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HUNGARY Participation of Hungary in EU’s structural integrity related R&D projects

Core members of ESIS Hungarian Chapter applied by Hungarian research institutes such as Bay Zoltán Nonprofit Ltd. for Applied Research and the HUN-REN Centre of Energy Research are closely linked to European Union’s structural integrity related R&D projects dealing with structural integrity, structural health monitoring and related topics. Some of these are presented below but are not exhaustive. The ENTENTE project (No. 900018) has been funded under the EURATOM 2019-2020 Framework Programme call NFRP-01 Ageing phenomena of components and structures and operational issues in 2020. The project has a duration of 4 years and will be implemented between September 2020 and August 2024 with 27 partners from 12 countries. The overall objective of the European Database for Multiscale Modelling of Radiation Damage (ENTENTE) project is to combine the modelling and experimental knowledge and data base on the ageing of RPV steels with existing results, using past projects and crossborder expert groups, and to reach an "entente alliance" on the extensive knowledge of relevant ageing phenomena. In this way, ENTENTE will contribute to improving the safety of nuclear power plants by enabling the development of quantitative predictive and/or corrective methods, operational practices to support the long term safe operation not only of the existing nuclear fleet but also of new light water reactors (Generation III/III+). The objective is to develop innovative data management tools to access and maximise the use of results from multi-scale modelling programmes. https://rdgroups.ciemat.es/web/materiales/entente The APAL (Advanced PTS Analysis for LTO, No. 945253) project was funded under the EURATOM 2019-2020 Framework Programme NFRP-02 Safety assessments for Long Term Operation (LTO) upgrades of Generation II and III reactors in 2020. The project started in October 2020 and will close in September 2024. In addition to 14 European institute-laboratories, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and Oakridge Consulting International (OCI) are participating in the project. The APAL project aims to develop safety assessment methods for nuclear power plants with the objective of improving their safety across Europe. The main thrust of the work is to develop an advanced probabilistic assessment method for Pressurised Thermal Shock (PTS), to quantify the safety margins required to improve Long Term Operation (LTO) and to develop best practice guidance.

https://www.apal-project.eu The DELISA-LTO (DEscription of the extended LIfetime and its influence on the SAfety operation and construction materials performance – Long Term Operation with no compromises in the safety, No. 101061201) project was funded under the EURATOM Framework Programme call NRT-01-01 (Safety of operating nuclear power plants and research reactors) in 2021. The consortium (Figure 3)

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