NUCOBAM brings together 13 partners from 6 different countries and each partner will bring their own complementary expertise and capabilities to the project. The consortium aims to demonstrate and validate the use of AM components in nuclear installations.
The partners include electricity utilities, operating nuclear assets, component manufacturers, design owners, public service experts in nuclear and radiation risks as well as research and competence centres involved in mechanical assessment, metal powder qualification, metallurgical characterisation, materials irradiation capabilities and nuclear power research.
The CEA is the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives). The CEA has a significant experience in both powder metallurgy and additive manufacturing process and play an important role the scientific research field dedicated to materials and new associated manufacturing processes.
Electricité de France (EDF) has the responsibility for generating, transmitting, and distributing electricity in France. EDF low carbon electricity mix is based for a large part on Nuclear Power. EDF operates one of the largest nuclear power plants capacity in the world with more than 70 reactors in operation.
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) supports EU policies with independent scientific evidence throughout the whole policy cycle. Nuclear activities of JRC cover R&D and policy support on reactor safety, nuclear fuels, waste & decommissioning, nuclear security & safeguards and non-energy applications of nuclear energy.