EURATOM research framework programmes on reactor systems

The activities of the European Commission (EC) in the field of nuclear energy are governed by the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM). The research activities of the European Union (EU) are designed as multi-annual Framework Programmes (FP) managed by the European Commission. The EURATOM Research and Training Programmes cover both nuclear Fusion and Fission. EURATOM-FP6 supports the following projects: -) NULIFE project: Nuclear Plant Life Prediction; -) COVERS project: VVER Safety Research; -) PERFECT project: Prediction of Irradiation Damage Effects on Reactor Components; -) NURESIM project: European Platform for Nuclear Reactor Simulations; -)EC-SARNET project: Sustainable Integration of European Research on Severe Accident Phenomenology; -) RAPHAEL project: Reactor for Process Heat, Hydrogen and Electricity Generation; -)GCFR project: Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor; -) EUROTRANS project: Transmutation of HLW in ADS; -) JHR-CA project: Jules Horowitz Reactor Co-ordination Action; and NEPTUNO project: Nuclear European Platform of Training and University Organisations. Other parts of the EURATOM FP, covering Waste Management and Radiation Protection, as well as Fusion Energy, are not detailed in this paper