Today, the European Union can boast a degree of strategic autonomy in space. Projects such as Galileo have not only enhanced the EU’s economy, but they may confer on the Union the ability to amplify its Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defence Policy. While the EU conti...
The following tables provide an overview of the transposition legislation individual MS have adopted to implement Directive 2008/114 on the identification and designation of European critical infrastructures and the assessment of the need to improve their protection. The tables contain informati...
Although European Directive 2008/114/EC on the protection of critical infrastructures (Council of the European Union, 2008) does not designate the water supply sector as a critical infrastructure, all governments recognise that their water supply is vital to national security. Water systems are ...
The 57th Seminar organized by ESReDA took place in the very beautiful city of Valencia, Spain. We were very kindly received by the Polytechnic University of Valencia/Universitat Politècnica de Valencia. The Seminar was jointly organized by ESReDA and CMT Motores Termicos, a research unit at the ...
Novel technologies can benefit nuclear security and emergency preparedness in multiple ways. Generally, systems based on novel technologies are more flexible and can thus be quickly adapted to changes in the operational environment. In addition, these systems are more autonomous and are dependen...
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) published a new international standard, IEC 63047, specifying a data format for list-mode digital data acquisition used in radiation detection and measurement. IEC 63047 was developed under the lead of the JRC in the frame of Commission mandate...