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  • Workshop on sustainable solutions for radioactive waste management

    Workshop on sustainable solutions for radioactive waste management

    MIMOSA’s project coordinator, Isabelle Tremillon Morlaes (Orano), participated to a workshop on sustainable solutions for radioactive waste management organised by the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. MIMOSA partners THORIZON and the Joint Research Centre were also represented by Kiki Lauwers and Ulla Engelmann, respectively. All three partners highlighted how the research…


  • Interview with Gerald Senentz at the SNETP Forum

    Interview with Gerald Senentz at the SNETP Forum

    Gerald Senentz, Backend Fuel Cycle Expert at Orano, spoke about MIMOSA and his role within the project at the 2024 SNETP Forum, which took place in Rome from 17 to 19 April.


  • MIMOSA Summer School on MSR

    MIMOSA Summer School on MSR

    From 8 to 12 July, approximately sixty postgraduate students and professionals from across Europe benefitted from a week of lectures by MIMOSA and invited researchers at TU Delft’s Reactor Institute to acquire basic knowledge on the main aspects of the molten salt reactor technology and associated waste management.


  • General Assembly at TU Delft

    General Assembly at TU Delft

    From 21 to 22 May, the MIMOSA partners met at Delft University of Technology’s Radiation, Science & Technology Department for a General Assembly to review the progress achieved in the past six months.


  • MIMOSA presented to the UK and Korean MSR ecosystems

    This month, MIMOSA’s coordinator presented our project to the Molten Salt Technology Platform coordinated by the United Kingdom’s National Nuclear Laboratory as well as at the Advanced MSR workshop organized by Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and Hanyang University – Institute for Energy and the Environment. Connecting with MSR ecosystems in other countries generates opportunities for networking…


  • MIMOSA Summer School on MSR

    MIMOSA Summer School on MSR

    The Summer School on MSR is organised by TU Delft from 8 to 12 July 2024 as part of MIMOSA’s training activities.


  • MIMOSA research presented at NuFuel 2023

    The MIMOSA partners attended the NuFuel Conference 2023 in Marseille to present research conducted within our project. TU Delft delivered a presentation on the corrosion behaviour of candidate MSR structural materials exposed to molten chloride salts and presented the poster “Experimental insight and modelling of the NaCl-ThCl4-PuCl3 fuel salt properties”. NRG gave a presentation related…


  • MIMOSA was presented at the 16IEMPT

    MIMOSA was presented at the 16IEMPT

    MIMOSA was presented by the project coordinator, Isabelle Morlaes (Orano), at the 16th Information Exchange Meeting on Actinide and Fission Product Partitioning and Transmutation (16IEMPT) organised by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).


  • The first issue of the MIMOSA project newsletter has been published

    The first issue of the MIMOSA project newsletter has been published

    It includes updates on:


  • The MIMOSA partners met for a General Assembly in Brussels

    The MIMOSA partners met for a General Assembly in Brussels

    The MIMOSA partners gathered at the Maison Irène et Frédéric Joliot-Curie (Brussels) this week to exchange on progress achieved during the the first year of the project and prepare the next phase in the research.


  • MIMOSA was presented at the SNETP Forum

    MIMOSA was presented at the SNETP Forum

    MIMOSA was presented among other labelled projects during SNETP Forum that gathered the European research community in Gothenburg (Sweden). We had great discussions with participants on ongoing R&D projects and how MIMOSA contributes positively to waste management and recycling issues!


  • MIMOSA participated in SNETP’s Coordinators Hub Day

    MIMOSA participated in SNETP’s Coordinators Hub Day

    MIMOSA’s coordinator, Isabelle Morlaes (Orano), joined her counterparts from different Euratom research projects today in Brussels for an exchange of best practices and experiences organised by SNETP.


  • MIMOSA presented to the European Nuclear Education Network (ENEN)

    MIMOSA presented to the European Nuclear Education Network (ENEN)

    The MIMOSA project was presented during the European Nuclear Education Network (ENEN) event attended by some 80 experts covering a variety of ENEN-related activities and EC-funded projects. Clear interested was allocated to our project particularly as it addresses nuclear energy system strategies with nuclear reactor innovation and fuel cycle and waste management innovation.


  • MIMOSA presented at the CEA-CNRS Bootcamp on MSR

    Our project was presented at the CEA-CNRS Bootcamp on MSR that took place in Avignon (France) from 24-28 October 2022 by the coordinator, Isabelle Morlaes (Orano). The goal was to introduce MIMOSA to French MSR stakeholders and to identify potential synergies with other European or national research projects


  • The MIMOSA partners met for the first time!

    The MIMOSA partners met for the first time!

    The MIMOSA project held its kick-off meeting on 16-17 June 2022 at the Orano Innovation offices. The European Commission was represented at the meeting and reminded that the project is in line with Euratom’s objective of reducing the volume and radiotoxicity of nuclear waste.