JHOP2040

Rising atmospheric emissions of greenhouse gases, largely due to the combustion of fossil fuels to power human activity, are endangering the future of our planet. Energy security and reliability are also at risk given geopolitical tensions and dwindling fossil fuel resources. Nuclear energy has an increasingly important role to play in delivering a cost-effective, clean and stable supply of electricity. The Jules Horowitz Reactor (JHR) is a materials testing reactor currently under construction, which will be used for testing fuel and materials behaviour under irradiation, enhancing the safety of current and future nuclear reactors. The JHR will also produce radioisotopes for nuclear medicine and non-nuclear industrial applications. The plan is to accommodate approximately 20 experiments per year with instrumentation accessing previously impossible analyses. The EU-funded JHOP2040 project is supporting the development of the JHR strategic research roadmap through 2040.

Duration: 1 September 2020 - 30 September 2023