Do you want to learn about the implementation of the promising laser cutting technology in reactor environment?

The online training course, Laser Cutting for Nuclear Reactor Dismantling, is free and readily available. It provides technical details of laser cutting and its state-of-the-art for the segmentation of the reactor pressure vessel and internals. Get ready for a step forward in future decommissioning projects.

👉 You may reach contact@ldsafe.eu to be registered in the course.

The final LD-SAFE press release is now available, summarizing main project outcomes. Feel free to download it here: LD-SAFE – 4th Press release, June 2024.

After four years of great efforts, you may find most relevant public deliverables in our project website. Among others, you may find the laser cutting guidelines, generic safety assessment, technical validation report, online training course, and technical workshop report.

After four years of great efforts, LD-SAFE presents the most relevant project outcomes in the final project video.

The promising laser cutting technology is ready to address the challenges of the dismantling nuclear power reactors.

The guideline for the use of laser cutting in a reactor dismantling environment is now available to the public on the LD-SAFE project website (https://ldsafe.eu/project-deliverable/)! The revised version reflects the learnings from the in-air and underwater demonstrators.

This deliverable will guide future end users through key aspects of using safely the promising laser cutting technology.

The LD-SAFE Final Technical Workshop was held at Onet Technocenter during two sessions:

• May 30^th, with nuclear and industry stakeholders, operators, RTO, and TSO.
• May 31^st, with students, young graduates, industry stakeholders, and the public.

Main project achievements were presented and an underwater laser cutting demonstration was performed with a representative mock-up. The technology (in-air and underwater) is now mature to address future dismantling projects.

Thanks to all participants for their fruitful technical exchanges, as well as for the worthwhile presentations and discussions, and thanks to the European Commission to make this project feasible.

Final LD-SAFE project outcomes will be publicly available in the upcoming weeks, highlighting the laser cutting guidelines, online training course, and the demonstrator technical report. Keep posted!

#lasercutting #laser4decommissioning

Underwater laser cutting tests are on-going within the demonstrator at Onet Technocenter, obtaining great technical and safety feedback. A demonstration of underwater cutting will also be witnessed during the two sessions of the End Technical Workshop. Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in the event:
👉 May 30th, for main project stakeholders.
👉 May 31st, in a dedicated training session for students, young professionals, and general public.

We are awaiting you at Onet Technocenter!

With the LD-SAFE project reaching to its end and with most milestones already completed, the End Technical Workshop will be a great opportunity to discuss about the project outcomes, while witnessing an underwater #laser cutting #demonstration. Two sessions will be organized:
👉 May 30th, for main project stakeholders.
👉 May 31st, in a dedicated training session for students, young professionals, and general public.
📅 Don’t miss the event, we are awaiting you at Onet Technocenter!

The guideline for the use of laser cutting in a reactor dismantling environment (D3.5) is now available to the public on the LD-SAFE project website (https://ldsafe.eu/project-deliverable/)!

This deliverable will guide future end users through key aspects of using the promising laser cutting technology. The first version of the guideline includes lessons learned from the in-air demonstrator, and a future revision will be published in 2024 to also reflect learnings from the underwater demonstrator.

In-air cutting tests are on-going within the demonstrator at HERA Facility (CEA Marcoule), obtaining great technical and safety feedback. Around 100 laser shots (more than 80 up to now) will be performed from 02/10/2023 to 24/11/2023. LD-SAFE will then proceed with the underwater demonstrator at ONET Technocenter (beginning of 2024). Keep posted to know more about the demonstrator’s progress.

LD-SAFE participated in the Inno4Graph Project International Symposium.

Congratulations to Inno4Graph project members for presenting your conclusions and next challenges related to the graphite reactors decommissioning programs. For the LD-SAFE Project, it was a pleasure to participate in this event, another great opportunity to establish synergies among nuclear D&D H2020 related projects.

Thanks to the project management for the invitation and the fruitful exchanges with stakeholders.