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Expertise: experimental tools for ITER

Qualification of cutting tools for maintenance operations in the future ITER experimental fusion machine​

​The TOMIS tomograph

Development of a powerful tool for the physical characterisation of packages using tomography

EXOCET for the NUWARD SMR

EXOCET is a facility used to study the performance of the reactor’s passive cooling system within the scope of the French NUWARD™ project

​Design support on the NUWARD SMR nuclear steam supply system

NUWARDTM - short for Nuclear Forward - is a small modular reactor project currently being developed by a consortium comprising EDF, TechnicAtome, Naval Group, Framatome, Tractebel and the CEA.

ATRIUM: an innovative sodium-cooled advanced modular reactor (AMR) concept

In the French national energy & climate plan (PPE), the long-term strategy to close the fuel cycle is expected to be based on fast reactors, which is why conceptual design studies are conducted in this field.

ASTRID reactor design

Led by the CEA, the Advanced Technological Reactor for Industrial Demonstration - otherwise known as ASTRID - is a prototype project for the next French fourth-generation sodium-cooled fast reactor.

Archeos project

The heat-generating unit for local authorities and industry.

​EVEREST : an experimental loop

EVEREST is an experimental facility dedicated to the validation of a passive cooling system for the SMR NUWARD™ reactor.

Additive manufacturing of nuclear fuel

Additive manufacturing workshop for nuclear fuel fabrication.