Seville, 27-28 May 2010 – JRC NCP meeting
Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Institute of Transuranium Elements
Karlsruhe (Germany)
Victor Esteban Gran
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Mission and core objectives of Institute ...
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• The mission of ITU is to provide the scientific foundation
for the protection of the European citizen against risks
associated with the handling and storage of highly
radioactive material.
• ITU’s prime objectives are to serve as a reference centre
for basic actinide research, to contribute to an effective
safety and safeguards system for the nuclear fuel cycle,
and to study technological and medical applications of
radionuclides/actinides.
Institute Strategy
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Specific programme “JRC direct actions”
2007-2013
EURATOM programme “JRC direct
actions”
2007-2011
FP7 Extension
Experts Panel:
Dr. Hervé Bernard (Chair)
Administrateur général adjoint du CEA
Dr. Graham Andrew
Special Assistant to the Director General, IAEA
Prof. Frank-Peter Weiss
Director of the Institute of Safety Research of
Forschungszentrum Rossendorf e. V.
Prof. Sisko Salomaa
Research Director, STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety
Authority
Prof. Joël Mesot
Director of the Paul Scherrer Institut
Institute highlights 2009-2010
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New infrastructure
• Transmission Electron Microscope
installed 2 M€
• Radioactive Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance 0,5 M€
• Large Geometry SIMS 3M€
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New Office Building 2010-2011 10 M€
Wing M (concept developed)
Institute highlights 2009-2010
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Certification for ISO 9001 / 14001 and BS OHSAS 18001
Integrated management System based on the EFQM model
IQNet Business Excellence Class
and has been awarded the bronze level.
Awards
• T. Klimczuk: Poland Science Award from Prime Minister
• F. Bruchertseifer: nominated for the EANM2009 Marie Curie award,
received the Eckert & Ziegler award
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Institute highlights 2009-2010
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International Collaborations
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Generation IV International Forum
IAEA (visit of Deputy Director General), nuclear safeguards & forensics
CEA (Director of Nuclear Energy) + KIT, nuclear safety & nuclear waste
Israel Atomic Energy Commission, Nuclear Research Centre Neguev
INET (China), post irradiation examination of advanced fuel
Ministry for Defence and Research Organisation DSO Singapore, nuclear safeguards
JAEA, Basic research, nuclear safeguards
CRIEPI (Visit of President), Partitioning & Transmutation
US-DOE….
Networking: Actinet I3 (http://www.actinet-i3.eu) , Actinide Userlab
Enlargement & Integration support: 7 workshops
Events
German – Italian workshop for promotion of Education & Training
in Nuclear Technologies
Outlook
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• Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of OSL-LSS in Sellafield (UK) and
La Hague (France), June 15, 2010, Schloss Karlsruhe
• Nuclear Material Congress, 4-7 October 4, 2010
ZKM, Karlsruhe
• Launch of European Nuclear Magnetic Resonance laboratory
(EURACT-NMR), collaboration with KIT
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Thank you!
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Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Robust science for policy making
Institute website: http://itu.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
JRC website: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/index.cfm
Important contacts in the institute: ITU Cocom (G. Tamborini)
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