RATEN Annual Research Program

RATEN Annual Research Program “Developing National Technical Support and International Cooperation for Nuclear Energy“, developed under the Romanian Government Act 144/1999, modified by OUG 54/2013, approving the continuation and financing of the R & D activities, applications and technological engineering related to the national technical support for the nuclear energy field, provides the framework for the development research and development and technological engineering activities at RATEN.
The Annual Research Program supported by 18 Research, Development and Technological Engineering Programs (CDIT) responds to the RATEN strategic objectives by:

I. Providing technical and scientific support for Cernavoda NPP, life time extension of Units 1 + U2, contributions to Units U3 + U4 Commissioning

P1 Nuclear Safety	P2 Fuel Channel	P3 Nuclear Fuel	P4 Fuel Handling System	P5 Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel Management	P6 Environment Protection
P7 Steam Generator	P8 Process Systems and Equipment	P9 Circuits Chemistry	P10 Instrumentation & Control	P11 CNE NPP Operation, Events Analysis, Ageing, Environmental Qualification and Increase of NPP Lifetime	P16 Heavy Water & Tritium

 

II. Development of advanced reactors and fuel cycles (including contribution activities dedicated cooled fast reactors and implementation ALFRED demonstrator in Romania)

III. Ensuring nuclear safety and increasing operational performance of the TRIGA-ICN research reactor and developing techniques for the production of radioisotopes

IV. Supporting nuclear activity

P12 Advanced Reactors and Fuel Cycles

P13 Ensuring and Increasing the Performance of TRIGA-ICN Reactor

P14 Irradiation Technologies and Radioisotopes

P15 Informatisation of Nucear Activities

P17 Aplications of Nuclear Techniques

P18 International Cooperation

 

Over the past five years, over 2100 research and development works have been carried out within the framework of the Annual Programs: