Ansaldo Nucleare SPA

Ansaldo Nucleare has the complete responsibility for the nuclear business of ANSALDO and has a sound presence in the new international markets. In Italy, Ansaldo Nucleare is recognized as the main company in the nuclear sector. The company's specific missions are:

1. Supply of new Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs).
2. Service to operating nuclear plants.
3. Decommissioning of nuclear plants and radioactive waste management.

Relevant experience

In the framework of European and international cooperation, Ansaldo Nucleare develops innovative NPPs, offering enhanced safety features and economic improvements for the electrical production with a view to reducing the radioactive wastes generated by the plants. Ansaldo Nucleare has developed in the recent years, the innovative Pb-cooled ADS for the European Facility on Industrial scale Transmuter (EFIT), and the Lead cooled Fast Reactor (ELSY). Ansaldo Nucleare has been widely involved in FP5 (coordinator of Core and Primary System Design for XADS), FP6 (coordinator of ELSY, WP leader for EFIT and XT-ADS design development and assessment within IP-EUROTRANS), FP7 (coordinator of LEADER, WP leader for MYRRHA Primary System design within CDT). Ansaldo Nucleare is also the EURATOM representative in GIF for the LFR and is a member of the PATEROS, SNE-TP and ESNII.

Scientific and technical personnel involved

• Alessandro Alemberti: Joined the company in 1981 and is currently the Head of the Nuclear Science and Development Department of Ansaldo Nucleare SpA. Early involved in Safety analysis and thermal hydraulic simulations for LWRs, he has lately gained a wide experience in the design and simulation of lead cooled systems. Has been strongly involved in the development of HLM systems for both sub-critical and critical reactors and in most of the 5^th and 6^th FWP related projects. After coordinating of the FP6 ELSY project, he was also the coordinator of the EU-FP7 LEADER project. EURATOM nominated member of the Generation IV International Forum Project Management Board of LFR.
• Luigi Mansani: Graduated in Nuclear Engineering in 1973 at the University of Pisa. Joined Ansaldo in 1974. Experience in core design and safety analysis of HWRs (CANDU, CIRENE) and of LWRs (PWR PUN, AP600, BWR Caorso, SBWR). Involved also in R&D activities in the area of thermal-hydraulics of passive systems. Covered the role of WP coordinator for the multiple WPs devoted to System Design of HLM reactors (FP5-PDS-XADS; FP6-IP-EUROTRANS; FP7-LEADER, FP7-CDT) and was involved in a wide variety of FP projects (FP6-STREP ELSY, RAPHAEL; FP7-ESFR, THINS, FREYA, SILER, SARGEN-IV). Coordinates all the Ansaldo technical activities on Gen-IV reactors and ADS as Project Engineer.
• Michele Frignani: Graduated in Nuclear Engineering in 2003. PhD. in Energetic, Nuclear and Environmental Control Engineering in 2006 at the University of Bologna. His activity covered radiation analysis, shielding design and neutronics for the AP1000 inside and outside containment in all plant conditions. Was assigned to Westinghouse Head Quarters (Cranberry Twp, PA) as liason engineer from May, 2010, to the end of 2011. Supports the engineering activities on Heavy Liquid Metal Fast Reactors (Gen-IV) under development in the European Research Programs (presently involved in the LEADER project and technical coordination in proposals for Front End Engineering and Design activities for Research Reactors and Gen-IV Demonstrators).