2000/100/Euratom: Council Decision of 24 January 2000 adopting a supplementary research programme to be implemented by the Joint Research Centre for the European Atomic Energy Community
Date: 2000-01-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Joint Research Centre, Member States' contribution, applied research, research programme, scientific research

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4. 2. 2000

COUNCIL DECISION

of 24 January 2000

adopting a supplementary research programme to be implemented by the Joint Research Centre
for the European Atomic Energy Community

(2000/100/Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission submitted
after consultation of the Scientific and Technical Committee,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1)

The development of nuclear medicine within the Euro-
pean Union contributes to the target of ensuring human
health protection which the Union sets itself and which
necessitates an increased use of Testing Reactors for
medical purposes;

(2) Within the framework of the common policy relating to
the field of science and technology, the supplementary
research programme involving the high flux reactor
is one of the principal means available to the
(HFR)
European RTDT fifth framework programme to contri-
bute to the support and testing of medical diagnostic
and therapeutic methodologies, to the development of
material sciences and to the support of safe nuclear
technologies;

(3)

(4)

financial

contributions

The
supplementary
programme will come directly from the Netherlands,
Germany and France;

to this

In addition to these contributions, HFR will receive
funds from contracts with third parties and from its
participation in the Community programmes on a
competitive basis,

are set out in Annex I, is hereby adopted for a period of four
years, starting on 1 January 2000.

Article 2

The financial contributions estimated as necessary for the
execution of the programme amount to EUR 38,97 million.
The breakdown of this amount is given in Annex II. It includes
a provision for the future decommissioning of the reactor.

Article 3

the
The Commission shall be responsible for carrying out
programme through its Joint Research Centre. The Board of
Governors of the Joint Research Centre will be kept informed
about the implementation of the programme.

Article 4

The Commission shall each year, before 15 April, submit to the
the Council, and the Economic and
European Parliament,
Social Committee a report on the implementation of
this
Decision.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 24 January 2000.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The supplementary programme on the operation of HFR, here-
inafter referred to as ‘the programme’, the objectives of which

For the Council

The President

L. CAPOULAS SANTOS

(1) Opinion delivered on 15 December 1999 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

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ANNEX I

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES

The programme's aims are primarily:

1. The safe and reliable operation of the high flux reactor (HFR) at Petten; this activity involves the normal use of the
installation for more than 250 days a year, the management of the fuel cycle under the safety and quality controls.

2. The rational use of this reactor will be developed in a broad range of disciplines; the major research and development
themes involving the use of HFR are illustrated by the following examples: the study of materials, the support of R & D
work for the safety of the nuclear fuel cycle, the possibility to test nuclear fuel for peaceful purposes in order to
eliminate plutonium resulting from nuclear disarmament, the development of medical isotopes to answer the questions
of medical research, the testing of medical therapeutic techniques.

ANNEX II

BREAKDOWN OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS

The contributions to this supplementary programme will come from the Netherlands, Germany and France.

The breakdown of these contributions is as follows:

The Netherlands:
Germany:
France:
Total:

34 million
EUR
3,77 million
EUR
EUR
1,20 million
EUR 38,97 million