The thermal-hydraulics Simulations and Experiments for the Safety Assessment of Metal cooled reactor-SESAME project supports the development of European liquid metal cooled reactors (ASTRID, ALFRED, MYRRHA, SEALER). The project focusses on pre-normative, fundamental, safety-related, challenges for these reactors with the following objectives: \u2022 Development and validation of advanced numerical approaches for the design and safety evaluation of advanced reactors; \u2022 Achievement of a new or extended validation base by creation of new reference data; \u2022 Establishment of best practice guidelines, Verification & Validation methodologies, and uncertainty quantification methods for liquid metal fast reactor thermal hydraulics. The SESAME project will improve the safety of liquid metal fast reactors by making available new safety related experimental results and improved numerical approaches. These will allow system designers to improve the safety relevant equipment leading to enhanced safety standards and culture. Due to the fundamental and generic nature of SESAME, developments will be of relevance also for the safety assessment of contemporary light water reactors. By extending the knowledge basis, SESAME will allow the EU member states to develop robust safety policies. At the same time, SESAME will maintain and further develop the European experimental facilities and numerical tools. The consortium of 25 partners provides American-European-wide scientific and technological excellence in liquid metal thermal hydraulics, as well as full alignment with ESNII and with NUGENIA where of interest. A close interaction with the European liquid metal cooled reactor design teams is foreseen involving them in the Senior Advisory Committee. They will actively advise on the content of the project and will be the prime end-users, ensuring their innovative reactor designs will reach highest safety standards using frontier scientific developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11166,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"gruppo":[],"class_list":["post-19602","projects","type-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"title":"thermal hydraulics Simulations and Experiments for the Safety Assessment of MEtal cooled reactors","acronym":"SESAME","project_uuid":"f42ceae4-203e-1033-95fe-0030485a3848","start_date":"01\/04\/2015","end_date":"31\/03\/2019","funder":"EU H2020","partners":"\n
| Nome<\/th>\n | Nazione<\/th>\n | Ruolo<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n\n |
|---|---|---|
| ASCOMP GmbH<\/a><\/td>\n | Switzerland<\/td>\n | Partner<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n\n |
| Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie <\/a><\/td>\n | Germany<\/td>\n | Partner<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n\n |
| KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN<\/a><\/td>\n | Sweden<\/td>\n | Partner<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n\n |
| Paul Scherrer Institut<\/a><\/td>\n | Switzerland<\/td>\n | Partner<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n\n |
| STUDIECENTRUM VOOR KERNENERGIE<\/a><\/td>\n | Belgium<\/td>\n | Partner<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n\n |
| TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT<\/a><\/td>\n | The Netherlands<\/td>\n | Partner<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n\n |
| The von karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics<\/a><\/td>\n | Belgium<\/td>\n | Partner<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n\n |
| Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia<\/a><\/td>\n | Italy<\/td>\n | Partner<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n\n |
| Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Pisa<\/a><\/td>\n | Italy<\/td>\n | Partner<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n\n |
| Universiteit Gent<\/a><\/td>\n | Belgium<\/td>\n | Partner<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n\n |
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