Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Studies on a cohort of Serbian children exposed to x-irradiation to determine the contribution of the non-coding genome to susceptibility at low doses (DARK.RISK)

Framework: FP7 — Euratom
Programme: Nuclear fission and radiation protection
Theme: Radiation protection
Destination: Radiation Protection
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Spain,Spain,Serbia
Call:  (FP7-Fission-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2016-03-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2258849.4
EU funding (EUR): 1730000.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The epidemiological study of Tinea capitis (ringworm) patients has proven useful for the study of carcinogenic effects of low dose radiation. In Dark.risk we will develop a new epidemiological cohort based upon the 24 000 cases irradiated in childhood that we will document to create the Serbian Registry of Tinaea Capitis Children (SRTCC). Unlike many other epidemiological cohorts SRTCC can be used to collect biological materials for molecular epidemiological studies. Dark.risk will prepare the way to use SRTCC biomaterials to quantify the contribution of individual differences in sensitivity to risk from low doses of ionizing radiation. We will focus on a novel and unique process to identify individual differences. Until recently 95% of the human genome was considered to be non-translated “junk" DNA. However, almost all of this “dark matter” is actively transcribed into a vareity of non-coding RNA species (ncRNAs) that regulate interactions with the external environment, such as repressing retrotransposons, regulating gene transcription responses to stress, governing chromatic remodeling and coordinating the translation of mRNAs. The ncRNAs play an essential role in coordinating critical cellular responses to radiation such as maintenance of genomic stability, senescence, apoptosis and survival. As ncRNAs make major contributions to individual disease sensitivity we will investigate precisly how the “dark matter” regulates responses at low doses (1mGy to 500mGy), and how these responses vary between individuals. Our long-term goal is to use ncRNAs as biological markers of exposure and outcome on an individual basis.

Keywords: nc-rna,instability,susceptibility,low dose risk,tinea capitis,epidemiology
Passive and Active Systems on Severe Accident source term Mitigation (PASSAM)

Framework: FP7 — Euratom
Programme: Nuclear fission and radiation protection
Theme: Research infrastructure
Destination: Reactor Systems
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Spain,France,Switzerland,Italy,Finland,Germany,France
Call:  (FP7-Fission-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5111546.0
EU funding (EUR): 3600000.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

In case of a severe accident in a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) fission products are released from the degraded fuel and might reach the environment if their confinement is lost and/or bypassed. Given the high radio-toxic nature of fission products for environment and population, their release should be avoided at all costs. This highlights the importance of relying on efficient mitigation systems capable of reducing as much as possible any accidental release. This overall statement becomes even stronger after the accident of last year at Fukushima Daiichi NPP. Current NPPs are furnished with safeguards based on the Design Basis Accident and some extensions to cope with accidents beyond the design bases. So, there are a number of mitigation systems within a NPP, both to accommodate the energy release and to deplete most of potential radioactive emission to the environment. Sprays, suppression pools, high efficiency particle filters, etc. are among those contributing to source term attenuation. The PASSAM project is of an R&D experimental nature, aiming at: Exploring potential enhancement of existing source term mitigation devices, Demonstrating the ability of innovative systems to achieve larger source term attenuation. The understanding gained from in-depth analysis of experimental results will make it possible to produce simple models and/or correlations easy to be implemented in accident analysis codes, this way enhancing code capabilities to model Severe Accident Management guidelines, both for current NPPs and for future ones. The PASSAM project involves nine partners from six countries, coming from diverse organization types: Technical Safety Organizations (IRSN), applied research (CIEMAT, PSI, RSE, VTT), more academic research (CSIC, UniLor) and utilities/industry (EDF, AREVA). They have a strong experience and knowledge of severe accidents and more specifically of Filtered Containment Venting Systems and propose to share the work in a really complementary manner.

Keywords: fcvs - mitigation - severe accident - source term - filtration - aerosol - iodine
Code for European Severe Accident Management (CESAM)

Framework: FP7 — Euratom
Programme: Nuclear fission and radiation protection
Theme: Research infrastructure
Destination: Reactor Systems
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,France,Germany,Spain,Italy,Slovakia,Lithuania,Hungary,Germany,Germany,Bulgaria,Slovenia,European organisations area,Finland,Switzerland,France,India
Call:  (FP7-Fission-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-04-01
End date: 2017-03-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6258591.4
EU funding (EUR): 3597179.0
Participants: 20
Project status: CLOSED

The Fukushima accidents highlighted that both the in-depth understanding of such sequences and the development or improvement of adequate severe accident management measures is essential in order to further increase the safety of the nuclear power plants operated in Europe. CESAM (Code for European Severe Accident Management) is a R&D project that aims in particular at the improvement of the European reference code ASTEC towards a usage in severe accident management analysis for nuclear power plants (NPP). The models of ASTEC that are available for the relevant phenomena during severe accidents in the reactor core as well as in the spent fuel ponds are assessed and recommendations for improvement are developed. The lessons learned from the severe accident in Fukushima will be especially considered. Based on these recommendations ASTEC models will be improved and validated by the partners. In addition, ASTEC will be coupled to environmental consequences tools and a methodology will be investigated that evaluates the probability of different possible accident scenarios based on available on-side data during an accident in a nuclear power plant. This way, ASTEC will be extended to become a tool used for decision-making in emergency cases. ASTEC reference datasets for the main generic types of NPPs in Europe (PWR, BWR, CANDU) will jointly be prepared to give users appropriate guidance how to apply ASTEC for real plant analyses used e.g. for accident management. Plant analyses and possible improvements of SAM measures based on various plant scenarios and accounting for the lessons drawn from the Fukushima accidents, will be performed. A workshop will be organized to elaborate on ASTEC capabilities for calculations of the Fukushima accidents, both in the reactor core and the spent fuel ponds.

Keywords: severe accident management,fukushima accidents,astec,decision-making tool,spend fuel pond,numerical simulation
Innovative integrative tools and platforms to be prepared for radiological emergencies and post-accident response in Europe (PREPARE)

Framework: FP7 — Euratom
Programme: Nuclear fission and radiation protection
Theme: Radiation protection
Destination: Radiation Protection
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,France,Norway,Slovakia,Finland,Spain,France,Greece,Denmark,Denmark,Ukraine,Germany,Belgium,Slovenia,Portugal,Netherlands,Austria,Italy,Netherlands,Switzerland,France,Romania,Spain,Netherlands,United Kingdom,France,United Kingdom,Japan,Denmark,Ireland,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-Fission-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-02-01
End date: 2016-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6501033.64
EU funding (EUR): 4000000.0
Participants: 49
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal aims to close gaps that have been identified in nuclear and radiological preparedness following the first evaluation of the Fukushima disaster. It addresses the call Fission-2010-3.3.1: Update of emergency management and rehabilitation strategies and expertise in Europe. The consortium intends to review existing operational procedures in dealing with long lasting releases, address the cross border problematic in monitoring and safety of goods and will further develop still missing functionalities in decision support system ranging from improved source term estimation and dispersion modelling to the inclusion of hydrological pathways for European water bodies. As the management of the Fukushima event in Europe was far from being optimal, we propose to develop means on a scientific and operational basis to improve information collection, information exchange and the evaluation for such types of accidents. This will be achieved through a collaboration of industry, research and governmental organisations in Europe taking into account the networking activities carried out under the NERIS-TP project. Furthermore, the NERIS Platform member organisations (so far 43 partners) will be actively involved in the development.

Keywords: emergency management,rehabilitation,european approach,lessons from fukushima
Identification of a fluid for two phase capillary pumped cooling systems (DIPHASICFLUID)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: France,France
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2013-02-01
End date: 2016-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 549930.0
EU funding (EUR): 412447.5
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

[Analysis] The problem of finding a fluid for two phase capillary pumped cooling systems is a multiobjective one, considering the numerous properties to match. Besides we can expect to find a fluid within the tens of thousands of existing molecules, which have not been tested for this application, or a fluid that could be easily synthesised from an existing fluid. The critical point is finding the fluid among databases and/ or identifying chemical functions that would enable an existing fluid to match the specifications. Finally we can expect mixtures to be suitable as much as pure fluids. [Strategy] Rather than undertaking an inefficient trial and error search, we propose to implement a computer aided molecule and mixture design approach based on reverse engineering. Such a strategy combines bottom-up and top-down approaches to find fluids that can match a large set of specification together. [Workpackages] The first task (WP1) consists in building a mathematical performance function encompassing all the property specifications and screen potentially interesting chemical families. Second, a systematic computer based search is run to issue a list of candidate fluids (WP2). It combines two existing computer tools from the partners: a bottom-up approach to account for feasible chemical synthesis pathways, and top-down search based on group contribution property estimation methods to explore new pure compounds and mixtures. Third, the candidate list is narrowed by refining property calculations by using accurate first principle methods (WP3). They will also provide an electronic signature of the ideal fluid. The fourth task concerns the fluid choice and is possible synthesis (WP4). Fifth, experimental measurements are performed to validate a few candidates (WP5).

Keywords: diphasic fluid,pure compound,mixture,property estimation model,computer aided molecule and mixture design
Integrated Approach to Manage Glass Fiber Aircraft Insulation Waste (IMAGINE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Greece
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-09-01
End date: 2014-04-30
Duration (months): 20.0
Total project cost (EUR): 219900.0
EU funding (EUR): 121610.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The concept of the project lies in the full recovery of glass-fiber aircraft insulation materials and in the recycling of their constituents into new, competitive materials for building applications. In this context, the project envisages recovery of the glass fibers, the polymeric bags and the thermosetting resin used as binder and aims to develop and apply alternative routes for their recycling, including closed and open-loop systems, as well as primary and secondary recycling processes. The final products of the project shall include: -New insulation materials, - A series of concrete samples incorporating alternative recycled materials (i.e. glass fibers, glass microparticles and polymeric microparticles), - Glass fiber-reinforced polymer composites. More specifically, following the acquisition and characterization of the end-of-life a/c insulation materials, their individual constituents will be recovered and characterized to assess their processability. The proposed recycling routes for each constituents are summarized as follows: 1. Glass fibers: - Closed loop recycling into new insulation materials, - Use as reinforcement in polymer-matrix and concrete composites, - Preparation and treatment of glass microparticles and their application in concrete. 2. Polymer bag materials: - Utilization of polymeric microparticles as concrete filler, - Polymer recycling into composite materials. 3. Thermoset resin: - Utilization as sand substitute in concete. All products will be characterized and optimized in terms of performance and cost to ensure their acceptance in the market, which is a prerequisite for the economic viability of the recycling processes developed. Overall, environmental, economic and technological benefits are expected from the establishment of the proposed recycling routes.

Keywords: glass fibers recycling,polymers recycling,green concrete,composite materials,foam glass,closed- and open-loop recycling,insulation materials characterization
Music in London, 1800-1851 (MUSLOND)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Cultures and cultural production
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (ERC-2012-ADG_20120411, 2012)
Start date: 2013-05-01
End date: 2018-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1977800.0
EU funding (EUR): 1977800.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project aims to construct a wide-ranging interdisciplinary history of music in London in the first half of the nineteenth century. It will be original in method and scope, will generate a series of book-length publications, and is intended to serve as a model for a new kind of music historiography. Past histories of Western music-making have mostly focussed on elite culture, and have tended to write about music in relative isolation from the other arts and humanities. Our project will take as its focus musical activity in a period and a city which, for both material and aesthetic reasons, offers excellent opportunities for exploring a broader and more inclusive kind of history. Music-making in London functioned as a widely-based industry, providing much professional employment and featuring in the education of many an amateur; it also contributed to private and public enjoyment, became a source of boredom and occasional irritation, and fostered the creation of a host of cultural, political and imagined communities. A history that takes seriously all these functions could enable twenty-first-century scholars from many fields to understand better music’s affective presence in nineteenth-century society. It could also, by considering in detail an unprecedentedly wide range of genres and activities, find fresh relevance for musicology alongside work in other disciplines.

Keywords: music,london,nineteenth-century
Aeronautical Magnetic Gear Box (MAGBOX)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-09-01
End date: 2014-04-30
Duration (months): 20.0
Total project cost (EUR): 248234.4
EU funding (EUR): 183626.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

A magnetic gearbox for use in the aerospace industry will be designed, built and tested (to obtain a TRL6) as requested in topic SFWA-01-048. The process of optimizing the magnetic gear will include considering different available configurations for magnetic gear types, i.e. planetary, direct and “harmonic drive”. As requested, it will also consider torque, weight, cost, working temperature and reliability. In addition, it will consider both mechanical and magnetic tolerancing –and the required quality thereof. The coordinator of this project started work in magnetomechanics as part of the magnet group at the AT division of CERN some 20 years ago. UC3M, since the project coordinator –joined 14 years ago, has been at the frontier of research and development in magnetomechanisms; developing and using the latest techniques in order to improve and optimize them. In fact, UC3M has developed a unique method and software in order to simulate precisely the dynamics of any real mechanism incorporating rare-earth magnets, composite magnetic materials, superconductors, soft magnetic materials or any kind of magnetic element. UC3M is currently leading the FP7-Space project MAGDRIVE in which a completely non-contact, magnetic drive for use in space under cryogenic conditions is being demonstrated up to a TRL5. The test bench built in that project will, with minor adaptations, be perfectly suited to testing this MAGBOX. UC3M also has highly exclusive expertise in designing, building and testing mechanical devices based on real commercial magnetic pieces. This includes both the facilities and technical expertise necessary not only to control the quality of them, but also the mechanical and magnetic tolerancing, which is essential to the success of this project. This, together with the considerable expertise in qualification and certification procedures in aeronautics, proven by the years of cooperation in the "Centro mixto UC3M-EADS", makes this project the best solution.

Keywords: gears,magnetism,design of mechanisms
Long-Run Effects of Education Interventions: Evidence from Randomized Trials (EDUCATION-LONG-RUN)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Individuals, institutions and markets
Countries involved: Israel,United Kingdom
Call:  (ERC-2012-ADG_20120411, 2012)
Start date: 2013-05-01
End date: 2019-04-30
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1519000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1519000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The vast majority of published research on the impact of school interventions has examined their effects on short-run outcomes, primarily test scores. While important, a possibly deeper question of interest to society is the impact of such interventions on long-run life outcomes. This is a critical question because the ultimate goal of education is to improve lifetime well-being. Recent research has begun to look at this issue but much work remains to be done, particularly with regard to the long-term effects of interventions explicitly targeting improvement in general quality and students’ educational attainment. This proposal examines the impact of seven different schooling interventions – teachers’ quality, school quality, remedial education, school choice, teacher incentive payments, students' conditional cash transfers and an experiment with an increase in the return to schooling – on long-run life outcomes, including educational attainment, employment, income, marriage and fertility, crime and welfare dependency. To address this important question I will exploit unique data from seven experimental programs and natural experiments implemented simultaneously at different schools in Israel. All programs were successful in achieving their short-term objectives, though the cost of the programs varied. This undertaking presents a unique context with unusual data and very compelling empirical settings. I will examine whether these programs also achieved a longer-term measure of success by improving students’ life outcomes. Another unique feature of the proposed study is that the interventions vary widely and touch on some emergent educational trends. The body of empirical evidence from this study will provide a more complete picture of the individual and social returns from these educational interventions, and will allow policymakers to make more informed decisions when deciding which educational programs lead to the most beneficial use of limited school resources.

Keywords: economics of education,interventions to improve schooling quality,long term life outcomes
Transonic High Reynolds Number Testing of a Large Laminar Wing Half Model (HIRELF)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky
Action type: Article 171 of the Treaty
Partnership: CLEAN-SKY (Art-185)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (SP1-JTI-CS-2012-01, 2012)
Start date: 2012-06-25
End date: 2012-10-24
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1199972.0
EU funding (EUR): 899979.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The main objective of the present proposal is the performance of wind tunnel testing of a half model at transonic speed and near flight Reynolds number. The model wing featuring a natural laminar flow (NLF) design will be subject to artificially generated surface steps and imperfections allowing investigating the resulting effect on the flow behaviour on the wing. The proposed activities comprise the design and provision of a controlled high pressure air supply inside the model, the model preparation and the test performance. Basic investigations on NLF wings have already been performed in a recently completed EU research project ensuring the availability of test capabilities, tools and appropriate techniques for an achievement of the defined objectives. Forces and moments will be measured with a classical strain gauge balance inside the tunnel ceiling while the PSI system is going to record the large amount of tap based pressure data. Model deformation in wing twist and bending due to aero loads will be monitored by the highly qualified stereo pattern tracking system. The visualization of laminar flow areas as well as the transition line will be achieved by applying the temperature sensitive paint (TSP) technique, which has been developed and enhanced by DLR and ETW to a mature state over the recent decade. A team of long experienced and highly skilled staff will take the responsibility for a successful performance of the described activities. To meet concerns of the given complexity of the work an extended risk assessment with corresponding contingency plans has been prepared. Exploitation and an enhanced dissemination address the uniqueness of the expected results. The proposed investigations on a Natural Laminar Flow model refer to a key technology stream within the SFWA programme contributing to achieving the technology readiness level 6, thus supporting the realization of the Vision 2020 goals of the European Union.

Keywords: high reynolds number testing,cryogenic wind tunnel,tarnsonic flow,transition measurement,natural laminar flow,wing shape assessment,temperature sensitive paint