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Entry deadline: 15 September 2025

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To boost Nuclear Installation Performance and LTO (Long Term Operation)

The performance of installations and their lifespan (Long Term Operation, or LTO) are major challenges for the nuclear industry to meet medium-term electricity needs. More broadly, performance reflects the ability of an innovation, a company, a collective, an action, etc., to achieve strategic, financial, operational, commercial objectives effectively and efficiently. This ability can be assessed through various indicators such as profitability, productivity, quality, customer satisfaction, etc.

For all Categories, the following evaluation criteria will be considered:


Innovative nature of the application:

• Demonstration of the innovative nature compared to the international state of the art

• Publications made or patents filed or demonstrator


Nuclear safety and security:

• Contributes to consolidating safety

• Contributes to consolidating nuclear security


Contribution to making solutions affordable:

• Industrialization / generalization (reproducibility)

• Potential markets


Consideration of environmental impact / environmental benefits:

• Life cycle analysis

• Reduction of environmental footprint


Maturity: • Funding obtained if applicable

• TRL (Technology Readiness Level) of the innovation equal to or greater than 7

Regarding the Large Groups / Mid-sized company type, a partnership between industrials and research organizations will be valued. A minimum score must be obtained on each criterion.


In addition to these common criteria:

• Impact on production level

• Impact on maintenance duration or reduction of unplanned shutdowns

• Impact on lifespan

• Impact on profitability

• Impact on quality and/or customer satisfaction

To contribute to more adaptive solutions to new challenges: need for pilotability, climate change, market instability or inefficiency…

In the context of new challenges, the nuclear industry will have to adapt to rising issues: increase of renewable energies in the energy mix, climate change, market instability, inefficiency of economic models. Nuclear production represents a decarbonized control tool to ensure the balance of supply-demand in electrical systems, and over several time scales: real-time to multi-year. In addition, the nuclear industry will have to adapt to climate change: extreme temperatures, water shortages… and economic models are key to provide the right incentives when these new challenges disrupt the energy markets.


For all Categories, the following evaluation criteria will be considered:


Innovative nature of the application:

• Demonstration of the innovative nature compared to the international state of the art

• Publications made or patents filed or demonstrator


  Nuclear safety and security:

• Contributes to consolidating safety

• Contributes to consolidating nuclear security


Contribution to making solutions affordable:

• Industrialization / generalization (reproducibility)

• Potential markets


Consideration of environmental impact / environmental benefits:

• Life cycle analysis

• Reduction of environmental footprint


Maturity:

• Funding obtained if applicable

• TRL (Technology Readiness Level) of the innovation equal to or greater than 7

Regarding the Large Groups / Mid-sized company type, a partnership between industrials and research organizations will be valued. A minimum score must be obtained on each criterion.


In addition to these common criteria:

• Flexibility in response to supply-demand balance needs or climate changes

• Economic valorization of flexibility

To optimize construction costs and lead times

The construction of nuclear installations is a key factor in their profitability. Moreover, it contributes to the industry's image and acceptability.


For all Categories, the following evaluation criteria will be considered:


Innovative nature of the application:

• Demonstration of the innovative nature compared to the international state of the art

• Publications made or patents filed or demonstrator


Nuclear safety and security:

• Contributes to consolidating safety

• Contributes to consolidating nuclear security


Contribution to making solutions affordable:

• Industrialization / generalization (reproducibility)

• Potential markets Consideration of environmental impact / environmental benefits:

• Life cycle analysis

• Reduction of environmental footprint


Maturity:

• Funding obtained if applicable

• TRL (Technology Readiness Level) of the innovation equal to or greater than 7

Regarding the Large Groups / Mid-sized company type, a partnership between industrials and research organizations will be valued. A minimum score must be obtained on each criterion.


In addition to these common criteria:

• Measured impact on construction lead times

• Measured impact on construction costs

To innovate beyond electricity (medical, agriculture, propulsion, heat, hydrogen, desalination ...)

The nuclear sector has significant development potential beyond electricity production, whether in the fields of heat production, low-carbon hydrogen and valuable molecules, space or medical nuclear, or in the field of agriculture.


For all Categories, the following evaluation criteria will be considered:


Innovative nature of the application:

• Demonstration of the innovative nature compared to the international state of the art

• Publications made or patents filed or demonstrator


Nuclear safety and security:

• Contributes to consolidating safety

• Contributes to consolidating nuclear security


Contribution to making solutions affordable:

• Industrialization / generalization (reproducibility)

• Potential markets


Consideration of environmental impact / environmental benefits:

• Life cycle analysis

• Reduction of environmental footprint


Maturity:

• Funding obtained if applicable

• TRL (Technology Readiness Level) of the innovation equal to or greater than 7

Regarding the Large Groups / Mid-sized company type, a partnership between industrials and research organizations will be valued. A minimum score must be obtained on each criterion.