JRC Euratom Research and Training Programme

Dr Said AbousahlHead of Unit Euratom Coordination

Joint Research Centre

Pitesti May, 2018

Outline

- Euratom Reserach and Training programme 2014-2018

- Overview of JRC nuclear research and training activities

- 2019-2020 Extension of the Euratom R&T Programme

- Preparation of the 2021-2025 Euratom R&T Programme (FP9)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EURATOM)

No 1314/2013 of 16 December 2013 on the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2014-2018) complementing the Horizon

2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation

General Objective of the Euratom Programme:- to pursue nuclear research and training activities with an emphasis on continuous

improvement of nuclear safety, security and radiation protection, notably to potentially contribute to the long-term decarbonisation of the energy system in a safe,

efficient and secure way.

Euratom Reserach and TrainingProgramme 2014-18

Euratom Reserach and Training Programme 2014-18

DG RTD indirect actions(Nuclear Fission Safety & Radiation Protection)

Work Programme 2018

European Commission Decision C(2017)7123 Adopted on 27.10.2017

Published on Participant Portal:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/calls/nfrp-2018.html

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Research and Innovation Actions (RIA)

Topic Budgets

(EUR million)

Nuclear safety - NFRP-2018-1 (RIA): Safety assessments to improve

accident management strategies for Generation II & III reactors

6.40

Nuclear safety - NFRP-2018-2 (RIA): Model development and safety

assessments for Generation IV reactors

3.50

Nuclear safety - NFRP-2018-3 (RIA): Research on the safety of Light

Water Small Modular Reactors

3.50

Nuclear safety - NFRP-2018-4 (RIA): Improved nuclear data for energy

and non-energy modelling applications

3.50

Radiation Protection - NFRP-2018-8 (RIA): Radiation protection research 7.00

7

Topic Budgets

(EUR million)

Decommissioning and environmental remediation - NFRP-2018-5 (CSA):

Development of a roadmap for decommissioning research aiming at safety

improvement, environmental impact minimisation and cost reduction

1.40

Education and Training - NFRP-2018-7 (CSA): Availability and use of research

infrastructures for education, training and competence building

4.00

Radiation Protection - NFRP-2018-9 (CSA): Strategy for the exploitation of

research results funded under Euratom Research and training Programmes in the

field of radiation protection

0.50

Fusion Research - NFRP-2018-11 (CSA): Open data access for fusion research 2.00

Coordination and Support Actions (CSA)

8

Topic Budgets

(EUR million)

Radioactive waste management - NFRP-2018-6 (COFUND-EJP):

European Joint Research Programme in the management and disposal of

radioactive waste

32.50

Topic Budgets

(EUR million)

Innovation - NFRP-2018-10 (IA): Encouraging innovation in nuclear

safety for the benefit of European citizen

4.50

European Joint Programme (COFUND-EJP)

Innovation Action (IA)

WP 2018 Calendar

WP Publication: 27 October 2017

Call Open: 15 May 2018

Submission deadline: 27 September 2018

Evaluation: November 2018

Info to the applicants: January–February 2019

Signature of GAs: May 2019 9

Further Information

Horizon 2020 Documents http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/reference_docs.html

Horizon 2020 On-line Manual http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/guide.html#

Questions? Research Enquiry Service http://ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries

Participant Portalhttp://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

JRC nuclear R&T activities

JRC at a glance

The Vision: To play a central role in creating, managing and making sense of collective scientific knowledge for better EU policies.

The Mission: As the scientific and knowledge service of the Commission our mission is to support EU policies with independent evidence throughout the whole policy cycle.

• Established 1957

• 5 locations

• around 3000 staff

• 1400 scientific publications per year

• 386 M€ + 68 M€ earned income

• Independent and policy neutral

Safety of Generation II and III nuclear reactors

Nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation

Safety of Generation IV

nuclear reactors

Nuclear Emergency Preparedness and Response

Nuclear SecurityCBRNE

Knowledge management,

education & training,

Nuclear decommissioning

ESSOR

EURDEP

Radioactive waste management

Repository

Partnership and

support to

Member States,

Stakeholders;

international

cooperation

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Nuclear Science Applications

RD infrastructure

JRC nuclear R&T activities

JRC R&T activities / Nuclear safety.

Nuclear Reactor Safety

Creep-Fatigue or Stress Corrosion Cracking at high T in corrosive environments (supercritical water, liquid lead, gas)

Advanced Mechanical Test Methods – Materials

EU Clearinghouse on OEF

Accident modellingNuclear Fuel Safety Generation IV

Radiation Environmental

Monitoring

JRC R&T activities/Spent fuel, RW, decommissioning

Spent fuel Radioactive Waste and decommissioningLong-term storage

Geological disposal

Accident conditions

TMI-2 molten core sample before and after >20 y storage

JRC R&T activities / Nuclear security

TRAINING & EDUCATION European Nuclear Security Training Centre Promotion /Dissemination of EU‘s highest Safety/Security standards

• Nuclear material

measurements

• Reference materials

• Containment &

Surveillance

• Process monitoring

• On-site laboratories

• Export control

• Trade analysis

• Non-proliferation

studies

• Trace & particle analysis

• In-field tools for

investigative inspector

• Reference materials

• Equipment development

• Testing & validation

• Nuclear forensics

• Nuclear preparedness

• National response plan

• CBRN, IfS, …

Effective

and efficient

safeguards

Nuclear

non-proliferationCombating illicit

trafickingVerification of

absence of

undeclared

activities

JRC R&T activities/Standardisation.

JRC R&T activities / Nuclear data and radioactivity measurements

JRC-Geel major European provider of nuclear data and standards for nuclear energy applications

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~ 175 m sand

~ 50 m clay

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setupFirst shaftSecond shaft

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Constructed 2003

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JRC R&T activities/Nuclear science applications

Accelerator based nuclear measurements and associated

applications

Basic properties of radionuclides and associated applications

Developments in the field of non-energy applications

of nuclear technology

JRC R&T activities. KM, education and training

European Learning Initiatives in Nuclear

Decommissioning and Environmental

Remediation (ELINDER)

European Safeguards Research and

Development Association (ESARDA)

Training for EURATOM and IAEA

inspectors

European Nuclear Security Training

Centre (EUSECTRA)

International summer schools

RW management and decommissioning

Nuclear resonance analysis

…

JRC R&T activities / Open access to infrastructure

Van de Graaff mono-energetic neutron source

Nuclear data

Underground low-level radioactivity lab in HADES

237-Np Mössbauer spectrometer

Surface science multi-probe station

X-ray diffractometer in a glove-box

solid state NMR

Open access to JRC

research

infrastructure for

JRC R&T activities/Support to EU policies

Support to Nuclear Safety Policy inside the EU

- Euratom Treaty obligations, Directives

Support to Nuclear Safety Policy outside the EU- Expert contribution to nuclear safety improvement projects financed by EC and implemented

in candidate and third countries worldwide

Support to EU "External" Security Strategy- Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP)

- CBRNE Centres of Excellence initiative

- Evaluation, consultation, impact assessment

- Consistency with relevant EU policies

- The proposal is to carry over the activities of the 2014-2018 Programme to 2019-

2010.

- Same strategy, scope of activities and mode of implementation

- Discussion in the council of EU has been finalised. COREPER meeting of 16th of

May went well. EP opinion will be delivered on September

- Adoption on September/October 2018

Extension of the Euratom Programme 2019-2020

Extension of the Euratom Programme 2019-2020

JRC specific objectives:

a) improving nuclear safety including: nuclear reactor and fuel safety, waste management, including final geological disposal as well as partitioning and transmutation; decommissioning, and emergency preparedness;

b) improving nuclear security including: nuclear safeguards, non-proliferation, combating illicit trafficking, and nuclear forensics;

c) increasing excellence in the nuclear science base for standardisation;

e) fostering knowledge management, education and training;

f) supporting the policy of the Union on nuclear safety and security.

Preparation of the 2021-2025 Euratom Research and Training Programme

Brussels, 2nd of May 2018: Communication of EC to European Parliament, European council, EESC and Committee of the Regions (COM(2018) 321 final)

"A Modern Budget for a Union that Protects, Empowers and Defends"

"The Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027"

EU BUDGET (2021-2027) , NEW STRUCTURE

Source: European Commission

REINFORCEMENT OF BRATISLAVA/ROME PRIORITIES

Note: Compared to Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 at EU-27, including European Development Fund

Source: European Commission

RESEARCH, INNOVATION and DIGITAL

1.3%

❑ Building on the success of

the EU’s past flagship

research and innovation

programmes, the

Commission proposes to

increase investment in

research-innovation and

digital by allocating €114.8

billion for the future MFF.

Source: European Commission

Preparation of the 2021-2025 Euratom Research and Training Programme

Important recent events:

- Seminar on Euratom Fission Research (22/2/2018) EC + EU MS Research and training organisations.

- Infrastructure open access; nuclear education and training, nuclear science applications, innovation in nuclear research

- Roundtable "Supporting European Expertise in Nuclear Decommissioning" (23/2/2018). EC + Foratom + ENS: Technological challenges, standardisation, EU competences

- 10th Anniversary SNETP (22/2/2018). 15th Anniversary ENEF (1/3/2018)

- Addressing Societal Challenges through Advancing the Medical, Industrial and Research Applications of Nuclear and Radiation Technology. (21-22/3/2018)

Preparation of the 2021-2025 Euratom Research and Training Programme

Annex to the EC communication on the MFF 2021-2027 {SWD(2018) 171 final}

The Euratom Research and Training Programme objectives are:

-to pursue and support research on all aspects of nuclear safety andsecurity, reducing risks associated with radiation exposures, supportingemergency preparedness and response in relation to accidents involvingradiation and managing the spent fuel and radioactive waste.

-The Programme also aims to sustain the development of fusion energy inview of its potential major impact in contributing to the decarbonisation ofthe energy mix.

Preparation of the 2021-2025 Euratom Research and Training Programme

Some elements :- Safety of nuclear systems- management of radioactive waste and spent fuel, Decommissioning- Radiation protection, Emergency preparedness- Nuclear science applications, Security of supply of medical radioisotopes- Nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation- Nuclear security (prevention, detection, forensics, response)- Knowledge and expertise in the EU- Innovation, knowledge management, competitiveness, dissemination,

exploitation- Nuclear research infrastructure- Support to EU policy on nuclear safety, safeguards and security- Science base for standardisation

The preparation also involves a targeted questionnaire (launched in January 2018), and an impact assessment (under preparation).

Agreements with EU MS

Coordination meetings to be organized in 2018

12/4/ 2018 Paris

STC (Euratom Scientific and Technical Committee)Next meeting in Karlsruhe in June

Agreements with third countries, and international partners

Organisation of the annual Steering Committee (in JRC)Security and Safeguards

RD-PUNE1) Subcommittee RTD-CAEA on Fission Coordinated Actions2) Subcommittee JRC-CAEA on Nuclear Security and Safeguards 3) Subcommittee RTD-MOST on Fusion Energy Research4) Subcommittee JRC-NNSA on Nuclear Safety

No steering Committee expected in 2018.Possible Workshop in the frame of 2) Subcommittee JRC-CAEA on Nuclear Security and Safeguards

Euratom-Canada AgreementCoordination Meeting at IAEA GC

JSC – Security and SafeguardsINERI – Nuclear Safety

Meeting to be organized by JRC – Mid 2018

Nuclear Safety (1) Renewal of CAMP Agreement (RELAP5 code) ; (2) New Fatigue Data implementing arrangement

Agreements with third countries, and international partners

Participation to continue to be streamlined and rationalized. Synergies with other European Commission services for participation.

NI2050. Final report in 2018

Coordination meeting the 16/01/2018

GIF Symposium in October 2018 in Paris

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