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Advanced Networking for Nuclear Education and Training and Transfer of Expertise (ANNETTE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2019,

The present situation of nuclear energy in Europe asks for a continuing effort in the field of Education and Training aimed to assure a qualified workforce in the next decades. In this scenario, the present proposal is aimed at enhancing and networking the Europe-wide efforts initiated in the past decades by different organisations belonging to academia, research centres and industry to maintain a ...
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Collaborative RObotic Solution for Advanced Inspection of Complex Composite parts (CRO-INSPECT)

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

Highly integrated composite parts have begun to enter the market. Their inherent complex structure makes more difficult inspection activities being crucial the development of more flexible, more reliable and faster NDT solutions. Regarding NDT methods, Ultrasonic testing (UT) techniques are suitable for the inspection of large and hidden areas and recently developed ones, like guided waves, have ...
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Safe long term operation of light water reactors based on improved understanding of radiation effects in nuclear structural materials (SOTERIA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

The overall aim of the SOTERIA project is to improve the understanding of the ageing phenomena occurring in reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels and in the internal steels (internals) in order to provide crucial information to regulators and operators to ensure safe long-term operation (LTO) of existing European nuclear power plants (NPPs). SOTERIA has set up a collaborative research consortium wh ...
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Net-shape joining technology to manufacture 3D multi-materials components based on metal alloys and thermoplastic composites (ComMUnion)

Start date: Dec 1, 2015, End date: May 31, 2019,

ComMUnion enables productive and cost effective manufacturing of 3D metal/ Carbon Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastic (CFRT) multi-material components.ComMUnion will develop a novel solution combining tape placement of CFRTs with controlled laser-assisted heating in a multi-stage robot solution. High-speed laser texturing and cleaning will overcome the limitations of current joining technology to provi ...
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Enhancement of training capabilities in VVER technology through establishment of VVER training academy (CORONA II) (CORONA II)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

The main objective of the proposed CORONA II project is to enhance the safety of nuclear installations through further improvement of the training capabilities aimed at building up the necessary personnel competencies.Specific objective of the proposed CORONA II project is to proceed with the development of state-of-the-art regional training center for VVER competence (which will be called CORONA ...
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Strengthening of Cooperation and Exchange for Nuclear Education and Training between the European Union and the Russian Federation (ENEN-RU II)

Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

"The entire project of cooperation with Russia titled “Strengthening of Cooperation and Exchange for Nuclear Education and Training between the European Union and the Russian Federation” consist of two parallel projects on the EU side and the Russian side. The objectives of the entire project are:- based on the achievements of the FP7 ENEN-RU project, to further define a common basis for effective ...
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Innovative continuous upgrades of high investment product-services (USE-IT-WISELY)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

In the past, customers invested in high cost, long service-life products. Today, they demand complex product-services capable of adapting to new customer goals and rapidly changing markets. The Use-it-wisely project will enable European manufacturers to operate successfully within this new paradigm.The project will investigate a new business model that implements continuous product-service adaptat ...
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Development of Non-destructive Inspection Approaches for Automatic detection and MONitoring of Damage evolution (DiAAMond)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

The aim of this project is to develop innovative Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) techniques to on-line monitor CFRP damages during structural tests execution. The demonstrator will include one or more NDT techniques. NDT instrumentation will perform automatically and without human intervention data acquisition and analysis and will transfer results through web to the structural test control system ...
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Preparing NUGENIA for HORIZON2020 (NUGENIA-PLUS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

Preparing NUGENIA for HORIZON 2020The objective of the NUGENIA+ project is to support the NUGENIA Association in its role to coordinate and integrate European research on safety of the Gen II and III nuclear installations in order to better ensure their safe long term operation, integrating private and public efforts, and initiating international collaboration that will create added value in its a ...
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Better undeRstandIng anD recoGnition of nuclEar skills and qualifications

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

...ion in academic and in training institutions will be analyzed. Therefore the partners of the project are University Politehnica Bucharest as higher education institution, Jozef Stefan Institute and Tecnatom as partner institutions and Energonuclear as end-user institution. The human resources recruiting experience shows that, regarding the acquired by the student knowledge, there is a gap between ...
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LOw COst Manufacturing and Assembly of Composite and Hybrid Structures (LOCOMACHS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

The continued use of composite materials in the aerospace industry has been addressed in several past research projects which have focused on new design solutions and composite manufacturing processes. However an area which has been given much less attention up until now is how to achieve a time and cost effective lean assembly production system. The current airframe assembly process of composite ...
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Structural performance of multi-metal component (MULTIMETAL)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

In a nuclear power plant, a single metallic component may be fabricated from different materials. For example, RPV components are made from ferritic steel, whereas some of the connecting pipelines are fabricated from austenitic stainless steel. As a consequence different components often need to be connected by so-called dissimilar metal welds (DMW).Despite extensive research in Euratom Framework ...
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Integrated Magnetic imAgery based on spIntronics Components (IMAGIC)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

Structures reliability, installations safety and products quality are requirements that industrial sectors must take into account. The stake is to guarantee the integrity of the structures. In transport and nuclear fields, a major stake of people safety is associated. To take up this challenge, industries are users of non destructive testing (NDT) which gathers methods providing information on the ...
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Establishment of a Regional Center of Competence for VVER Technology and Nuclear Applications (CORONA)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

The essence of the project is to provide a special purpose structure for training and qualification of personnel for serving VVER technology as one of nuclear power options used in EU. Such approach should allow unifying existing VVER related training schemes according to IAEA standards and commonly accepted criteria recognized in EU. The structure is based on three general pillars: 1) Training sc ...
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Mobile robots for inspection and maintenance activities in extensive industrial plants (MAINBOT)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2014,

Efficient and effective maintenance is crucial for all kind of industries. In the case of capital intensive investment industries it is even more relevant and has an important impact in the operation costs during the long life cycle of their production means.Besides the traditional maintenance problems of any industrial installation, this kind of facilities presents other additional challenging ch ...
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TRAINING SCHEMES ON NUCLEAR SAFETY CULTURE (TRASNUSAFE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2014,

Nuclear Safety Culture is a topic of paramount importance for all nuclear operators as well as for all operators of installations dedicated to radiology and radiotherapy. It concerns also the regulators and related support organisations. Its efficient practice is an absolute must for nuclear power plants, for production and transport of fissile materials and radioisotopes, and for related research ...
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Treatment of long term irradiation embrittlement effects in RPV safety assessment (LONGLIFE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2010, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

In view of the increasing age of the European NPPs and envisaged life time extensions up to an EOL of 80 years, there is a need for an improved understanding and prediction of RPV irradiation embrittlement effects connected with long term operation (LTO). Effects caused by high neutron fluences such as the possible formation of Late Blooming Phases and as yet unknown defects must be considered ade ...
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Ageing Diagnostics and Prognostics of low-voltage I&C cables (ADVANCE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"The assessment of the condition of low-voltage instrumentation, control, and power cables in nuclear power plants is of increasing importance as plants age and lifetime extensions are envisaged. Furthermore as new reactors are being constructed and many other are planned for the near future, the initial cables choice and the use of effective in-situ condition monitoring (CM) techniques to follow ...
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Structural integrity for lifetime management – non-RPV components (STYLE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"The overall objective of the project is to assess, optimise and develop the use of advanced tools for the structural integrity assessment of reactor coolant pressure boundary components (RCPB) relevant to ageing and life time management and to integrate the knowledge created in the project into mainstream nuclear industry assessment codes. Realistic failure models for some of the key components w ...
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Europen Nuclear Education Network Training Schemes (ENEN-III)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2013,

The project covers the structuring, organisation, coordination and implementation of training schemes in cooperation with local, national and international training organisations, to provide training to professionals active in nuclear organisations or their contractors and subcontractors. The training schemes provide a portfolio of courses, training sessions, seminars and workshops for continuous ...
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New multipurpose coating systems based on novel particle technology for extreme environments at high temperatures (PARTICOAT)

Start date: Nov 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

The overall objective of the project is to develop a novel, unconventional and cost efficient type of multipurpose high temperature coating systems on the basis of property tailoring by particle size processing of metallic source materials. It shall possess multi-functionality that will comprise thermal barrier effect, oxidation and corrosion protection, lotus effect, electrical insulation at elev ...
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ENEN COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA IN NUCLEAR EDUCATION, TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT (ENEN-RU)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

The entire project of cooperation with Russia in the development of common ground for cooperation in nuclear education, training and knowledge management consists of two parallel projects, i.e. this ENEN-RU project on the EU side and the project titled “Innovative Nuclear Education Towards Peace, Prosperity & Sustainable Development” on the Russian side. The objectives of the entire project are: - ...
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Manual Work Support Throughout System Lifecycle by Exploiting Virtual and Augmented Reality (ManuVAR)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

Manual work is a crucial and expensive component of manufacturing. Globalization causes companies to reduce manual work costs by offshoring and global outsourcing. This poses problems such as increased lead times, lower quality products and services, and weaker management. Because of the pressure of globalization and the decline of the working age population in Europe, the situation will get worse ...
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Wireless Sensor Networks for the Protection of Critical Infrastructures (WSAN4CIP)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

The goal of WSAN4CIP is to substantially advance the technology of Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks (WSANs) beyond the current state of the art and to apply this technology to the Protection of Critical Infrastructures. In particular, the WSAN4CIP project will apply these advanced wireless and sensor network developments to the management of power generation and distribution infrastructure ma ...
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COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF SECURITY-CENTERED TRAINING CURRICULA FOR FIRST RESPONDERS ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN THE EU (CAST)

Start date: Jul 1, 2009, End date: Jun 30, 2011,

"Security-centered training course curricula on disaster management for first responders (FR)* in EU member states will be comparatively assessed with a specially developed matrix-based software: (1) for all EU member states (2) as derived from international best practices in the US, Russia, and Israel as countries with extensive experience in this field. The comparative assessment will cover: (a ...
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