CIRTEN-POLIMI – Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Ricerca Tecnologica Nucleare – Politecnico Di Milano
Presentation
CIRTEN is the Consortium of the Italian Universities involved in nuclear science and technology research activities. CIRTEN was founded in 1994, joining the competences and the history of Universities active in the nuclear engineering area since the early ’50s (Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Torino, Univ. of Pisa, Univ. of Bologna, Univ. of Palermo, Univ. of Rome “La Sapienza”, Univ. of Padova). The Consortium contributes to research and development (R&D) and education and training (E&T) projects, by organising and managing Groups of Experts, created among the professors and the senior and young researchers of the Member Universities.
The main R&D areas addressed by CIRTEN are: Gen-III and Gen-IV nuclear reactors – including SMRs, safety and risk analysis, innovative fuel and fuel cycle solutions, radiation protection, nuclear instrumentation and measurements, decommissioning and waste management, medical applications of radiation, fusion reactor physics and engineering.
CIRTEN is the largest Italian university for Engineering, Architecture and Industrial Design and it is ranked as one of the most outstanding universities in Engineering field (#24 in QS World University Ranking). CIRTEN-POLIMI is one of the few universities in Europe that possesses modern and complete equipment for developing R&D solutions for several innovative applications of nuclear engineering and ionizing radiations.
Since 2016, CIRTEN has been involved in the IAEA collaborative research project called GRAPA (irradiated GRAphite Processing Approaches) via Politecnico di Milano, where it mainly contributes in the physico-chemical-mechanical-radiological characterisation of virgin and irradiated graphite.
Role in the Project
The role of CIRTEN, through the participation of Politecnico di Milano (CIRTEN-POLIMI), is to supply physical-mechanical-radiological data relative to the reactor L-54M, to investigate and test a coating painting for safer disposal/storage of i-graphite, to develop a test bench for bulk-oxidation risk assessment, to share the costing methods used during previous L-54M cost assessment, and to prepare scientific publication in high ranked journals.
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Key personnel
Alessandro PORTA
Senior Researcher of Nuclear Power Plants at POLIMI
Expertise in hadron therapy and high energy radiation fields R&D activities in internal contamination, radiation protection and non-human biota RPE of L54M reactor
Marco RICOTTI
Full Professor of Nuclear Power Plants at POLIMI
Expertise in Safety, modelling & experim. TH, Economics R&D activities on SMRs and GenIV reactors, project management in new build and decommissioning Past-President of SOGIN Company.
Fabrizio CAMPI
Associated Professor of Nuclear Power Plants at POLIMI
Expertise in radiation protection and tritium technology R&D activities radiation protection and industrial radioactivity applications Responsible of L54M reactor.
Marco DERUDI
Associate Professor of Principles of Chemical Engineering at POLIMI
Expertise in Risk Analysis, Prevention and Safety in the process industry, Fires & Explosions R&D activities on fire safety (exp & mod), dust explosions, pollutants dispersion and industrial ventilation Board member of the Italian Section of The Combustion Institute.
Stefano LORENZI
Junior Researcher of Nuclear Power Plants at POLIMI
Expertise in dynamics & control, advanced simulation & multiphysics modelling R&D activities on GenIV reactors (LFR & MSR)
Riccardo CHEBAC
PhD Student at POLIMI
Expertise in power plant simulation for modelling of hybrid systems scenarios R&D activities in radiation protection and decommissioning.
| Title | Address | Description |
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ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE (EDF) | 22 Avenue de Wagram, 75008 Paris, France | |
EMPRESA NACIONAL DE RESIDUOS RADIOACTIVOS SA (ENRESA) | Calle de Emilio Vargas, 7, 28043 Madrid, Spain | |
GRAPHITECH (GRA) | 196 Avenue Thiers, 69006 Lyon, France | |
CYCLIFE DIGITAL SOLUTIONS (Cyclife DS) | 615 Avenue de la Roquette, 30200 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France | |
COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (CEA) | 25 Rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France | |
SOCIETA' GESTIONE IMPIANTI NUCLEARI PER AZIONI (SOGIN) | Via Marsala, 51c, 00185 Roma RM, Italy | |
LIETUVOS ENERGETIKOS INSTITUTAS (LEI) | Breslaujos g. 3, Kaunas 44403, Lithuania | |
Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Ricerca Tecnologica Nucleare (CIRTEN) | Via Lambruschini, 4, 20156 Milano MI, Italy | |
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (UoM) | Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PL, UK | |
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC SPAIN SA (WES) | Calle Estébanez Calderón, 3, 1ST FLOOR, 28020 Madrid, Spain | |
ANSALDO NUCLEARE SPA (ANN) | Via Nicola Lorenzi, 8, 16152 Genova GE, Italy | |
TECNATOM S.A. (TECNATOM) | Av. de los Montes de Oca, 1, 28703 San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain | |
ARTTIC (ART) | 58a Rue du Dessous des Berges, 75013 Paris, France | |
EDF graphite reactor dismantling demonstrator | 37420 Beaumont-en-Véron, France |
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