The Belgian MYRRHA ADS Programme. Part 1: The new phased implementation plan

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    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 implementation strategy of MYRRHA, its revised planning and some recent developments related to the accelerator.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2018 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP 2018)
    Pages1066-1073
    Number of pages8
    ISBN (Electronic)978-0-89448-755-2
    StatePublished - 11 Apr 2018
    Event2018 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants - Charlotte, NC, USA
    Duration: 8 Apr 201811 Apr 2018

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    Conference2018 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants
    Period2018-04-082018-04-11

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