Project period:
5/2025–12/2028
Project funding:
Participating countries
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The project is structured around four key focus areas:
- Parametric studies on thermal-hydraulic phenomena and plant data
- Effectiveness of passive heat removal systems
- Interaction of systems and processes during complex accidental transients
- Open test options for innovative solutions
The NEA SYSTHER project will conduct a comprehensive series of experiments and analytical activities focused on safety relevant phenomena in pressurized water reacrors, boiling water reactors, and small modular reactors. A strong educational component is also embedded in the project, ensuring knowledge transfer from experienced researchers to the next generation of nuclear safety experts.
The project's total budget is approximately 5 million euros. LUT budget is 1,2 million euros.
Goals
The NEA SYSTHER joint project aims to advance nuclear safety research in thermal-hydraulics. The project brings together Framatome GmbH, LUT University, and CEA as operating agents, leveraging five advanced experimental facilities to address key gaps in thermal-hydraulics research.
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Project manager
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Project staff
Giteshkumar Patel
Associate professor (non-tenure)
Energy
Partners
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- OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
- Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, STUK, Finland
- Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux énergies alternatives, CEA, France
- Electricité de France, EDF, France
- Framatome France, France
- Framatome GmbH, Germany
- Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH, Germany
- HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research, HUN-REN EK, Hungary
- MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant LTD, Hungary
- Nuclear Regulation Authority, NRA, Japan
- Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Japan
- Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, KAERI, Korea
- Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety, KINS, Korea
- Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Company - Central Research Institue, KHNP-CRI, Korea
- KEPCO Nuclear Fuel, KEPCO NF, Korea
- FNC Technology, Korea
- Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear, CSN, Spain
- Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten, Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, SSM, Sweden
- Ringhals AB, RAB, Sweden
- Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Germany
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), Germany
- Universität Stuttgart (UStutt), Germany
- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN), representing the Federal Government of the Federal Republic of Germany including relevant Federal Ministries and Federal Agencies, Germany
- Kernkraftwerk Gösgen-Däniken AG, Germany
- Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (MEAE), Finland
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- Fortum Oyj, Finland
- Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO), Finland
- Steady Energy, Finland
- Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT), Finland
- Business Finland, Finland
- Helen Ltd, Finland
- Aalto University, Finland
- Nuclear Safety Research Institute NUBIKI LTD., Hungary
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Japan
- Vattenfall AB, Sweden
- Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel Aktiebolag, Sweden
- Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), Spain
- Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Spain
- Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain
- Kungliga Tekniska högskolan (KTH), Sweden
- Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc., Japan
- Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Japan
- Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc., Japan
- Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated, Japan
- Hokuriku Electric Power Company, Japan
- The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated, Japan
- The Chugoku Electric Power Company, Incorporated, Japan
- Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Japan
- Kyushu Electric Power Company, Incorporated, Japan
- Electric Power Development Co., Ltd., Japan
- The Japan Atomic Power Company, Japan
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan
- Hitachi GE Vernova Nuclear Energy, Ltd., Japan
- Toshiba Corporation, Japan
