Low-carbon energy sources are essential for addressing rapid climate change. Nuclear power can play an important role in a balanced and sustainable energy mix. In this context, effective waste management is crucial. A key objective is therefore the recycling of spent nuclear fuel in order to close the fuel cycle in the long term. This approach can reduce the challenges associated with high-level waste disposal, enhance proliferation resistance, and improve the economic as well as environmental sustainability of nuclear energy.

TRANSPARANT focuses on increasing the efficiency of americium separation from spent fuel, developing performance models for Am-bearing fuels under irradiation, and supporting the safety assessments required for the licensing of MYRRAH. The project thus brings together expertise in partitioning, transmutation, and reactor development.