper &
Roadmap
Provide the position of the JPNM on the energy and nuclear
energy arena, the challenges and the pathway to address them.
VP available at JPNM website. Roadmap in preparation.
Description of
Work
Collection of all activities of relevance (i.e. consistent with VP
& roadmap) over a period of five years in each SP, leading to
results that belong to the JPNM, i.e. shared results: from
Euratom funded projects to national programmes.
Pilot Projects
(PP)
Small projects (~2-3 M€) focused on precise topics included in
DoW that result from convergence of plans of a few labs from
different MS. Typical duration: 3-4 years.
Task Forces (TF)
Groups of experts appointed to provide specific answer to a
question, delivering a report. In charge for ~1 year.
Joint Technical
Teams (JTT)
Scientific community involved in each SP that meets regularly in
targeted workshops or other meetings to monitor and share
results and discuss collaboration.
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JPNM actions in 2015: a new start
JOINT PROGRAMMING
Launch PPP call
JTTs meetings:
- Consolidate current DoW
- Start preparing 2016-20
DoW
- Launch reporting exercise
- Announce PPP call
PRIORITISATION
End PPP call
PPP reviewing is
finished, ranking &
prioritization starts
PPP are revised by MB, sent
for correction, then sent for
external reviewing
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PP are labelled; some
enter proposals
Euratom proposal submission
WIDE CONSULTATION
Pilot project call 2015
Launched on 15th Feb. with deadline 3rd June 2015
23 proposals received (several Xcutting through SPs):
SP1, support to ESNII – 4 PP
SP2, innovative steels – 5 PP
SP3, ceramics – 3 PP
SP4, modelling SM – 6 PP
SP5/6, fuel – 5 PP
Total budget : ~48 M€ (with overheads); Total PY : >300
PP proposals are undergoing internal/external revision, to be
approved by the steering committee (end November 2015)
Approved PP will form the JPNM research portfolio, i.e. the
true joint programme, for which funding is sought from any
source possible
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Underlying strategy
Top-down
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Vision
Paper
ESNII
Roadmap
Description of
work 2016-2020
Consultation
Pilot
projects
Bottom-up
“National” programmes
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European
project
proposals
Deployment
of research
“National”
funding
Introduction to session on steels
K.F. Nilsson, JRC-IET, SP1 coordinator, on activities within
the JPNM devoted to steels in support to ESNII
M. Serrano, CIEMAT, SP2 coordinator, on activities within
the JPNM devoted to advanced steels
C. Cabet, CEA, on the important issue of design for 60 yrs
lifetime
K. Lambrinou, SCK•CEN, on the important issue of
compatibility between steels and heavy liquid metals
Goal: further strengthen link between JPNM & ESNII
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Thank you for listening
Any question?
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