Mindful of the challenges to long-term operation, especially the severe safety and environmental consequences shown through historical nuclear power plant accidents (. Fukoshima, Chernobyl, etc), it is imperative that European research and innovation focuses on demonstrating reliable long-term operation. | Safety assurance through advances in long-term operation EPJ Nuclear Sci. Technol. 6 44 2020 Nuclear Sciences . Mottershead et al. published by EDP Sciences 2020 amp Technologies https epjn 2019015 Available online at https REVIEW ARTICLE Safety assurance through advances in long-term operation Kevin James Mottershead1 Christian Robertson2 Sebastian Lindqvist3 Francisco Javier Perosanz Lopez4 and Eija Karita Puska3 1 Materials Science amp Structural Integrity Wood Warrington UK 2 DEN-DMN CEA Saclay France 3 VTT Espoo Finland 4 Structural Materials Division Technology Department Ciemat Madrid Spain Received 5 April 2019 Accepted 4 June 2019 Abstract. Mindful of the challenges to long-term operation especially the severe safety and environmental consequences shown through historical nuclear power plant accidents . Fukoshima Chernobyl etc it is imperative that European research and innovation focuses on demonstrating reliable long-term operation. Five examples of European Commission supported projects meeting such objectives are INCEFA SOTERIA ATLAS MEACTOS and NUGENIA . There are economies of scale within and synergies across these projects which enable further advantage to be gained. Additionally since researchers are well engaged internationally this brings into European Organisations latest developments in understanding from further afield . USA Japan further enabling safety assurance advances and enabling work overseas to be influenced consistent with European requirements. Through examples this paper provides evidence of the advances claimed whilst being careful to also declare areas of interest for which further work is still a priority. 1 Introduction INCEFA 1 INcreasing safety in nuclear power plants by Covering gaps in Environmental Fatigue Assessment This paper presents evidence of the advances gained from began work in July 2015 though the consortium had selected European Commission supported Horizon2020 been together
