On December 19, 2023, a meeting of the entities forming the DEsire project consortium was held at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. Representatives of the Silesian University of Technology, Energoprojekt-Katowice SA, the Sobieski Institute, and the Institute of Chemistry and Nuclear Technology attended the meeting.
As part of the meeting, the results of the work carried out in Phase A of the project were presented, and the schedule of activities of the initiated Phase B was discussed in detail.
The program of speeches began with Prof. Lukasz Bartela pointing out the challenges of the following project activities. The guests presented the following topics:
Jakub Tuka (Energoprojekt-Katowice SA) – Work to date and future project plans,
Tomasz Smolinski (Institute of Chemistry and Nuclear Technology) – Organization and safety of the process of modernization and operation of power plants and power units with Generation III/III+ and IV nuclear reactors,
Henryk Łukowicz (Silesian University of Technology) – Coal-to-Nuclear as a transformation path for power generation in Poland,
Wojciech Kosman (Silesian University of Technology) – Turbine island matching for Generation IV nuclear reactors,
Paweł Gladysz (Silesian University of Technology) – Economic analysis of phases A and B of the project,
Anna Przybyszewska (Sobieski Institute) – Activities planned under Task 5 to be implemented by the Sobieski Institute.
