Education and Training Series #23: ADVANCED LEAD FAST REACTOR EUROPEAN DEMONSTRATOR – ALFRED PROJECT
Part of a webinar series hosted by the GIF Education and Training Working Group since 2016.
Who should attend?
Policymakers, industry professionals, regulators, researchers, students, the general public.
About the "GIF Education and Training" Webinars
These webinars, organised by the GIF Education and Training Working Group are streamed live monthly. The recordings and slide decks are accessible after the webinar on this website. These webinars cover a very broad range of technical and policy related topics. At the end of 2023 they have been viewed by more than 15000 people (approximately half of the views during the live streams and the other half views being of the archives on the public GIF website). In total, the GIF webinars have reached Generation IV enthusiasts, scientists, and engineers in more than 80 countries.
These webinars are organised and hosted by the GIF Education and Training Working Group (ETWG).
About this Webinar
The webinar presents the main design features of the ALFRED nuclear reactor demonstrator as developed in the frame of the Collaborative projects funded by the European Community Framework Program. The presentation will provide an overview of specific design solutions, safety approach and safety characteristics of ALFRED, touching the most important aspects of the demonstrator. Latest developments are briefly presented as well. The remaining research challenges are then explained at the light of the present technology understanding to highlight the present status of knowledge and further steps to be pursued.
Presentation made during the webinar
Meet the presenter
Dr. Alessandro Alemberti is the Nuclear Science Development Manager of Ansaldo Nucleare (Italy) and in this position takes care of the Research & Development activities of the company. He coordinated the ELSY and LEADER projects in the frame of the 6th and 7th Framework Programs of the European Community, projects devoted to Lead cooled Fast Reactors development and participated as well to the main EU projects related to Lead and Lead Bismuth Eutectic (LBE) coolant technologies in recent years. Since 2012, he has has served as the chairman of the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) Lead Fast Reactor provisional System Steering Committee representing EURATOM. After receiving his PhD degree in Physics from the University of Genoa (Italy) in 1979 and joining Ansaldo in 1981, he dedicated his efforts to thermal-hydraulic simulations for Light Water Reactors safety and licensing and participated to research programs like OECD-LOFT as well as AP600 and SBWR activities. He is the author of a number of papers and patents devoted to the development of passive safety systems. In 2017 he was awarded the title of “Maestro del Lavoro” (Master of Work) by the President of Italian Republic.