[en] The Sarnet (Severe Accident Research NETwork of excellence) is devoted to the research on major accidents of water cooled reactors. The developed knowledge will be integrated in a simulation tool ASTEC co-developed with the IRSN and the GRS. This evaluation report presents the context, the objectives and the program of the Sarnet network. It discusses the network operating and the ASTEC simulation code. Some examples of experimental programs are provided. (A.L.B.)
Original Title
Sarnet reseau d'excellence europeen sur les accidents graves de reacteur nucleaire. Son deploiement et ses realisations apres une annee de fonctionnement