SASPAM-SA (Safety Analysis of SMR with Passive Mitigation strategies - Severe Accident) project proposal has been funded in HORIZON-EURATOM-2021-NRT-01-01, “Safety of operating nuclear power plants and research reactors”.

Key Objective:

• To investigate the applicability and transfer of the operating large-LWR reactor knowledge and know-how to the near-term deployment of integral PWR (iPWR), in the view of Severe Accident (SA) and Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) European licensing analyses needs.

Key Outcomes:

• To be supportive for the iPWR licensing process by bringing up key elements of the safety demonstration needed;
• To speed up the licensing and siting process of iPWRs in Europe.

Key Highlights:

• The applicability of large-LWR reactor knowledge & know-how to the near-term deployment iPWR, in view of SA and EPZ analyses, will be assessed and consolidated.
• The research priorities will be identified in terms of methodology, code development and experimental needs;
• The knowledge gained can support Regulators in decision-making as well as Industry and TSOs in assessing the applicability of iPWR safety features.

The project is coordinated by ENEA and twenty-three Organizations from fourteen Countries are involved: ENEA, CIEMAT, CNRS, EDF, FZJ, GRS, INRNE, IRSN, KIT, KTH, LEI, POLIMI, RATEN, RUB, SINTEC, SSTC-NRS, SURO, TRACTEBEL, TUS, UNIROMA1, VTT, PSI, JRC.

SASPAM-SA has started on the 1st October 2022 and the planned duration is 48 months; the overall cost is 4 276 038,85 Euros and the EU Contribution is 2 991 694, 00 Euros.

Project coordinator: Fulvio Mascari (ENEA), fulvio.mascari@enea.it 

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Commission-Euratom. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.