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Research projects for Long Term Operation

CHEOPS

Chemistry of Primary System

Improve the fundamental understanding of the primary system

CISTERN

Civil Structure Engineering Resilience for Nuclear

Understand, monitor, and mitigate ageing of nuclear concrete structures effectively

CORDEE

Corrosion and Deposits in the Secondary Circuit

Improve secondary circuit reliability through corrosion control and chemical optimization

CSI

Corrosion Scene Investigation

Predict the susceptibility to Stress Corrosion Cracking of primary austenitic components

MANDENA

Advance ultrasonic and eddy current inspection modeling

Optimize UT simulations and machine learning for nuclear industry needs

FRACTIGUE

Fracture & Fatigue

Methods, Experiments and Tools for structural integrity assessment

POLYAGE

Polymer Ageing

Improve the polymer ageing strategy management in nuclear power plants

TOM

Reactor Pressure Vessel integrity

Provide tools and data to demonstrate the safe operation of the RPV beyond 40 years of operation

VIP

Vessel Internals Project

Ageing of Core Internals Components

Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing Project

Processes, or 3D printing to offer new perspectives for the design, manufacture and repair of components

HDPE Pipes

High-Density Polyethylene pipes

High-Density Polyethylene pipes for buried cooling systems

Supplemental projects

SHERLOCK

Investigate to mitigate a living research laboratory with one retired steam generator fully accessible for comprehensive evaluations and testing

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