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Beyond conventional boundaries: Innovative construction technologies pave the way for advanced reactor deployment
In a bid to tackle the primary obstacle in nuclear deployment—construction costs—those in industry and government are moving away from traditional methods and embracing innovative construction technologies.
P. Bayetti, S. Chel, F. Robin, R. Gonde, O. Baulaigue, Ph. Brédy, J. David, P. Decool, L. Genini, R. Gobin, J.-F. Gournay, J. Marroncle, F. Michel, P. Nghiem, J. Noe, F. Orsini, J. C. Vallet
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 64 | Number 4 | November 2013 | Pages 719-726
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A24091
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France is participating as one of the European voluntary contributors to the joint Europe-Japan so-called Broader Approach (BA) activities in support of ITER and DEMO activities, consisting of three projects: the engineering design and validation of a 14-MeV-neutron irradiation facility (IFMIF-EVEDA), the building of the International Fusion Energy Research Centre (IFERC), and the ITER Satellite Tokamak Programme (STP-JT-60SA). This paper gives an overview of the French contributions to the BA projects and reports on the present status of these projects since 2007.