CELEX: 51982PC0489(01)
Language: en
Date: 1982-07-27
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ADOPTING A MODIFICATION FOR THE YEAR 1983 IN THE RESEARCH PROGRAMME TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY AND FOR THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ( 1980-1983 )

N o C 315/16                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            1. 12. 8 2
                                                             II
                                                      (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
               Proposal for a Council Decision adopting a modification for the year 1983 in the research
               programme to be implemented by the Joint Research Centre for the European Atomic
                     Energy Community and for the European Economic Community (1980 to 1983)
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 2 August 1982)
T H E COUNCIL O FT H E EUROPEAN                                    policies and the definition of Community actions in
COMMUNITIES,                                                       the field of science and technology (');
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
                                                                   Whereas the programme was drawn up in accordance
European Atomic Energy Community, and in
                                                                   with the Council resolution of 17 December 1970
particular Article 7 thereof,
                                                                   concerning the procedures for adopting research and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       training programmes ( 2 );
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 235 thereof,                                              Whereas Article 3 of Decision 80/317/EEC, Euratom
                                                                  provides for a review of the programme during its
Having regard to the proposal from the Cpmmission                 third year ( J ),
presented after consultation, with regard to nuclear
projects, of the Scientific and Technical Committee,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­                 H A S D E C I D E D AS FOLLOWS:
liament,
                                                                                               Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,                                                 The research programme 1980 t o 1983, as presented
                                                                  in Annexes A, B and C to Decision 80/317/EEC,
Whereas, in the context of the common policy                      Euratom, is annuled and replaced, for the year 1983,
relating to the field of science and technology, the              by a revised programme, as presented in the Annex to
multiannual research programme is one of the                      the present Decision.
principal means whereby the European Atomic
Energy Community can contribute to the safety and
development of nuclear energy and to the acquisition                                           Article 2
and the dissemination of information in the nuclear               The expenditure commitments forecast to implement
field;                                                            the programme defined in the Annex and the
Whereas Article 2 of the Treaty establishing the                  maximum number of staff are estimated at 615-18
European Economic Community assigns to the                        million ECU and 2 314 respectively. T h e indicative
Community inter alia the task of promoting                        breakdown of funds and staff is given in the Annex.
throughout        the    Community        a    harmonious
development of economic activities, a continuous and              The European unit of account shall be that defined in
balanced expansion and an increase in stability;                  Article 10 of the Council Decision of 16 December
whereas the objectives pursued by the Community's                 1980 (4), amending the Financial Regulation of 21
activities to this end are set out in Article 3 of the said       December 1977 (5) concerning the utilization of the
Treaty;                                                           ECU for the general budget of the European
Whereas the non-nuclear projects provided for by this             Communities.
Decision appear necessary for the attainment of these
objectives;
Whereas the Treaty establishing . the European
                                                                  (') O J N o C 7, 29. 1. 1974, p. 2.
Economic Community has not provided the specific
                                                                  O   O J N 0 L I 6 , 20. 1. 1971, p. 13.
powers required for this purpose:
                                                                  (J) OJ N o L 72, 18. 3. 1980, p. 11.
Whereas on 14 January 1974 the Council adopted a                  (4) OJ N o L 345, 20. 12. 1980, p. 23.
resolution concerning the coordination of national                (5) OJ N o L 356, 31. 12. 1980, p. 1.
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                         Article 3                                                   Article 4
T h e dissemination of the information resulting from          The     Commission    shall    be  responsible  for
the implementation of the non-nuclear parts of the             implementation of the programme and, t o this end,
programme shall be carried out in accordance with              shall call upon the services of the Joint Research
Council Regulation (EEC) N o 2380/74 of 17                     Centre.
September 1974 adopting provisions f o r the                                         Article 5
dissemination of information relating t o research             T h e residual ammounts from the 1980 t o 1982
programmes        of     the      European     Economic        programme years may be used f o r the execution of
Community (').                                                 the 1983 programmes.
C) OJ N o L 255, 20. 9. 1974, p. 1.
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                                                           ANNEX
                                   1. RESEARCH PROGRAMME FOR THE YEAR 1983
                  (last year of the quadriannual programme 1980 to 1983 revised by the present Decision)
           The following modifications are introduced in the programme adopted with Decision 80/317/EEC,
           Euratom of 13 March 1980.
           A. NUCLEAR SAFETY A N D T H E FUEL CYCLE (Joint Programme)
              A.l. Reactor safety (nuclear activity)
                    The programme consists of the following seven projects:
                    — project Super-Sara: in-pile testing of LWR fuel under accident conditions,
                    — project LOBI: out-of-pile integral system for LOCA studies,
                    — reliability and risk evaluation: European Reliability Data System (ERDS) and LWR
                         accident sequence analysis,
                    — project LWR primary circuit integrity: early detection of fault and primary circuit
                         components life prediction,
                    — study of phenomena related to energy release: multiphase multifluid thermohydraulics,
                    — project PAHR: in-pile and out-of-pile study of residual heat removal in case of LMFBR
                         core melting,
                    — study of material properties and structural behaviour: prediction of reactor material
                         behaviour in normal operating and accident conditions.
              A.3. Safety of nuclear materials (nuclear activity)
                    The programme consists of the following three projects:
                    — risk evaluation: risk evaluation for the geological disposal of radioactive waste,
                    — protective barriers: study of the barriers interposed between waste and man in the case
                        of geological disposal,
                    — actinide monitoring: plutonium determination in radioactive waste.
           E. SPECIFIC SUPPORT FOR T H E COMMISSION'S SECTORAL ACTIVITIES (Joint
              Programme)
              E.6. Provision of scientific and technical services (nuclear and non-nuclear activity)
                    Reinforcement of the activities in support of developing countries, in particular with the
                    creation of a training institute.
                    The other programmes are not modified. The new level of resources for the various
                    programmes is reported on the following page.
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                   2. INDICATIVE BREAKDOWN OF STAFF FOR 1983 A N D OF FUNDS FOR 1980 T O 1983
                                                                Expenditure commitments (million E C U )
                                                                                                                                                 O f which
                    Programmes                                                                                                Total staff
                                                       Approved                                                                                research staff
                                                                          1982 ( J )        1983 C)             Total
                                                     programme (')
A. NUCLEAR SAFETY A N D T H E
      FUEL CYCLE
      1. Reactor safety                                 176-043           19-002             11-553           206-598               773              326
      2. Plutonium fuels and actinide re­
          search                                         61-379            0-025         -     0-212           61 -192              196              112
      3. Safety of nuclear materials                     23-390            0-246         -     0-683           22-953                93                42
      4. Fissile materials control and ma­
          nagement                                       23-225            0-246         -     0-051           23-420 •             117                55
                                           Total        284-038           19-519             10-607           314-164 '           1 179              535
B. N E W ENERGIES
      1. Solar energy                                    25-928            0-300               0-258            26-486              121                60
      2. Hydrogen production, energy
          storage and transport                          16-582            0-194               0-688          ,17-464                81                40
      3. Thermonuclear fusion technology                 29-752            0-291               0-992            31-035              139                65
      4. High-temperature materials                      17-257            0-005               0-142            17-404               64                38
                                           Total         89-519            0-790               2-080            92-389              405              203
C. STUDY A N D PROTECTION O F
      T H E ENVIRONMENT
      1. Protection of t h e environment                 38-948            0-402               0-348            39-698              174                90
      2. Remote sensing from space                       20-000            0-244               0-205            20-449               98                50
                                           Total         58-948            0-646               0-553            60-147              272               140
D. NUCLEAR MEASUREMENTS                                . 49-738                —               0-763            50-501              180               108
E. SPECIFIC SUPPORTT O T H E
      COMMISSION
      1.v Informatics                                    14-726            0-169          -    0-270            14-625               51                25
      2. Support to safeguards                            6-350            0-019               0-049              6-418              23                13
      3. Support to the Community Bureau
          of References                                   3-467            0-019               0-025              3-511               18               11
      4. Training and education                           3-535            0-044               0-036              3-615               11                6
      5. Utilization of research results                  1-859            0-005               0-431              2-295               14                5
      6. Provision of scientific and
          technical services                             10-598            0-126               1-453            12-177               76                35
                                           Total         40-535            0-382               1-724            42-641              193                95
                                      Sub-Total         522-778      w0\17221-33              15-727          559-842
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F. OPERATION O F LARGE SCALE ,
      INSTALLATIONS
      1. Operation of the HFR reactor                    35-306                                0-037            55-343                85               41
                                    Grand total         578-084           21-337              15-764          615-185             2 314             1 122
(') Including, in connection with the initial amount of 5 1 0 - 8 7 million E C U , an increase of 6 7 - 2 1 million E C U due t o successive, approved o r
      expectea adaptations of staff-related expenses.
( 2 ) Supplementary funds, according t o the amending preliminary draft budget N o 1-1982.
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( ) Supplementary funds forecast f o r 1983.