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.

LD-SAFE is making great efforts in disseminating its objectives and achievements. Next step:

• ICEM 2023 – D&D Research & Development Activities in Stuttgart (Germany) – October 6, 2023 (at 11:10am).

Meet us at ICEM 2023 to know more about the promising implementation of the laser cutting technology in nuclear decommissioning.

The final version of the Generic Safety Assessment is now available in the LD-SAFE website. It includes the recommendations from the independent review performed by the IRSN. The deliverable aims to reduce the licensing effort and facilitate the safety case development for all future end users of the promising laser cutting technology. An important step is reached in the LD-SAFE project!

The 21st of June, 2023, a LD-SAFE project workshop was organized in Paris by Onet Technologies, bringing together all project stakeholders. The members of the European Consortium presented the results achieved by LD-SAFE over the last three years, as well as the upcoming activities:

➡️ To experts, to obtain their feedback on the project technical progress;

➡️ To potential future users of laser cutting technology for nuclear reactors decommissioning, for ensuring LD-SAFE is aligned with their expectations.

Thanks to all participants for their fruitful technical discussions!

The third LD-SAFE press release is now available, which contains the project progress. Feel free to download it here: LD-SAFE – 3rd Press release, June 2023.

LD-SAFE will be presented the 16th of May 2023 in the International Conference on Nuclear Decommissioning: Addressing the Past and Ensuring the Future, organized by the IAEA, during a special session dedicated to the EURATOM Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme.

For information of the event, visit: www.iaea.org/events/decom2023