EURAD-2 Participants
Mandated Organisations
Bel V
Bel V, créée en tant que filiale de l’AFCN (Agence fédérale de Contrôle nucléaire) a repris au 14 avril 2008 les contrôles réglementaires précédemment exécutés par l’organisme agréé AVN. L'AFCN est l'autorité compétente dans le domaine des applications nucléaires. Elle a recours à l'expertise technique de sa filiale Bel V pour effectuer les contrôles dans les centrales et autres installations nucléaires et radiologiques en Belgique (hôpitaux, universités, installations radiologiques,…).
CNRS
Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique est une institution de recherche parmi les plus importantes au monde. Pour relever les grands défis présents et à venir, ses scientifiques explorent le vivant, la matière, l’Univers et le fonctionnement des sociétés humaines. Internationalement reconnu pour l’excellence de ses travaux scientifiques, le CNRS est une référence aussi bien dans l’univers de la recherche et développement que pour le grand public.
COVRA
L’organisation centrale des déchets radioactifs (COVRA) est la seule entreprise aux Pays-Bas chargée de la collecte, du traitement et du stockage de tous les déchets radioactifs.
CVREZ
We are a research organisation concentrating on research, development and innovation in the energy sector, primarily nuclear.
EK
The Centre for Energy Research (EK) was established in January 2012 on the basis of two former independent institutions, the Institute of Isotopes (IKI) and the KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute (AEKI). The Centre is part of the research network of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The mission of the Centre for Energy Research is to perform research and development in the field of nuclear science and technology for facilitating the adoption and the safe use of nuclear technology in Hungary, to participate in international research efforts aiming at the establishing a new generation of nuclear power plants and closing the fuel cycle, to study the interaction of radiation (including neutrons, gamma-rays and electrons) with matter, and to do isotope and nuclear chemistry, chemical analysis by nuclear methods, radiography, radiation chemistry, radiation protection and nuclear security, surface chemistry and renewable energy research.
Enresa
Enresa was created in 1984 as a public, non-profit organisation responsible for the management of radioactive waste, with the aim to perform an essential public service: collecting, treating, conditioning, storing and disposing of the radioactive waste produced throughout the Spanish State.
JUELICH
We conduct research to provide comprehensive solutions to the grand challenges facing society in the fields of energy and environment, information and brain research. Our aim is to lay the foundation for the key technologies of tomorrow.
IST-ID
The Association of Instituto Superior Técnico for Research and Development (IST-ID) is a private not-for-profit institution, which primarily aims at carrying out Science and Technology activities, fostering knowledge transfer and promoting the involvement of national and foreign researchers, both at national and international levels, in RD&I projects in their areas of expertise.
JSI
The Jožef Stefan Institute is the leading Slovenian scientific research institute, covering a broad spectrum of basic and applied research. The staff of about 1050 specializes in natural sciences, life sciences and engineering.
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
With more than 9,000 employees and an annual budget of about EUR 785 million, KIT is one of the biggest research and education institutions worldwide and has the potential of reaching a top position in selected research areas on an international level. The objective is to turn KIT into an institution of top research, excellent scientific education, and a prominent location of academic life, life-long learning, comprehensive advanced training, unrestricted exchange of know-how, and sustainable innovation culture.
LEI
Since 1994, the Laboratory has been actively involved in the analysis of the radioactive waste management problems at the Ignalina NPP
ONDRAF
Tous les déchets radioactifs que nous produisons doivent être gérés de manière spécifique et à très long terme. Au service de la collectivité, l’ONDRAF gère tous les déchets radioactifs en Belgique, aujourd’hui et demain, par le développement et la mise en oeuvre de solutions respectueuses de la société et de l’environnement.
NRG
Since the commissioning of the High Flux Reactor and the Low Flux Reactor in Petten over fifty years ago, radioactive waste has been produced. The waste, not only from Petten but from all over the Netherlands (for example from hospitals), has been stored for many years in the dedicated radioactive solid waste storage facility on ECN/NRG’s research site, the Waste Storage Facility (WSF).
RATEN ICN
The Institute for Nuclear Research Pitesti was founded in 1971 as a unit of strategic importance, having as field of activity the scientific research, design, technological development and scientific and technical responsibility for the development of nuclear energy in Romania.
SCK•CEN
As a research centre dealing with peaceful applications of radioactivity, SCK•CEN is an indispensable part of our society. We perform forward-looking research and develop sustainable technology. In addition, we organise training courses, we offer specialist services and we act as a consultancy.
SKB
SKB, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company, is tasked with managing Swedish nuclear and radioactive waste in a safe way. In 2009 we selected a site for the Spent Fuel Repository and in 2011 we submitted the applications to build the repository in Forsmark.
STUBA
L’Université technique slovaque de Bratislava est un établissement d'enseignement supérieur technique et de recherche slovaque
SURAO
All countries that operate nuclear reactors are forced to consider how to address the question of the disposal of high-level waste and spent nuclear fuel. Experts around the world agree that the safest solution is to build a deep geological repository (DGR) that safely isolates such waste from the environment for hundreds of thousands of years.
SURO
The National Radiation Protection Institute (NRPI) is a non-profit organization established by the decision of the chairman of the State Office for Nuclear Safety (SONS) on May 26, 1995, which became effective on July 1, 1995. The Institute was based mainly on the former Centre for Radiation Hygiene of the National Institute of Public Health in Prague transferred under the authority of SONS , and it continues its tradition of many years.
TNO
TNO connects people and knowledge to create innovations that boost the competitive strength of industry and the well-being of society in a sustainable way. This is our mission and it is what drives us, the over 3,200 professionals at TNO, in our work every day. We work in collaboration with partners and focus on nine domains
University of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki is Finland’s largest and oldest academic institution. Since 1640, it has contributed to the establishment of a fair and equal society that is considered the best in the world according to a number of indicators. Today, this multidisciplinary academic community solves problems that concern all of us, also on the global scale. A community of 40,000 students and employees is diversely open, comprehensively quality conscious and joyfully serious. Internationalisation means many things for us. Together we create solutions that will shape the future of our planet and all of humanity.
Affiliated Entities
Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne
EMSE-Laboratoire Georges Friedel (CNRS UMR 5307) is a unit of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). Located at the École des Mines de Saint-Étienne and under the administrative authority of both École des Mines de Saint-Etienne / Institut Mines-Télécom (EMSE/IMT) and CNRS, the laboratory gathers all of the potential of EMSE in the fields of Materials Science, Mechanics and Process Engineering.
UGR
The University of Granada (UGR), founded in 1531, is one of the largest and most important university in Spain. With over 60.000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and 6.000 staff. UGR offers a total of 89 bachelor degrees, 110 master’s degrees and 28 doctoral programmes through its 123 departments and 27 centres. Consequently, the UGR offers one of the most extensive and diverse ranges of higher education programmes in Spain.
SORC
Radioökológiai Tisztaságért Társadalmi Szervezet
Social Organisation for Radioecological Cleanliness
GFZ
The Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ, founded in 1992, is the national research centre for Earth sciences of Germany It is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, the largest scientific organisation in Germany, and has collaborators from ~ 60 countries.The annual budget for 2020 is €108 million in total.
BGR
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
BAM
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und - prüfung
Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing
GRS
GRS is a non-profit and independent research and expert organisation. The focus of our work is on nuclear safety, encompassing the safety and security of nuclear installations, management of radioactive waste and radiological protection. In this field, GRS has not only been Germany’s leading Technical Safety Organisation (TSO) since its establishment in 1977 but is also an internationally renowned research institution. In addition, we are increasingly engaged in issues relating to the safety of conventional technologies and environmental protection. Here, the competencies and projects of GRS cover, for example, the management of toxic waste, the safety and reliability of renewable energy sources such as geothermal energy, and various aspects of public security and emergency preparedness.
EURIDICE
European Underground Research Infrastructure for Disposal of nuclear waste in Clay Environment
Associated Partners
JACOBS
The Radioactive Waste Corrosion Team at JACOBS has extensive experience in the understanding of corrosion and degradation processes of a variety of radioactive wastes and nuclear materials as well as of the materials used to treat and contain them. These include mild and carbon steel, cast iron, stainless steel, copper, titanium, aluminium, magnesium alloys and uranium, as well as cement/concrete, polymeric materials and nuclear glasses.
Nagra
Nagra (National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste) is the Swiss technical competence centre in the field of deep geological disposal of radioactive waste.
PSI
The Paul Scherrer Institute, PSI, is the largest research institute for natural and engineering sciences within Switzerland. We perform world-class research in three main subject areas: Matter and Material; Energy and the Environment; and Human Health. By conducting fundamental and applied research, we work on long-term solutions for major challenges facing society, industry and science.
UKRI
UK Research and Innovation works in partnership with universities, research organisations, businesses, charities, and government to create the best possible environment for research and innovation to flourish. We aim to maximise the contribution of each of our component parts, working individually and collectively. We work with our many partners to benefit everyone through knowledge, talent and ideas.