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EURATOM RESEARCH AND TRAINING ON NUCLEAR ENERGY 1
E U R A T O ME U R A T O M
I n d i r e c t A c t i o n s i n
N u c l e a r F i s s i o n a n d R a d i a t i o nN u c l e a r F i s s i o n a n d R a d i a t i o nP r o t e c t i o nP r o t e c t i o n
F P 6 - W o r k P r o g r a m m e
P . M A N O L A T O S
E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o n
I N R N E - J R C C o n f e r e n c e
1 8 - 2 1 F e b r u a r y 2 0 0 3
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European Research An overview
• To strengthen the European scientific and technological base to support the competitivity of European industry and to solve common problems• Increase the research co-operation in Europe• Support for co-operative research projects• Organised in Five-year Framework Programmes
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FP6 - a radical departure from the past
• greater focus• clearer European added value• strengthen European competitivity• solve major societal problems• contribute to European Research
Area • but - maintain continuity with past
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European research policy
National programmes
‘Open Coordination’
Framework programme European
organisations
The European Research Area• A blueprint for the future of research in Europe• Broad support at the highest political, scientific and
industrial levels• Being implemented
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New instruments to achieve goals
• Integrated Projects• Networks of Excellence• Evolved forms of traditional
instruments
Provide Consortia with more- flexibility - autonomy
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Steps in the development of the WP
• Proposal of a FP by the Commission• Discussion in Council and
Parliament• Council decision on FP• Process repeated for SP• WP prepared by the Commission
implements the SP
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FP6 - Two Framework programmes
• EC 16,270 M€
• EURATOM 1,230 M€
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FP6 - Nuclear Energy (1230 M€)
• Priority Thematic Areas Controlled thermonuclear fusion 750 M �
Management of radioactive waste 90 M �Radiation protection 50 M€
• Other activities in nuclear safety field 50 M �Innovative conceptsEducation and trainingSafety of existing installations
• Joint Research Centre 290 M€
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Controlled thermonuclear fusion
The Next Step in fusion:
continuation of activities in preparation of the construction phase of ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor)
Accompanying Programme:
Operation of the JET device
Continuation of research into fusion physics and technology, including study of other magnetic confinement formulas and operation of existing devices; fusion materials research
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Work Programme - Calls for Proposals
Fixed Deadlines6 May 2003 ~67 M€Spring 2004 ~55 M€Spring 2005 ~40 M€
Networks of Excellence Integrated projects Integrated Infrastructure InitiativesSpecific Targeted Research Projects Co-ordination Actions
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Work Programme - Calls for Proposals (cont’d)
Open call Two cut-off dates a year (first 6 May 2003, last 11 April 2006)1 - 2 M€/year
Specific support actionsTraining fellowshipsSpecial training coursesGrants for co-operating with third countriesTrans-national access to large infrastructures
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Expressions of Interest received
Management of radioactive waste 60
Radiation Protection 74
Other activities 57
Available on Cordis
http://eoi.cordis.lu/search_form.cfm
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Management of radioactive waste
• Geological disposal- Improvement of fundamental knowledge,
developing and testing technologies- New and improved tools for performance
and safety assessment; public concerns
• Partitioning and transmutation and other concepts that produce less waste
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First call - geological disposal
NoEs
- Sustainable integration of European research in the geological disposal of radioactive waste
- Sustainable integration of European research on actinides
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First call - geological disposal (cont)
IPs- Understanding and physical and numerical modeling of the key processes in the near-field, and their coupling, for different host rocks and repository strategies- Development and testing of disposal
technologies in Underground research Laboratories
STREPs or Co-ordination Actions - Improving the governance of geological waste
disposal
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Geological disposal
Indicative future topics
- Radionuclide migration processes
- Modelling of coupled THMC processes
- Tools for performance and safety assessment
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First call - partitioning and transmutation and other concepts to produce less waste in nuclear energy generation
IP
- Partitioning of actinides and fission products from high-level nuclear waste for their transmutation or conditioning in stable matrices
STRP or Co-ordination action- Impact of partitioning and transmutation
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P&T and other concepts
Indicative future topics
- Transmutation
- Other concepts
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Radiation protection
• Quantification of risks at low and protracted doses
- epidemiological studies- cellular and molecular biology research
• Better integration of European research on:- medical exposures and natural sources of radiation- protection of the environment and radioecology- risk and emergency management- protection of the workplace
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First call - Low and protracted doses
IP- Cellular and molecular biology research on the effects of low and protracted doses
Indicative future topics- Epidemiological studies- Further cellular and molecular research
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First call - Medical exposures and natural sources of radiation
STREP- Safety and efficacy of computed tomography (CT)
Co-ordination Action- Safety and efficacy of other imaging techniques
Indicative future topics- Therapy
- Management of exposures from NORM
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First call - Protection of the environment and radioecology
STREP- Protection of the environment from
radiation
Indicative future topics- Networking of research on radioecology
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First call - Risk and emergency management
IP- Off-site emergency management
Indicative future topics- Governance of nuclear risks
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First call - Protection of the workplace
Not included in the first call
Indicative future topics- Networking research on protection of the workplace
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Other activities in the field of nuclear technology and safety
•Innovative concepts
- Evaluation of new concepts for generating fission energy- Improved and safer processes for the exploitation of
nuclear energy
• Education and training- Integration and consolidation of national efforts- Mobility and human resources- Transnational access to infrastructures
• Safety of existing installations
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First call - Innovative concepts
Not included in the first call
Indicative future topics- High temperature reactors- Other innovative concepts- Other applications, eg hydrogen
production
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First call - Education and training
STREPs or Co-ordination Actions- Education and training in nuclear engineering and safety- Education and training needs for radiation protection and radioactive waste anagement- Infrastructures for nuclear fission and radiation protection research
Indicative future topics- Education and training activities for radiation protection and radioactive waste management
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Other activities (cont.)
• Innovative concepts
• Education and training
• Safety of existing installations - Plant life management (ageing, safety management)- Fuel performance
- Severe accident management- Decommissioning
- Harmonised approaches to safety and best practice
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First call - Safety of existing installations
NoE and/or IP- Sustainable integration of European research
on severe accident phenomenology and
management IP- Prediction of irradiation damage effects on reactor components
STREP or Co-ordination Actions- Material test reactors for advancing the knowledge of materials, fuel and production of radioisotopes for nuclear medicine- Decommissioning of nuclear installations
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Safety of existing installations
Indicative future topics- Numerical codes for coupling thermal hydraulics, core physics and fuel mechanics- Networking of plant life management, materials ageing and organisational issues- High burnup and MOX fuel- Benchmarking approaches to risk assessment- Knowledge management
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Indicative levels of Community funding for Euratom projects
• IP and NoE - about 5 to 10 M€
• STREP - from hundreds of k€ to a few M€
• CA - tens of k€ to a few hundred k€
Generally, only one project funded for each
research topic in WP
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Information material - Call 17 Dec 2002
• The Euratom FP6 in brief• Euratom Work programme 2003• Guide for proposers (per instrument)• Application forms (per instrument)• Evaluation guide
Available on Cordiswww.cordis.lu/fp6/euratom