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Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Scientific and Technical Support to EU Policies

Ulla EngelmannJoint Research CentreEuropean Commission

http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu/


JRC – Robust science for policy making

As a Directorate-General of the European Commission,the JRC provides customer-driven scientific and technical support to Community policy making

Supporting citizen’s security, research on energy, environment, transport, climate change, safety of food and consumer products, security, crisis management, nuclear safety and security


Where does the JRC fitin the European Commission?

Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn

Research, Innovation and Science


President Barroso 27 Commission Members

Research DG (RTD)


The Mission

… is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EUpolicies. As a service of the European Commission, the JRC functions as a reference centre of science and technology for the Union.

Close to the policy-making process, it serves the common interest of the Member States, while being independent of special interests, whether private or national.

The Vision

…is to be a trusted provider of science-based policy options to EU policy makers to address key challenges facing our society, underpinned by internationally recognised research.


Our Structure: 7 Institutes in 5 Member StatesIRMM – Geel, BelgiumInstitute for Reference Materials and Measurements

ITU – Karlsruhe, GermanyInstitute for Transuranium Elements

IE – Petten, The Netherlands and Ispra, ItalyInstitute for Energy

IPSC – Ispra, ItalyInstitute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen

IES – Ispra, ItalyInstitute for Environment and Sustainability

IHCP – Ispra, ItalyInstitute for Health and Consumer Protection

IPTS – Seville, SpainInstitute for Prospective Technological Studies

~ 2750 staff~ 345 M€/y institutional budget (+ 60 M€/y earned inc ome)


7th Framework Programme (FP7) –Institutional funding

Specific programme“JRC direct actions”

2007-2013

1,751 M€

EURATOM programme“JRC direct actions”

2007-2011

517 M€

FP7 indirect actions

Collaboration with national public and private research institutes, academia, industry and international bodies


Research centre

55 nationalities,

700 specialised scientific core staff

~430 PhDs/PostDocs students

~600 peer-reviewed

publications/year

~450 policy support reports/year

Cooperation

works with over 1000 public and

private research organisations,

institutions and expert groups in

more than 250 networks

Infrastructure

JRC builds and maintains its own

general infrastructure, and 31

specialised research facilities and

48 scientific databases

Quality management

The Quality management at JRC is

based on ISO9001

(8 Directorates already certified), 12

ISO 17001 accredited laboratories

Facts about the JRC


Implementing the JRC Mission in the Policy Cycle

Compliance checksIndependent verification

Anti-fraud measures

Policy implementation

Expert advice

Policy formulation

Decision-making processSelection of programme

options

Policy adoption

Effectivenessand impactassessment

Policy evaluation

Crisis response

Ad-hoc policy supportJRC

Agenda-settingIdentification of emerging

issues

Policy anticipation


JRC Strategy 2010-2020

Strategic Developments

• Socio-economic research and modelling capacity will be expanded

• Multi-disciplinary research teams across the JRC

• Strong proactive forward-looking, horizon scanning capacity

• Enhanced assessment of policy options

• Seven Thematic Areas


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Towards an open andcompetitive economy

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Development of a lowcarbon society

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Sustainable managementof natural resources

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Safety of food andconsumer products

TA 5

Security andcrisis management

TA 6

Reference materialsand measurements

TA 7

Nuclear safetyand security


JRC’s contribution to the European Research Area

The JRC works with over 1,000 public and private organisations, institutionsand expert groups in more than 250 major networks

• Cooperation and partnerships with key organisations• Support to enlargement• Training and mobility of researchers• Access to scientific infrastructures• Support to ERA policies • Support to standardisation


Providing tangible results

• Fighting pollution• Performing controls via remote sensing• Providing sound advice on chemical risks• Preventing nuclear trafficking• Researching earthquake-proof buildings• Improving testing for safer food• Fuelling the hydrogen economy• Responding to natural disasters• Enhancing reactor safety• Monitoring and analysis green technology• Providing quality assurance tools• Supporting Europe’s information society• Monitoring companies’ R&D spending


Non-nuclear activities at the JRC: examples


Nuclear Safety

Security of Energy

SET Plan

SETIS

• Hydrogen and fuel cells• Renewables (PV, Solar)• Bio-energy• Energy Efficiency (transport, buildings,

appliances)• Energy systems modelling

Focus of JRC Research in the Energy Landscape

• Energy systems (infrastructures)• Energy supply

• Current & next generation reactors • Fuel Cycle• Waste management


Graphic illustration of the JRC technology map of the SET Plan

Potential of technologies

Example of JRC contribution to SETIS


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Calibration

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Hazards AssessmentMapping industrial plants falling under the EC Seveso Directives in Estonia and Lithuania using the JRC-SPIRS(Seveso Plant Information Retrieval System)

Supporting EU policy-makers in their effort towards gl obal security and towards protection of European citizens from accidents , deliberate attacks,

fraud and illegal actions against EU policies.

Ortho-Photo Test Area ~ 100 Km2

Common Agriculture Policy (CAP)Integrated application of Control with Remote Sensing (CwRS) techniques for Land Parcel Identification in Viljandi-Estonia


INSPIRE

SustainableTransport

Life Cycle Assessment

Support to the European Union’s policies for the prote ction and sustainable development of the European and global environment


Environmental Pollution

Radioactivity Monitoring

Environment and Health

Floods & Droughts

Forest Fires


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Competitiveness and sustainability

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Knowledge for growth

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Information society

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Agriculture and rural development

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EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard

“Investing in research: an action plan for Europe” -Target of 3% GDP investment in research

EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard

• Top 1000 EU and non-EU corporate R&D investors

• Comparisons between companies, sectors, and geographical areas

• Picture of the competitive situation of EU firms in the global R&D environment

Some results from the 2009 Scoreboard:

• World-wide corporate R&D investment up by 6.9% (slightly lower than 9% in 2008)

• Growth of R&D investment of EU companies (7.8%) higher than of non-EU (6.6%).

• Growth in EU-based companies up slightly lower than 2008 (8,6%)

• Europe leading R&D investor in automotive, aerospace and industrial engineering

Ranking of the Top 20 EU Companies by level of R&D investment

http://iri.jrc.ec.europa.eu/research/scoreboard_2009.htm


•What are the economic

consequences of climate

change in Europe?

•Example:

•River Floods -

•Change in Economic

damage

•(note: red means a

decrease)

The PESETA study


74% of the 114 results for milk powder and 73% of the 112 results for the baking mix were within the

acceptable range

80% of laboratories performed within the acceptable range

Interlaboratory comparisons

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• Laboratories from 31 countries participated in the test, including Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, the United States of America and 21 of the 27 EU Member States

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• 50 participants


Risk Assessment, e.g.• Classification and Labelling (chemicals and biocides)• Support to European Agency on Chemicals (Helsinki, started in July 2007)• Indoor exposure to chemicals and noise• Consumer product safety and quality

Development and Validation of Methods, e.g.• Validation of alternative to animal test methods (in-vitro, in-silico)• Method validation for GMOs, food contact materials, textiles,

food authenticity control• Sampling protocols

Provision of robust analytical data, e.g.• Genetically modified organisms• Food contact materials• European wine • Chemicals from consumer products


Develop Methodology

� Substance identification

� Information requirements

� Test methods and testing strategies

� Exposure scenarios

� Safety and risk assessment

Provide Implementation Tools

� Information Platform: NAPIRAhub

� Test Assessment-Validation

� NanoMaterials for testing: Repository

Provide target data

� Target reports for nanosafety

� Target data in NAPIRAhub

NANO- Safety and Quality


Nuclear activities at the JRC: examples

Phillipsburg, DE


• Fabrication, Characterisation, Irradiation

• Gen II, III LWR (MOX, Th-MOX, CERMET)

• Gen IV FR / ADS (Oxide, Carbide , Nitride, Composites)

• Gen IV VHTR

Fabrication of advanced sustainable fuels


250 nm

Rim high burnup (75 GWd/tHM)structure in UO2 PWR fuel (SEM analysis)

Hot cells examinations

High Burnup Fuel Safety Studies

MIMAS MOX fuel: Pu homogeneisationwith bentonite inclusion


Nuclear Reactor Safety

• Safety of Ageing Components in Nuclear Power Plants

• Safe Operation of Nuclear Installations

• Analysis and Management of Nuclear Accidents

• Nuclear Safety Clearinghouse for European operational experience feedback

• Safety of Innovative Reactor Design


todayprevious year Change detection in a plant

Can you spot the difference ?

Applications of R&D in Safeguards & Security


Change detection in a plant

• Differences (with mm accuracy) detected by laser scanning, with in house developed change detection algorithms


• Identification of parameters characteristic for

– Process– Source material– Geographic origin

• Systematic Study on samples of known history

– Same compound, different origin (e.g. yellow cake)– Same origin (facility), different compound (e.g. UF4)

Nuclear Forensics R&D

Examples of parameters- Isotopic Composition of major constituents- Chemical Impurities- Isotopic Composition of minor constituents- Microstructure- Macroscopic dimensions- Residual organic compounds

JRC R&D in support to the non proliferation challen ges


Concept and Contents to be discussed in June 2009 between

Global Initiativefor

Combating Nuclear Terrorism

Nuclear Forensic Databases

International Directory (Database of databases)

International Directory (Database of databases)

National DatabaseNational Database

Guiding Information (Material)• Material Type• Enrichment• Chemical Form

Guiding Information (Material)• Material Type• Enrichment• Chemical Form

Guiding Information (Country)• Contact Point • Query Conditions• Query Format• Handling of Results

Guiding Information (Country)• Contact Point • Query Conditions• Query Format• Handling of Results

Essential Data• Chemical Composition• Isotopic Composition• Physical Parameters• Production Place• Storage Place

Essential Data• Chemical Composition• Isotopic Composition• Physical Parameters• Production Place• Storage Place

Supplementary Data• Impurities• Produced/stored amounts• Non-numeric information

• Photographs• Micrographs• Drawings

• Archive Sample

Supplementary Data• Impurities• Produced/stored amounts• Non-numeric information

• Photographs• Micrographs• Drawings

• Archive Sample

JRC R&D in support to the non proliferation challen ges


Accelerator Laboratories

150 MeV linear electron

7 MV van de Graaff accelerator driven quasi mono-energetic neutron source

Neutron data for modelling. nuclear waste transmutation studies

. safe operation of nuclear powerplants; modelling of ageing

reactors

. understanding safety issues of innovative reactor concepts

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Financial crisis – impact study of policy options

DG MARKT amending legislation on deposit protection: new Directive2009/14/EC-JRC delivered a 450 pp impact assessment in January 2010

VELA-7 for full size trucks and buses

Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 on type approval of motor vehicles withrespect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information

INSPIRE – drafting the implementation rules

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 976/2009 implementing Directive INSPIRE 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Network Services (Discovery and View)

Recent examples of policy support


Alternatives to testing on animals

ECVAM (European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods)signed a Memorandum of cooperation with equivalent internationalbodies in US, Canada and Japan in support of Directive 86/609 (EEC).

Verification of declared/detection of undeclared nu clear activities

In support of Regulation (EC) No 1717/2006 The JRC established aprogramme to analyse dust samples from inspection campaigns, whichis based on mass spectrometric measurements

Haiti earthquake: damage assessment

The JRC provided support to rescue operations by carrying out a rapiddamage assessment based on the analysis of very high resolutionsatellite imagery acquired before and after the Haiti earthquake in 2010

Validated 7 alternative test methods for regulatory acceptance

Accelerated the implementation of (1) the Cosmetics Directive tocompletely ban tests for skin/eye irritation in humans(from 11 March, 2009) and (2) the REACH legislation



Robust science for policy making

Web: www.jrc.ec.europa.eu

Contact: [email protected]

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