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Collaborative Project for a European Sodium Fast Reactor Introduction CP ESFR is a four years large Collaborative Project on European Sodium Fast Reactor ( 2009-2012); the CP ESFR follows the 6 FP project named “Roadmap for a European Innovative SOdium cooled FAst Reactor – EISOFAR” further identifying, organizing and implementing a signific Fast Reactors have a unique capability as sustainable energy source; the closed fuel cycle allows significantly improving the us age of natural resources and the minimisa- tion of volume and heat load of high-level waste. Among the fast reactor systems, the sodium-cooled fast reactor has the most comprehensive technological basis, thanks to the experience gained internationally fr om operating experimental, prototype and The schedule for the CP ESFR fits with the principle of an industrial deployment of eliminary deployment of a demonstra- tor by 2020. With such a schedule it s eems reasonable to fix the term of 2012 for having an assessment of the i ndustrial perspectives susceptible to answer the objec- The Project CP ESFR represents a unique 3 Outercoresubassembly Radial reflector Innercoresubassembly DSD CSD Starting “working horse” images on cores and Systems have already been provided by CEA (Fig. 1) and AREVA (Fig. 2). The CPESFR participants are presently working and optimization. The concern of Education & Tr aining is explicit ly addressed by the project through a specific Sub Project. Coher ently with the EU recommendat ions, the CP ESFR fore- 4 13108 Saint Paul Lez Durance cedex Tel Cadarache : 33 (0)4 42 25 46 02; Cell phone : 33 (0) 6 78 09 77 96; 5 Country 1. Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique France 2. AMEC NUCLEAR UK LIMITED United Kingdom 3. ANSALDO 4. AREVA NP France 5. CESI Ricerca 6. 7. Del Fungo Giera Energia S.p.A. 8. Electricité de France France 9. Empresarios Agrupados 10. 11. Energovyzkum Czech Rep. 12. Forschugszentrum Karlsruhe Germany 13. Forschugszentrum Rossendorf Germany JRC - ITU 14. 15. Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group NRG Netherlands 16. Nuclear Research Institute Rez plc Czech Rep. 17. Paul Scherrer Institute Switzerland 18. 19. University of Karlsruhe Uni-Ka Germany 20. Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” Uni-Rm 21. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid 22. Institute for Radiological Protection 23. Equipos Nucleares SA 24. ACCIONA Infraestructuras ACCIONA 25.