CELEX: 31973D0177
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 18 June 1973 adopting a research and training programme for the European Atomic Energy Community (direct projects)

No L 189/36                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                  11.7. 73
                                                   COUNCIL DECISION
                                                        of 18 June 1973
             adopting a research and training programme for the European Atomic Energy
                                                 Community (direct projects)
                                                      (73 / 177/Euratom )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                                  Article 2
COMMUNITIES ,
                                                                   The maximum expenditure commitment and staff for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       implementing this programme shall be 13-8 million
European Atomic Energy Community, and in                           units of account and 140 staff for the duration of the
particular Article 7 thereof;                                      programme .
Having regard to the Proposal from the Commission ,                The allocation of funds and staff is shown in Annex
submitted after consultation with the Scientific and               II .
Technical Committee ;
                                                                   The unit of account is defined in Article 10 of the
Having regard to the Council Resolution of 17                      Financial Regulation of 25 April 1973 (2 ) applicable
December 1970 (*) on the detailed rules for the                    to the general budget of the European Communities .
adoption of research and training programmes ;
Whereas in the context of the common policy in                                               Article 3
science and technology the multi-annual research and
training programme is one of the principal means                   The programme set out in Annex I shall be subject to
whereby the Community can contribute to the rapid                  review at the beginning of the second year, and then
formation and expansion of nuclear industries and                  annually in accordance with the appropriate
also to the acquisition and dissemination of                       procedures and in the light of the Decisions of the
knowledge in the nuclear field ;                                   Paris Summit Conference .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                   Done at Luxembourg, 18 June 1973 .
                          Article 1
A research and training programme as set out in                                                           For the Council
Annexes I and II is hereby adopted for a period of                                                         The President
four years from 1 January 1973 . The Annexes shall
form an integral part of this Decision .                                                                    A. LAVENS
(') OJ No L 16 , 20. 1 . 1971 , p. 13.                             (2) OJ No L 116, 1 . 5 . 1973 , p. 1 .
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                                                          ANNEX 1
                                                    DIRECT PROJECTS
                                                  NUCLEAR PROJECTS
          JOINT PROGRAMME
            I. Basic research on materials
               A maximum of 5-1 million units of account, and a staff of 50 (including a programme staff
               of 29 ), shall be allocated to this objective .
               The objective shall include basic studies on solid state physics as the groundwork of
               applied research on materials and shall consist of:
               — studies of the effects of structural changes and cristalline imperfections on the properties
                   of materials ;
               — studies of transport phenomena and structural behaviour in metals, polymers and other
                   materials .
               These activities shall be conducted by the Ispra Establishment.
           II. Application of nuclear energy for purposes other than generating electricity (hydrogen
               production by decomposition of water on the basis of chemical cycles)
               A maximum of 6-7 million units of account and a staff of 70 (including a programme staff
               of 37) shall be allocated to this project.
               This objective shall include:
               — chemistry studies : thermodynamic calculations, monitoring of unknown reactions,
                   measurements of the physical properties of the compounds used, study of the effect of
                   impurities, etc.;
               — kinetics studies : calculation of reaction parameters ( kinetics, yield etc.) and continuous
                   simulation on laboratory scale of the various reactions and then complete cycles, again
                   on laboratory scale ;
               — studies of materials : corrosion tests, firstly for indicative evaluations and then for
                   quantitative measurements of the required materials ;
               — chemical engineering studies : preliminary definition of 'flowsheets', calculations for
                   cycle optimisation, studies of the problems of coupling chemical processes with reactors.
               Initially, emphasis will be placed on defining the data required for evaluating the technical
               and economic potential of the process, in cooperation with the circles involved.
               These activities shall be conducted by the Ispra Establishment.
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            III. Technical evaluations m support of Commission activities
                 A maximum of 2 million units of account, and a staff of 20 (including a programme staff of
                 12), shall be allocated to this objective.
                 The objective shall include :
                 — public service activities using systems analysis techniques : collection and analysis of
                     data, preparation of models, development of methods of calculation and codes for use
                     on computers, studies of the results;
                 — prospection studies of the estimated development of electronic components required for
                     making computers and their peripheral equipment.
                 These activities shall be conducted by the Ispra Establishment in cooperation with the
                 relevant Directorates general.
                                                          ANNEX 11
                                   Table of staff and maximum expenditure commitments
                                                               Expenditure in million         Staff
                                  Objective                      units of account
              I. Basic research on materials                            5 1                    50
             II. Application of nuclear energy for
                 purposes other than generating
                 electricity (production of hydrogen)                   67                     70
            III. Technical evaluations in support of
                 Commission activities                                  2-0                    20
                                                       Total           13-8                   140