2004/185/Euratom: Council Decision of 19 February 2004 concerning the adoption of a supplementary research programme to be implemented by the Joint Research Centre for the European Atomic Energy Community
Date: 2004-02-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Joint Research Centre, nuclear energy, nuclear technology, research programme

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 19 February 2004

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

(2004/185/Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Article 2

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 Board of Governors of the
Joint Research Centre (JRC),

Whereas:

(1) Within the framework of the European research area,
the supplementary research programme involving the
high flux reactor (HFR) is one of the principal means
available in the Union to contribute to safe nuclear tech-
nologies, to materials research for thermonuclear fusion,
to fundamental
research and
medical applications and to training in these areas.

to medical

research,

(2)

financial

contributions

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

to this

The financial contributions estimated as necessary for the
execution of
to about EUR 30,6
million. The breakdown of the contributions is given in Annex
II. It includes provision for the reactor decommissioning.

the programme amount

Article 3

The Commission shall be responsible for the implementation of
the programme, and to this end, shall call upon the services of
the JRC. The JRC Board of Governors shall be kept informed
about the implementation of the programme.

Article 4

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

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Done at Brussels, 19 February 2004.

The supplementary research programme on the operation of
HFR, hereinafter referred to as ‘the programme’, the objectives
of which are set out in Annex I, is hereby adopted for a period
of three years, starting on 1 January 2004.

For the Council

The President

M. McDOWELL

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ANNEX I

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES

The programme's aims are primarily:

1. To provide more than 250 days per year of operation of the HFR in order to guarantee availability of neutrons for

experiments.

2. To allow for the rational use of this reactor according to the needs of research institutions requiring HFR support in
areas such as: improvement of safety of existing nuclear reactors, health, including the development of medical
isotopes to answer the questions of medical research and the testing of medical therapeutic techniques, fusion, funda-
mental research and training and waste management, including the possibility of developing nuclear fuel devoted to
the elimination of weapon-grade plutonium.

ANNEX II

BREAKDOWN OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS

The contributions to the programme will come from the Netherlands and France.

The breakdown of these contributions is as follows:

The Netherlands: EUR 29,75 million

France: EUR 0,90 million

Total: EUR 30,65 million