Annual Report 2021 of the Institute for Thermal Energy Technology and Safety

The annual report of the Institute for Thermal Energy Technology and Safety of KIT summarizes its research activities in 2021 and provides some highlights of each working group of the institute. Among them are thermal-hydraulic analyses for fusion reactors, accident analyses for light water reactors, innovative nuclear concepts, and research on innovative energy technologies like liquid metal technologies for energy conversion, hydrogen technologies and geothermal power plants. Moreover, the institute has been engaged in education and training in energy technologies, illustrated by e.g. training in nuclear engineering by the Framatome Professional School

Annual Report 2019 of the Institute for Nuclear and Energy Technologies (KIT Scientific Reports ; 7759)

The annual report of the Institute for Nuclear and Energy Technologies of KIT summarizes its research activities and provides some highlights of each working group, like thermal-hydraulic analyses for fusion reactors, accident analyses for light water reactors, and research on innovative energy technologies: liquid metal technologies for energy conversion, hydrogen technologies and geothermal power plants. The institute has been engaged in education and training in energy technologies

Annual Report 2020 of the Institute for Thermal Energy Technology and Safety (KIT Scientific Reports ; 7762)

The annual report of the Institute for Thermal Energy Technology and Safety of KIT summarizes its research activities and provides some highlights of each working group, like thermal-hydraulic analyses for fusion reactors, accident analyses for light water reactors, and research on innovative energy technologies: liquid metal technologies for energy conversion, hydrogen technologies and geothermal power plants. The institute has been engaged in education and training in energy technologies

The European research on severe accidents in generation-II and III nuclear power plants.

Forty-three organisations from 22 countries network their capacities of research in SARNET (Severe Accident Research NETwork of excellence) to resolve the most important remaining uncertainties and safety issues on severe accidents in existing and future water-cooled nuclear power plants (NPP). After a first project in the 6th Framework Programme (FP6) of the European Commission, the SARNET2 project, coordinated by IRSN, started in April 2009 for 4 years in the FP7 frame. After 2,5 years, some main outcomes of joint research (modelling and experiments) by the network members on the highest priority issues are presented: in-vessel degraded core coolability, molten-corium-concrete-interaction, containment phenomena (water spray, hydrogen combustion…), source term issues (mainly iodine behaviour). The ASTEC integral computer code, jointly developed by IRSN and GRS to predict the NPP SA behaviour, capitalizes in terms of models the knowledge produced in the network: a few validation results are presented. For dissemination of knowledge, an educational 1-week course was organized for young researchers or students in January 2011, and a two-day course is planned mid-2012 for senior staff. Mobility of young researchers or students between the European partners is being promoted. The ERMSAR conference is becoming the major worldwide conference on SA research