GVGFP5FP6Reactor Safety.PPT

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Information about the first call of Euratom FP-6
(2002-2006) 17 December 2002

• Nuclear Energy Research and Training Programme
• Nuclear Fission
•  Other activities in the field of nuclear
  technologies and safety 
• (Education and training Safety of existing
  Installations)
• G. Van Goethem
• EC, DG RTD, Directorate J Energy, Unit 4
  Nuclear Fission and Radiation Protection
• Building MO 75 5/34 - B-1049 Brussels
• Tel [phone] - Fax [phone] -
  email georges.van-goethem_at_cec.eu.int

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Table of contents

• (1) Introduction
• (2) 5th Euratom Framework Programme 1998-2002
  (FP-5)
• (3) European Research Area (ERA)
• and 6th Euratom Framework Programme 2002-2006
  (FP-6)
• (4) Focus on Education and Training and
  Safety of Existing Installations
• (5) Principles guiding the design of the FP-6
  implementation instruments, in particular
  integrated projects (IP) and networks of
  excellence (NoE)
• (6) Conclusions

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Organisation Chart of the EC Services related to
Nuclear Fission Energy and Radiation
Protection (February, 2003)
DG RELEX External Relations
DG AIDCO Europe Aid Office
DG ELARG Enlargement
JRC Joint Research Centre
DG RTD Research
DG TREN Energy Transport
Directorate E Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central
Asian Republics
Directorate A Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia
Directorate D Negotiations Pre-accession
Directorate I Nuclear Inspections

• Institute for Refer- ence Materials and
  Measurements (IRMM) Geel, B
• Institute for Transura- nium Elements
  (ITU) Karlsruhe, D
• Institute for Energy (IE) Petten, NL
• Institute for the Protec- tion and the Security
  of the Citizen (IPSC) Ispra, I
• (other3 institutes)

Directorate J Energy
Directorate H Nuclear Safety Safeguards
EURATOM Supply Agency
Deputy Director General
Unit E.4 Regional Co-operation Nuclear
Safety (TACIS Planning)
Unit A.5 Nuclear Safety (TACIS Implementation)
Task Force for Nuclear Issues, TFNI (PHARE)
Unit 5 International Scientific
Co-operation (ISTC, STCU)
Unit J.4 Nuclear Fission Radiation Protection
Unit H.4 Radiation Protection
Unit H.1 EURATOM Co-ordination Nuclear Safety
Unit H.2 Nuclear Energy, Waste Management
Transport
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Euratom Research in Reactor Safety (1/3)
RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT S/T Objectives
(knowledge driven)

• investigate component behaviour for the 3
  barriers  e.g. fuel pin damage, embrittlement of
  RPV, and ageing of concrete
• investigate systems behaviour and develop hard-
  and software engineering products e.g
  interaction of various mitigative techniques in
  SAMG
• establish methods for the technical safety
  requirements e.g. best practice guidelines
  (BPG) for safety margins assessment

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Euratom Research in Reactor Safety (2/3)
RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTEU integration
objectives (end-users driven)

• develop a safety justification framework for the
  new  products  e.g. examination and acceptance
  by the licensing bodies and by industry
• evaluate these developments on realistic
  examples taken from industrial projects
•  generate durable structuring and reshaping of
  the way research is carried out  (in particular,
  in the case of a network of excellence)

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Euratom Research in Reactor Safety (3/3)
EDUCATION AND TRAININGEU dissemination
objectives

•  spreading of excellence  disseminate the
  results of research to improve the knowledge
  and/or develop applications for plant operators
  and regulators (see, for example, FISA
  conferences every 2 years)
• teaching and training e.g. Euromaster degree in
  nuclear engineering and ad-hoc advanced courses
  (mobility amongst nuclear research institutions)
• imply industry and regulatory bodies in these
  activities

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Euratom 5th Framework Programme 1998-2002
(1/3)Strategic objectives

• General objectives of Euratom FP5
• The aim is to help exploit the full potential of
  nuclear energy, both fusion and fission, in a
  sustainable manner, by making current
  technologies even safer and more economical, and
  by exploring new concepts.
• Indirect Actions
• Key action n 1 Fusion
• The long-term objective is the joint creation of
  prototype reactors for power stations to meet the
  needs of society.

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Euratom 5th Framework Programme 1998-2002 (2/3)

• Key action n 2 Nuclear fission
• The aim is to help ensure the safety of Europes
  nuclear installations and to improve the
  competitiveness of Europes industry to ensure
  radiation protection to support safeguards and
  to help ensure safe and effective waste
  management and disposal.
• (Includes safety and efficiency of future and
  innovative systems in a sustainable development
  perspective).
• Generic research
• The objective is to consolidate and advance
  European knowledge and competence in several
  radiation protection areas.
• Support for infrastructure
• The priority is to make optimal use of, enhance
  access to and improve the consistency of the
  European research fabric of infrastructures.

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Euratom 5th Framework Programme 1998-2002
(3/3) Indicative breakdown of the Community
contribution

• Key Actions (indirect actions) EUR Million
• Controlled thermonuclear fusion 788
• Nuclear fission 142
• Generic research Radiological sciences
  39
• Support for research infrastructure
  10
• JRC / Euratom (direct actions)
  281
• of which - Nuclear fission safety
  122
• - Waste management 21
• - Nuclear safeguards 138
• TOTAL 1260

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FP-5 / Operational Safety of Existing
Installations

• Plant Life Extension and Management
• Effects of ageing On-line monitoring,
  inspection and maintenance Organisation and
  management of safety Risk informed approach to
  plant modernisation
• Severe accident management
• Severe accident management measures Assessment
  of severe accident risks (eg. corium behaviour,
  melt coolability, hydrogen risks, and source
  term)
• Evolutionary concepts
• Evolutionary safety concepts High burn-up and
  MOX fuel

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Plant Life Extension and Management under FP-5
Integrity of equipment and structures
On-line monitoring and maintenance
Organisation and management of safety
RETROSPEC - RENION PISA - FEUNMARR -FRAME
GRETE - SPIQNAR REDOS
Embrittlement - Research Reactors
Corrosion -Thermalhydraulics
CASTOC-PRISINTERWELD- FLOMIX-R WAHALOADS
LIRES
Safety Margins - Welds
ADIMEW - VOCALISTSMILE - THERFAT
ENPOWER
Risk Assessment - Virtual Reality
SPI - VRIMOR
NURBIM
Cluster PLEM
MAECENAS - CONMOD
Concrete Ageing
BESECBS - CEMSIS
Digital Instrumentation
VERLIFE IMPAM VVER - EUROSAFE
EU/CEEC - Harmonisation of Practices - VVER
safety
ATHENA
LEARNSAFE
Knowledge Management
JSRI
http//www.cordis.lu/fp5-euratom/home.html http//
europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/networks-ip.html
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Severe Accident Management under FP-5
SAM Measures
Assessment of SA Risk
COLOSS - ENTHALPY PLINIUS - LACOMERA
Corium
EUROCORE
ECOSTAR
LISSAC
Reactor Pressure Vessel
ARVI
Source Term
E U R S A F E
LPP - THENPHEBISP ASTERISM II
ICHEMM
Phébus FP Programme
Cluster SAM
SCACEX VERSAFE
THINCAT PARSOAR
HYCOM
Hydrogen/Containment
By-Pass Sequences
SGTR OPTSAM
PHEBEN 2 EVITA
SAMOS
Code Development
http//www.cordis.lu/fp5-euratom/home.html http//
europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/networks-ip.html
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Evolutionary Concepts under FP-5
Evolutionary SafetyConcepts
Nuclear Fuel (High Burn-up / MOX)
Analytical Tools(codes, methodologies)
ASTAR - ECORARMPS - VALCO - CRISSUE-STEMPEST -
ITEM
Cluster EVOL
EXTRA - SIRENA
Operational Practicesand Design Improvement
NACUSPDEEPSSIFABIS
MICROMOXOMICO
CERTA EUROFASTNET
JSRI ENEN
Databases and Education Training
VALMOX
http//www.cordis.lu/fp5-euratom/home.html http//
europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/networks-ip.html
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An example of JRC-driven networks AMES Ageing
Materials European Strategies
(courtesy of R. Gerard et al., AMES paper,
FISA-2001)
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Advanced designs Efforts and development costs
versus departure from existing designs
Advanced Designs
Evolutionary designs
Innovative designs
Prototype and/or Demonstration plant Confirmatio
n testing Engineering
Costs of Development (prior to commercial
deployment)
Confirmation testing Engineering
Engineering
Substantial RD
Departure from Existing Designs
From IAEA Bulletin 29/2/1997
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Main political and societal challenges to
Community research programmes

• (1) Enlargement of the EU (from 15 to 28 Member
  States)
• (2) Towards achievement of the Internal Energy
  Market
• (2.1) Green Paper Towards a European Strategy
  for the security of Energy Supply until the
  year 2010 (november 2000)
• (2.2) Towards harmonisation of nuclear safety
  criteria (nuclear package)
• (3) General concerns about environment and
  sustainable development (Kyoto)
• (4) Changes in the decision making processes
  (emphasis on accountability, transparency, rigour
  and credibility)
• ? Contribution from the EU research side the
  European Research Area and, in the specific
  case of nuclear energy, the 6th Euratom framework
  programme 2002-2006 (Nuclear Energy programme)

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Enlargement of the EU 13 New Member States
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech
Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Cyprus,
Malta, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey
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"European Research Area" (ERA)and 6-th
Framework Programme (2002-2006) (1/3)

• The EUs Framework Programme (FP) for Research
  and Technological Development, proposed by the
  Commission (COM 2000/6) and endorsed by Council
  and Parliament, is a major tool to support the
  creation of the ERA.
• The Commission has proposed funding for the FP-6
  totalling EUR million 17 500, corresponding to
  the previous level of funding plus inflation and
  growth (but still representing only 5 to 6 of
  public spending on RTD).
• Maximum overall amount
• EC framework programme EUR million 16 270
• Euratom framework programme EUR million 1
  230
• The framework programmes are implemented by five
  specific programmes, three of which come under
  the European Community (EC) Treaty and two under
  the European Atomic Energy (Euratom)
  Treaty,namely

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(2/3)

• A specific programme on "Integrating and
  strengthening the European Research Area (EC)
  comprising the indirect actions proposed under
  the heading "Focusing and Integrating Research"
  (i.e. the seven thematic areas as well as
  specific activities covering a wider field of
  research - EUR million 12 585) and under the
  heading "Strengthening the foundations of the
  European Research Area (e.g. mutual opening-up
  of national programmes - EUR million 320), thus
  bringing together research and co-ordination
  activities.
• A specific programme on "Structuring the European
  Research Area (EC), comprising research and
  innovation, human resources and mobility,
  research infrastructures and science/policy (EUR
  million 2 605)
• Two specific programmes "Joint Research Centre"
  comprising the direct actions (carried out by DG
  JRC) in the non-nuclear (EC - EUR million 760)
  and nuclear (Euratom - EUR million 290) fields
  resp.
• A specific "Nuclear energy (Euratom) programme
  comprising the indirect actions (co-ordinated by
  DG Research) (EUR million 940, i.e. 750 for
  fusion and 190 for fission).

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• (3/3)
• EU DECISION MAKING PROCESS
• Sixth Framework Programme of the European
  Community for research, technological development
  and demonstration activities, contributing to the
  creation of the European Research Area and to
  innovation (2002 to 2006)
• DECISION NO 1513/2002/EC OF THE EUROPEAN
  PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 June 2002 -
  Official Journal of the European Communities L232
  - 29.8.2002
• Sixth Framework Programme of the European Atomic
  Energy Community (EURATOM) for nuclear research
  and training activities, also contributing to the
  creation of the European Research Area (2002 to
  2006)
• COUNCIL DECISION No 2002/668/Euratom of 3 June
  2002 - Official Journal of the European
  Communities L232 - 29.8.2002
• All five specific programmes adopted by the
  Council on 30 September 2002
• Work programme 2003 for each specific programme
  published by the Commission on 17 December 2002

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SPECIFIC FP-6 EURATOM PROGRAMME (2002-2006)
INDICATIVE BREAKDOWN OF THE COMMUNITY
CONTRIBUTION

• Types of activities Amount (EUR million)
• 1. Priority thematic areas of research 890
• 1.1 Controlled thermonuclear fusion 750
• 1.2 Management of radioactive waste 90
• 1.3 Radiation protection 50
• 2. Other activities in the field ofnuclear
  technologies and safety 50
• 3. Nuclear activities of the JRC 290
• Total 1230

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• Specific FP-6 EURATOM Programme (2002 - 2006)
• Other activities in the field of nuclear
  technologies and safety
• Objectives of this area
• The objectives are to support EU policies in the
  fields of health, energy and the environment, to
  ensure that European capability is maintained at
  a high level in relevant fields not covered by
  the thematic priorities and to contribute towards
  the creation of the European Research Area.
• Research Priorities
• i) Innovative concepts
• ii) Education and training
• iii) Safety of existing installations

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(1/2)Work Programme 2003Calls for
Proposals in the areas management of
radioactive waste, radiation protection and
other activities

• Fixed Deadlines
• 6 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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(2/2)Work Programme 2003Calls for
Proposals in the areas management of
radioactive waste, radiation protection and
other activities

• Open call
• Two cut-off dates a year
• (first 6 May 2003, last 11 April 2006)
• 1 - 2 M/year
• Specific support actions
• Training fellowships
• Special training courses
• Grants for co-operating with third countries
• Trans-national access to large infrastructures

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Other activities in the field of nuclear
technologies and safety

• (i) Innovative concepts - Evaluation of new
  concepts for generating fission energy -
  Improved and safer processes for the exploitation
  of nuclear energy
• (ii) Education and training - Integration and
  consolidation of national efforts - Mobility and
  human resources - Transnational access to
  infrastructures
• (iii) 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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Research topic (i) Innovative Concepts

• Objectives of innovative concepts
• The aim is to evaluate the potential of
  innovative concepts and develop improved and
  safer processes in the field of nuclear energy
• Indicative future topics
• - High temperature reactors
• - Other innovative concepts
• - Other applications, eg hydrogen production
• First call (deadline 6 May 2003)
• Not included in the first call !

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Other activities in the field of nuclear
technologies and safety

• (i) Innovative concepts
• (ii) Education and training - Integration and
  consolidation of national efforts - Mobility and
  human resources - Transnational access to
  infrastructures
• (iii) Safety of existing installations

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Research topic (ii) Education and Training

• Objectives of Education and Training
• The aim is to better integrate European
  education and training in nuclear safety and
  radiation protection to combat the decline in
  both student numbers and teaching establishments,
  thus providing the necessary competence and
  expertise for the continued safe use of nuclear
  energy and other uses of radiation in industry
  and medicine.
• Activities of Education and Training
• Develop a more harmonised approach for education
  in the nuclear sciences and engineering in Europe
  and implement it, including the better
  integration of national resources and
  capabilities.

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BACKGROUND OF FP-6 RESEARCH IN Education and
training

• Objectives of the end-users
• create a secure skill and knowledge base of
  value to the EU
• Reflection Paper prepared in 2000 by the
  CCE-FISSION Working Group on Nuclear Education,
  Training and Competence.
• Nuclear Education and Training Cause for
  Concern? OECD / Nuclear Energy Agency, ISBN
  92-64-18521-6.
• Although the number of nuclear scientists and
  technologists may appear to be sufficient today
  in some countries, there are indicators that
  future expertise is at risk. In most countries,
  there are now fewer comprehensive, high quality
  nuclear technology programmes at universities
  than before. The ability of universities to
  attract top quality students, meet future
  staffing requirements of the nuclear industry,
  and conduct leading-edge research is becoming
  seriously compromised.

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Key issues in education and training

• Concerns of universities
• How can they attract young and brilliant
  students ? e.g. through challenging doctoral
  subjects, links with international research
  programmes
• How can universities attract external funding
  and new academic members in nuclear areas ?
  impact of life long learning ?
• Concerns of industry
• conserve the nuclear knowledge and improve the
  professional expertise
• define the goals, set up the criteria for
  professional recognition
• organise the training courses, supply lecturers,
  supply money
• Role of the EU
• create the conditions to construct the nuclear
  European Education and Training Area (under
  competitive conditions, i.e. focussing on quality
  and cost, e.g. using the Bologna 1999
  mechanisms, like ECTS for accreditation)

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European Nuclear Engineering Network (ENEN)
Organisation of the Network (21 universities
from EU and CEE countries)
I Mission statement II Basic objectives III
Membership of the ENEN association IV Board
of Directors (governing board) V Advisory
Committee VI Honorary Members Committee VII
Management Committee VIII Teaching and
Academic Affairs Committee IX Advanced
Courses and Research Committee X Training and
Industrial Projects Committee XI Quality
Assurance Committee XII Knowledge
Management Committee (http//www3.sckcen.be/enen
/workplan.html)
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An example Belgian application of the ENEN
principles A unique high quality interuniversity
programme (5 universities)

• European Credit Transfer Systems (ECTS) - Bologna
  declaration 1999
• In evaluating the teaching load of each
  individual course, the following rule has been
  adopted 3 ECTS 1 tm (teaching module) and 1
  tm consists of 20 hours of lectures 10 hours of
  exercises, laboratory sessions, seminars.
• Aim of the Belgian Nuclear higher Education
  Network (BNEN)
• identify the key lectures for a high quality
  harmonised nuclear curriculum and the most
  adequate organisations to carry out the relevant
  education programme (qualification strategy)
• organise in one year the post-graduate degree of
  Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering (24
  weeks of courses 11 weeks for project work and
  examination) at SCK-CEN Mol

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BNEN 5 universities KUL, RUG, VUB, UCL and
UlgDetailed share of key lectures and teaching
responsibilities

• Total
• 
  ECTS KUL RUG VUB
  UCL Ulg
• Nuclear energy introduction 3 3
• Introduction to nuclear physics 3 3
• Nuclear reactor theory and experiments 8 2 3 3
• Nuclear thermal-hydraulics 6 6
• Operation and control 3 3
• Reliability and safety 3 3
• Nuclear fuel cycle and
• applied radiochemistry 3 3
• Nuclear materials I 3 3
• Nuclear materials II 3 3
• Radiation protection
• and nuclear measurements 6 4 2
• Advanced topics 6
• Project and internship 13
• TOTAL 60

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First call (deadline 6 May 2003) 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 in the field of nuclear
technologies and safety

• (i) Innovative concepts
• (ii) Education and training
• (iii) 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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Research topic (iii) Safety of Existing
Installations

• Objectives of Safety of Existing Installations
• The aim is to improve safety in existing nuclear
  installations in Member States and candidate
  countries during their remaining operational
  lifetimes and subsequent decommissioning, making
  use of the considerable knowledge and experience
  gained internationally from experimental and
  theoretical research.
• Research will focus on
• Activities of Safety of Existing Installations
• Plant management including effects of ageing and
  fuel performance severe accident management,
  including the development of advanced numerical
  simulation codes integration of European
  capabilities and knowledge from practical
  decommissioning developing scientific bases for
  safety and best practice

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BACKGROUND OF FP-6 RESEARCH IN SAFETY OF
EXISTING INSTALLATIONS

• Objectives of the end-users
• Contribute to the improvements of Safety and
  performance linked to the modernisation of ageing
  nuclear power plants ? European research can
  help, be it of the operational, promotional,
  regulatory (confirmatory or anticipatory), or
  societal type
• Stakeholders of nuclear fission safety
  utilities, manufacturers, regulatory bodies, and
  decision makers research institutions (each
  with strong budget reductions, each with their
  own needs !)
• Think globally, act locally EU internal
  market (i.e. increased competitiveness, merger of
  industries, deregulation of electricity market,
  etc) CEE enlargement (i.e. candidate countries
  in 2004 !)

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Defense-in-depth strategy for reactor safety
Beyond-design-basis accidents
Technical support or crisis teams
Design-basis accidents
Control room staff
Accident correction
Limit of operational conditions
protective systems
emergency operating procedures
Authorities
severe accident management guidance
Off-Site Emergency Planning
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(1/2)First call (deadline 6 May 2003)
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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First call (deadline 6 May 2003) (2/2) 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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A wider range of better differentiated instruments

• New instruments
• integrated projects (IP)
• networks of excellence (NoE)
• Traditional instruments
• specific targeted research projects (STREP)
• coordination actions (CA)
• specific support actions (SSA)
• fellowships and grants
• trans-national access to research facilities

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Classification of the
instruments
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Principles guiding the design of the new FP-6
instruments (IP and NoE)

• Simplification and streamlining
• to minimise the overheads for all concerned
  whether applicant, contractor or the Commission
• to speed up procedures, especially
  time-to-contract
• Flexibility and adaptability
• to enable instruments to be applicable throughout
  the priority themes
• to enable projects to evolve
• Increased management autonomy
• to eliminate unnecessary micromanagement
• While preserving public accountability and
  protecting interests of the Community

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Traditional instruments

• Retained to smooth the transition from FP5 to FP6
• Support research activities of more limited scope
  and ambition
• Three traditional instruments
• specific targeted research projects
• evolved form of FP5 RTD and demonstration
  projects
• co-ordination actions
• evolved form of FP5 concerted actions/thematic
  networks
• specific support actions
• evolved form of FP5 accompanying measures

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Other instruments for horizontal actions

• Euratom Fellowships
• Grants to young researchers in CEE and FSU
• Trans-national access to large infrastructure
• Special Training Courses (SSA)

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Indicative levels of Community fundingfor
Euratom projects

• IP and NoE - about 5 to 10 M
• STREP - from hundreds of k to a few M
• CA - tens of k to approximately 1 M
• Generally, only one project funded for each
  research topic in the Work Programme

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INTEGRATED PROJECT (IP)
?

• contractual aspects implementation plan and
  associated budget covering activities for
  integration of research / innovation,
  demonstration and training management
• ? Commission contribution grant to the budget
  (EC is cofinancing a product !)
• autonomy and flexibility ? consortium
  agreement governance structure overall legal,
  contractual, ethical, financial and
  administrative management knowledge management
  and other innovation - related activities

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ACTIVITIES OF AN INTEGRATED PROJECT (1/3)

• Research and technological development (RTD) and
  innovation-related activities
• be objective-driven
• have a multidisciplinary character Inno
  vation-related activities
• intellectual property protection
• dissemination activities beyond the consortium
• studies on socio-economic aspects
• activities promoting the exploitation of the
  results

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ACTIVITIES OF AN INTEGRATED PROJECT (2/3)

• Demonstration activities
• designed to prove the viability of new
  technologies that offer a potential economic
  advantage
• Training activities
• advanced training of researchers, research
  managers, industrial executives, and potential
  users of the knowledge produced within the
  project

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ACTIVITIES OF AN INTEGRATED PROJECT (3/3)

• Project management
• co-ordination at consortium level of the
  technical activities of the project
• the overall legal, contractual, ethical,
  financial and administrative management of the
  consortium
• preparing, updating and managing the consortium
  agreement between the participants
• co-ordination at consortium level of knowledge
  management and other innovation-related
  activities
• the implementation of the competitive calls for
  the consortium to find new participants

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NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE (NoE)

• contractual aspects joint programme of
  activities (JPA) to cover activities for
  integration jointly executed research and
  spreading of excellence management
• ? Commission contribution grant for
  integration (the EC is cofinancing a process!)
• autonomy and flexibility ? consortium
  agreement governance structure overall legal,
  contractual, ethical, financial and
  administrative management knowledge management
  and other innovation - related activities

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The Joint Programme of Activities (JPA) of a
Network of Excellence (1/3)

• Integrating activities targeted at
  the creation of a strong and lasting integration
• co-ordinated programming in order to strengthen
  the complementarity and develop mutual
  specialisation
• sharing common research tools and platforms
• joint use of research infrastructures, and
  adaptation of the existing facilities with a view
  to their shared use
• exchanges of personnel, opening of positions to
  researchers from other members of the network,
  staff mobility
• relocation of staff, perhaps of whole teams and
  equipment
• integrated management of knowledge and
  intellectual property
• reinforcement of electronic information and
  communication networks

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The Joint Programme of Activities (JPA) of a
Network of Excellence (2/3)

• A programme of jointly executed
  research research activities jointly
  executed to support the networks goals
• Activities designed to spread excellence
• a joint programme for training researchers and
  other key staff
• dissemination and communication activities, and,
  more generally, networking activities to help
  transfer knowledge to teams external to the
  network
• promoting the exploitation of the results
  generated within the network

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The Joint Programme of Activities (JPA) of a
Network of Excellence (3/3)

• Network Management
• overall co-ordination of the joint activities of
  the network
• communication with the Commission services and
  co-ordinating all reporting required under the
  contract
• activities linked to consortium-level financial
  and accounting management and legal issues
• co-ordination of the knowledge management
  activities and, when appropriate, other
  innovation-related activities
• supporting the work of the governing board and
  other network bodies

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A POSSIBLE MODEL OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR A
NoE OR AN IP GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Board of Directors (governing board)
Advisory Committee (scientific council)
Management Committee
Basic studies WP B1 WP B2 ...
Integration of European industrial and national
projects
Training (spreading of excellence)
Knowledge Management Committee
Applications WP A1 WP A2

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TOWARDS A EU SERVICE FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

• (i.e. identification, acquisition, development,
  dissemination, use and preservation of nuclear
  safety knowledge and expertise)
• http//w2ksrvx.ike.uni-stuttgart.de/jsri/
• Joint Safety Research Index (? information
  about more than 350 reactor safety research
  projects in the EU and CEECs
• http//lunar.jrc.it/stresaWebSite/
• Storage of Research Documents and Analyses (?
  T/H data from 10 experimental installations in
  the EU and CEECs)
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/research/energy/fi/fi_en
  .html
• DG Research / Directorate J Energy Unit 4
  Nuclear Fission and Radiation Protection (?
  current FP-5 1998-2002 projects)
• http//www.cordis.lu/fp6/nuctech.htm
• all the Commission decisions and other
  relevant documents (e.g. about NoE and IP) for
  FP-6 2002-2006 projects

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Objectives of Knowledge Management (KM)

• Identify the threats to records over the
  long-term
• Define data accessibility
• Determine the media characteristics that will
  aid long-term accessibility to data
• Good Practice Measures
• Select appropriate media
• Preserve information on systems and data
• Manage risks
• Plan preservation of information
• Management rather than Storage

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A possible model for KM (courtesy of
NAGRA)
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Evaluation Criteria

• Vary with the instrument
• For IP threshold (out of 5)
• Relevance 3
• Potential Impact 3
• Scientific and technical excellence 4
• Quality of the consortium 3
• Quality of the management 3
• Mobilisation of resources 3
• Overall score 4 out of 5

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Financial regime

• Grant to the budget (except NoE) paid as a
  contribution to actual costs
• that are necessary for the project
• determined according to the usual accounting
  conventions of each participant
• recorded in the accounts of the participants
• or, if provided in the contract, in the accounts
  of third parties
• excluding indirect taxes, interest
• no pre-defined cost categories as in FP5

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Cost models

• A family of three simplified cost models
• FC full direct and full indirect costs
• FCF full direct costs plus 20 (excluding
  subcontracts) for related indirect costs
• ACF additional direct costs plus 20
  (excluding subcontracts) for related
  indirect costs

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Intellectual Property / Access rights
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Who can participate in Euratom FP6?
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Research and training activities in reactor
safety

• FISA Conferences dissemination of Community
  research results
• FISA-99 / FP-4 conclusions symposium
• (EC Luxembourg, 29 November-1 December
  1999-EUR 19532 EN)
• FISA-2001 / FP-5 mid-term review Symposium
• (EC Luxembourg, 12-14 November 2001-EUR 20281
  EN)
• FISA-2003 / FP-5 conclusion symposium
• (EC Luxembourg, 10-13 November 2003)
• EUROCOURSEs training and education activities
• EUROCOURSE-99 Advanced Nuclear Reactor Design
  and Safety, (GRS Garching/Munich, 17-21 May
  1999)
• EUROCOURSE-2001 Probabilistic Safety
  Assessment and Risk-informed Decision Making,
  (GRS Garching/Munich, 5-9 March 2001)
• EUROCOURSE-2001 and -2003 Integrity of
  components/Basic principles, (GRS Cologne, 17-22
  September 2001), to be repeated in Rez in spring
  2003
• EUROCOURSE-2003 Corium Behaviour, (Aix en
  Provence, 27-31 January 2003, see announcement on
  web page www.cad.cea.fr/)

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CONCLUSION Euratom research in Nuclear
Fission under FP-6

• Nuclear energy continues to supply 35 of
  Europes electricity vigilance is still required
  to ensure a continuation of Europes outstanding
  safety record, to efficiently manage the
  treatment and storage of waste, to maintain the
  high standards of radiation protection and to
  maintain efforts to avoid proliferation.
• New political/economical challenges to Euratom
  research include
• an enlargement of the Union to include countries
  with different safety cultures
• achievement of the Internal Energy Market (and
  nuclear package)
• an increasing concern for environmental issues
  (Kyoto)
• changes in the policy/decision-making processes.
• Commission Proposal for 2002-2006 The ERA
  including FP-6 Euratom research (think
  globally, act locally)

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European Research Area (ERA) ? (durable)
networks of the stakeholder organisations

• Instruments for implementation of the ERA
  networks of excellence and integrated projects,
  greater mobility of researchers and sharing of
  large infrastructures, evolved forms of
  traditional instruments, etc

Vendors and designers (Safety, performance and
innovation)
Regulatory Authorities (Reactor Safety)
Euratom Research in Reactor Safety (Safety,
performance and innovation)
Policy makers and opinion leaders (e.g. human
and environmental protection, risk management and
communication, etc)
Utilities and service sector (Safety and
performance)