The Radionuclide Metrology team of JRC performs reference measurements of activity and nuclear decay characteristics in support of the common measurement system for radioactivity, as stipulated in Article 8 of the Euratom Treaty. Primary standardisations of activity performed at the JRC and Nati...
Reference materials for Neutron Resonance Analysis (NRA) applications are discussed. This non-destructive analysis technique can be applied for a variety of applications, such as: validation of nuclear data, characterisation of reference samples and complex nuclear materials and archaeological a...
The European Commission is committed to protect the general public and the environment from undue radiological hazards. It has therefore developed a Decommissioning & Waste Management (D&WM) Programme for all nuclear sites of the Joint Research Centre (JRC). In JRC Ispra, the Nuclear Decommissio...
The 2017 Nuclear Illustrative Programme of the Commission1 (PINC) provides a basis for discussion on the role of nuclear energy trends and related investments for the period up to 2050, including on how nuclear energy can help achieve the EU's energy objectives. As nuclear safety remains the Com...
In the wake of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, a prerequisite for the accession of Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia to the European Union was a commitment to prematurely close and subsequently dismantle their early Soviet-designed reactors. Three nuclear power plants with a total of eight reactors ...
The European decommissioning and dismantling (D&D) market of nuclear facilities is featured by a significant long-term growth, hence representing an important opportunity of businesses and employment creation in the continent. In the next 20 years, the market size of the D&D market for nuclear p...
