CESAM - Code for European severe accident management, EURATOM project on ASTEC improvement

This article provides a final summary of the CESAM project. Therefore, an overview of the improved modelling capabilities of the recent ASTEC V2.1 version is given followed by the validation status of ASTEC V2.1 as concluded after CESAM. Further, plant applications performed by CESAM partners will be summarized with a special focus on simulation of SAM measures in various NPP types, and insights gained on SAM measures will be derived.