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[EN] Heterogeneous single-site catalysts consist of isolated, well-defined, active sites that are spatially separated in a given solid and, ideally, structurally identical. In this review, the potential of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) as platforms for the development of heterogeneous single-site catalysts is reviewed thoroughly. In the first part of this article, synthetic strategies and progress in the implementation of such sites in these two classes of materials are discussed. Because these solids are excellent playgrounds to allow a better understanding of catalytic functions, we highlight the most important recent advances in the modelling and spectroscopic characterization of single-site catalysts based on these materials. Finally, we discuss the potential of MOFs as materials in which several single-site catalytic functions can be combined within one framework along with their potential as powerful enzyme-mimicking materials. The review is wrapped up with our personal vision on future research directions. ; S. M. J. Rogge, J. Hajek, and V. Van Speybroeck acknowledge the Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders (FWO), the Research Board of Ghent University (BOF) and BELSPO in the frame of IAP/7/05 for financial support. V. Van Speybroeck acknowledges funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (consolidator ERC grant agreement no. 647755 - DYNPOR (2015-2020)). This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 641887 (project acronym: DEFNET). W. Dewitte and C. Caratelli are acknowledged for technical support with the figures. J. Gascon acknowledges funding from the European Union's 2020 research and innovation programme (ERC grant agreement no. 335746 - CrystEng-MOF-MMM) and from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO, VIDI grant agreement 723.012.107 - MetMOFCat). ; Rogge, SMJ.; Bavykina, A.; Hajek, J.; ...

Phase IV of BEMUSE Program is a necessary step for a subsequent uncertainty analysis. It includes the simulation of the reference scenario and a sensitivity study. The scenario is a LBLOCA and the reference plant is Zion 1 NPP, a 4 loop PWR unit. Thirteen participants coming from ten different countries have taken part in the exercise. The BEMUSE (Best Estimate Methods plus Uncertainty and Sensitivity Evaluation) Program has been promoted by the Working Group on Accident Management and Analysis (WGAMA) and endorsed by the Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations (CSNI). The paper presents the results of the calculations performed by participants and emphasizes its usefulness for future uncertainty evaluation, to be performed in next phase. The objectives of the activity are basically to simulate the LBLOCA reproducing the phenomena associated to the scenario and also to build a common, well-known, basis for the future comparison of uncertainty evaluation results among different methodologies and codes. The sensitivity calculations performed by participants are also presented. They allow studying the influence of different parameters such as material properties or initial and boundary conditions, upon the behaviour of the most relevant parameters related to the scenario.