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    Network of Excellence for a Sustainable Integration of European Research on Severe Accident Phenomenology (SARNET)

    Project programme
    Sixth Framework Programme (FP6)
    Period
    01.04.2004 - 01.04.2008
    Project status
    Completed
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    Project website
    http://www.sar-net.eu/?q=node/7
    Database link
    http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/74113_en.html

    The Network of Competency SARNET – the project for the Integration and management of severe accidents phenomena in research in Europe – was launched in March, 2004. The SARNET project lasted for four years. The coordinator of this project is the IRSN Company (France). Scientific institutions of 49 European Union countries participated in this project, among which was the Lithuanian Energy Institute. The main objectives of the SARNET project were to combine the research of severe accidents carried out by different European scientific organizations and to harmonize the research methodologies used. Common forces identified and classified safety issues, initiated and implemented new serious accident investigation programs, discussed the results obtained.

    LEI activities in the Project

    Specialits of Laboratory of Nuclear Inatalations participated in 6 working packages:

    • USTIA (Users support and training, integration and adaptation)
    • PHYMA (Physical model assessment)
    • RAB (Reactor application and benchmarking)
    • PSA2 (Level 2 PSA methodology and advanced tools)
    • HBC (Hydrogen behaviour in containment)
    • BOOK (Develop a text book or source book on Severe Accident Phenomenology)

    Total cost: 24 352 520 EUR

    Coordinator: INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SURETE NUCLEAIRE, France

    Participants:

    • ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH, Austria
    • ASSOCIATIE VINCOTTE NUCLEAIRE, Belgium
    • ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD, Canada
    • BECKER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, Germany
    • BUDAPESTI MUSZAKI ES GAZDASAGTUDOMANYI EGYETEM, Hungary
    • CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS, MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS, Spain
    • CESI – CENTRO ELETTROTECNICO SPERIMENTALE ITALIANO ‘GIACINTO MOTTA’ SPA, Italy
    • CESI RICERCA SPA, Italy
    • CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB, Sweden
    • COMMISSARIAT A L’ENERGIE ATOMIQUE, France
    • COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, Belgium
    • CONSEJO DE SEGURIDAD NUCLEAR, Spain
    • ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE, France
    • EMPRESARIOS AGRUPADOS INTERNACIONAL SA, Spain
    • ENTE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ ENERGIA E L’AMBIENTE, Italy
    • FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH, Germany
    • FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE GMBH, Germany
    • FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM ROSSENDORF E.V., Germany
    • FORTUM NUCLEAR SERVICES OY, Finland
    • FRAMATOME ANP GMBH, Germany
    • FRAMATOME ANP SAS, France
    • GESELLSCHAFT FUER ANLAGEN- UND REAKTORSICHERHEIT (GRS) MBH, Germany
    • INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY, Bulgaria
    • INZINIERSKA VYPOCTOVA SPOLOCNOST TRNAVA S.R.O., Slovakia
    • JOZEF STEFAN INSTITUTE, Slovenia
    • KFKI ATOMENERGIA KUTATOINTEZET, Hungary
    • KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN, Sweden
    • LIETUVOS ENERGETIKOS INSTITUTAS, Lithuania
    • NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “DEMOKRITOS”, Greece
    • NATIONAL NUCLEAR CORPORATION LTD, United Kingdom
    • NUCLEAR REGULATORY AGENCY, Bulgaria
    • NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GROUP, Netherlands
    • PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT, Switzerland
    • REGIA AUTONOMA PENTRU ACTIVITATI NUCLEARE, Romania
    • RUHR-UNIVERSITAET BOCHUM, Germany
    • SUEZ-TRACTEBEL SA, Belgium
    • SWEDPOWER AB, Sweden
    • TECHNICATOME SA, France
    • TEHNICE UNIVERSITET SOFIA, Bulgaria
    • THERMODATA ASBL, France
    • UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID, Spain
    • UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PISA, Italy
    • UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART, Germany
    • UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, Belgium
    • UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES, Belgium
    • UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, United Kingdom
    • URAD JADROVEHO DOZORU SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY, Slovakia
    • USTAV JADERNEHO VYZKUMU REZ A.S., Czech Republic
    • VEIKI INSTITUTE FOR ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH, Hungary
    • VTT VALTION TEKNILLINEN TUTKIMUSKESKUS, Finland
    • VUJE TRNAVA A.S. – INZINIERSKA, PROJEKTOVA A VYSKUMNA ORGANIZACIA, Slovakia
    • WASTE MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, United Kingdom
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    Ref no. Project name Network of Excellence for a Sustainable Integration of European Research on Severe Accident Phenomenology (SARNET)
    Name of legal entity Country Overall contract value (EUR) Proportion carried out by legal entity (%) No of staff provided Name of client Origin of funding Dates (start/end) Name of consortium members, if any
    Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI) Lithuania 24 352 520 EUR 1% 11 European Commission (FP6) European Commission (FP6) 01.04.2004 / 01.04.2008

    ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH, Austria.
    ASSOCIATIE VINCOTTE NUCLEAIRE, Belgium.
    ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD, Canada.
    BECKER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, Germany.
    BUDAPESTI MUSZAKI ES GAZDASAGTUDOMANYI EGYETEM, Hungary.
    CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS, MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS, Spain.
    CESI - CENTRO ELETTROTECNICO SPERIMENTALE ITALIANO 'GIACINTO MOTTA' SPA, Italy.
    CESI RICERCA SPA, Italy.
    CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB, Sweden.
    COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE, France.
    COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE, Belgium.
    CONSEJO DE SEGURIDAD NUCLEAR, Spain.
    ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE, France.
    EMPRESARIOS AGRUPADOS INTERNACIONAL SA, Spain.
    ENTE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L' ENERGIA E L'AMBIENTE, Italy.
    FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH, Germany.
    FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE GMBH, Germany.
    FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM ROSSENDORF E.V., Germany.
    FORTUM NUCLEAR SERVICES OY, Finland.
    FRAMATOME ANP GMBH, Germany.
    FRAMATOME ANP SAS, France.
    GESELLSCHAFT FUER ANLAGEN- UND REAKTORSICHERHEIT (GRS) MBH, Germany.
    INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY, Bulgaria.
    INZINIERSKA VYPOCTOVA SPOLOCNOST TRNAVA S.R.O., Slovakia.
    JOZEF STEFAN INSTITUTE, Slovenia.
    KFKI ATOMENERGIA KUTATOINTEZET, Hungary.
    KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN, Sweden.
    LIETUVOS ENERGETIKOS INSTITUTAS, Lithuania.
    NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH "DEMOKRITOS", Greece.
    NATIONAL NUCLEAR CORPORATION LTD, United Kingdom.
    NUCLEAR REGULATORY AGENCY, Bulgaria.
    NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GROUP, Netherlands.
    PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT, Switzerland.
    REGIA AUTONOMA PENTRU ACTIVITATI NUCLEARE, Romania.
    RUHR-UNIVERSITAET BOCHUM, Germany.
    SUEZ-TRACTEBEL SA, Belgium.
    SWEDPOWER AB, Sweden.
    TECHNICATOME SA, France.
    TEHNICE UNIVERSITET SOFIA, Bulgaria.
    THERMODATA ASBL, France.
    UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID, Spain.
    UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PISA, Italy.
    UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART, Germany.
    UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, Belgium.
    UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES, Belgium.
    UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, United Kingdom.
    URAD JADROVEHO DOZORU SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY, Slovakia.
    USTAV JADERNEHO VYZKUMU REZ A.S., Czech Republic.
    VEIKI INSTITUTE FOR ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH, Hungary.
    VTT VALTION TEKNILLINEN TUTKIMUSKESKUS, Finland.
    VUJE TRNAVA A.S. - INZINIERSKA, PROJEKTOVA A VYSKUMNA ORGANIZACIA, Slovakia.
    WASTE MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, United Kingdom.
    Detailed description of the project Type and scope of services provided

    In spite of the accomplishments reached in severe accident research, a limited number of specific items remain where R&D is still necessary to reduce further uncertainties considered of importance for nuclear reactor safety, and to consolidate severe accident management plans. Facing and anticipating budget reductions, 51 European R&D organizations, including technical supports of safety authorities, industry, utilities and universities, have decided to join their efforts in SARNET in a durable way to resolve outstanding severe accident safety issues for enhancing the safety of existing and future NPPs.SARNET will: tackle the fragmentation existing in defining/carrying out research programmes; harmonize and improve Level-2 PSA methodologies; diffuse the knowledge to Associated Candidate Countries more efficiently; bring together top scientists in severe accident research so as to be a world leader in advanced computer tools for severe accident risk assessment; The integral severe accident analysis code ASTEC will provide the backbone of the integration. The current knowledge and all the future knowledge generated within SARNET will be integrated in ASTEC.In addition, ASTEC will be adapted so as to be used for any water-cooled reactor applications in Europe. Island GRS will do their best to provide the necessary capacity for maintenance, training and developments. The Network management will coordinate the knowledge generation through joint projects, monitor its integration in ASTEC, make sure that access rights are correctly implemented, disseminate appropriate information using electronic communication links, preserve the knowledge in scientific databases, and identify the missing knowledge. These actions will be decided and controlled by a Governing Board assisted by appropriate advisory capacities. Most the organisations involved will contribute to the diffusion of the knowledge by contributing to the education and training programme.

    Specialits of Laboratory of Nuclear Inatalations participated in 6 working packages:

    • USTIA (Users support and training, integration and adaptation)
    • PHYMA (Physical model assessment)
    • RAB (Reactor application and benchmarking)
    • PSA2 (Level 2 PSA methodology and advanced tools)
    • HBC (Hydrogen behaviour in containment)

    BOOK (Develop a text book or source book on Severe Accident Phenomenology)