Abstract
Since 1998 SCK•CEN is developing the MYRRHA project as an accelerator driven system (ADS) based on the lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) as a coolant of the reactor and a material for its spallation target. MYRRHA is a flexible fast-spectrum pool-type research irradiation facility, also serving since the FP5 EURATOM framework as the backbone of the Partitioning & Transmutation (P&T) strategy of the European Commission concerning the ADS development in the third pillar of this strategy. MYRRHA is proposed to the international community of nuclear energy and nuclear physics as a pan-European large research infrastructure in ESFRI to serve as a multipurpose fast spectrum irradiation facility for various fields of research. In this paper, we present the current design of MYRRHA and the updated implementation strategy, showing that challenges can be turned into opportunities.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | FUNFI2 - 2nd International Conference on Fusion-Fission sub-critical systems for waste management and safety |
| Subtitle of host publication | Book of Proceedings |
| Editors | Francesco Paolo Orsitto |
| Place of Publication | Frascati - Italy |
| Publisher | ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development |
| Pages | 50-55 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | ISBN: 978-88-8286-357-9 |
| State | Published - 31 Oct 2017 |
| Event | FUNFI2 - 2nd International Conference on Fusion-Fission sub-critical systems for waste management and safety - Frascati Duration: 1 Oct 2017 → 2 Oct 2017 |
Conference
| Conference | FUNFI2 - 2nd International Conference on Fusion-Fission sub-critical systems for waste management and safety |
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| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Frascati |
| Period | 2017-10-01 → 2017-10-02 |