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Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION adopting a research and training programme for the European Atomic Energy Community and a research programme for the European Economic Community (Submitted by the Council to the Commission)

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                                             COM (73 ) 190 final
                                             Brussels, 5 February 1973
                        PROPOSAI, FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
           adopting a research and training programme for the Euro­
           pean Atomic Energy Community and a research programme for
           the European Economic Community
                ( Submitted by the Council to the Commission)
COM (73 ) 190 final
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    COMMISSION
       OF THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                  Brussels . 31 January 1973
              PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
              adopting a research and training programme
              for the European Atomic Energy Community
              and a research programme for the European
              Economic Community
                ( Presented by the Commission to the
                  Council )
          Revised version based on the Commission decision
          of 2k- January 1973
COMC73 )
 ---pagebreak--- PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
adopting a research arid training programme for the European Atomio
Energy Community and a research programme for the European Economic
 Community
The Council of the European Communities ,
HAVING REGARD to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy
Community, and in particular Article 7 thereofj
HAVING REGARD to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community and in particular Article 235 thereoff •
HAVING REGARD to the proposal from the Commission , which as regards
the nuclear programme consulted the Scientific and Technical
Committeej
HAVING REGARD to the Opinion of the European Parliament 5
WHEREAS the nrult i annual research and training programme is one of
the principal means by which the European Atomic Energy Community
oan contribute to the speedy establishment and growth of the nuclear
industries ^
WHEREAS , in accordance with the Preamble to the Treaty establishing
the European Economic Community, the Community has as its essential
objective the constant improvement of living and working conditions
in the Member States ?
WHEREAS Article 2 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community affirms as one of the tasks of the Community the promotion
throughout the Community of* a hartnonixme 'd^veXcptt-ten^fof e-fiottoltiie -activities
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WHEREAS pursuant to Article 3(a ) of , the Treaty establishing
the European Economic Community the activities of the
Community shall include the elimination , as between
Member States , of quantitative restrictions on the import
and export of goods , and of all other* treasures' ha!ving
equivalent effect ;
WHEREAS the definition of standards and reference substances
is consistent v/ith these objectives in that it is of such a
nature as to contribute to the elimination as between the
Member States of technical obstacles to the free movement
of goods ;
WHEREAS the protection of the environment can also contribute
                                          J ' . '               •
to the attainment of these objectives , particularly as .
regards the constant improvement of living and working
conditions in the Member States , and whereas the problems
raised in this connection are of such a nature as to require
solutions on a multinational scale ;
WHEREAS scientific and technical development plays a decisive
part in the attainment of the objectives referred to above ;
WHEREAS such projects are accordingly seen to be necessary
in order to attain , within the framework of the Common Market ,
certain of the objectives of the Community ;               ?i .
WHEREAS the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
has not provided the n'ecessary powers ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                        Article 1
A research and training programme for the European Atomic
Energy Community and a research programme for the European
Economic Community shall be adopted from 1 January 1973j as set
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out in the following Annexes :
- 1A ( five years ) for nuclear activities of the Joint
                    Research Centre ;
- 1B ( five years ) for indirect activities in the nuclear field ;
- 2A ( five years ) for standards and reference substances
                    ( direct action - JRC );.
- 2B ( three years ) for standards and reference substances
                      ( indirect action );
- 3A ( five years ) for environmental protection ( direct action - JRC );
- 3B ( three years ) for environmental protection ( indirect action );
- k  ( five years )   for the remote sensing of earth resources
                      ( direct action );
- 5  ( five years )   for exploitation of the Ispra I reactor ;
these Annexes forming an integral part of this Decision .
                           Article 2
The upper limit for expenditure commitments and for staff
necessary for the implementation of this programme shall be
                                                       (
17^*355 million units of account and 1,266 Community servants
in the case of the programme of the European Atomic Energy
Community and 38.^2 million units of account . and 251
Community servants in the case of the programme of the
European Economic Community , the unit of account being
defined in Article 19 of the Financial Regulation on . the
establishing and implementing of the research and investment
budget of the European Atomic Energy . Community and concerning
the responsibility of authorizing officers and accounting
officers ( Article 183 ( a ) and ( c ) of the Treaty ) and in
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Article 17 of the Financial Regulation establishing and
implementing the budget of the European Economic Community
and concerning the responsibility of authorizing officers
and accounting officers ( Article 209 ( a ) and ( c ) of the
Treaty ).
In addition to the foregoing ^ 16 million units of account
and 120 Community servants are the estimated requirement
for the expenditure commitments and staff necessary for the
implementation of research programmes to be chosen by the
Council before JO June 1973 from among the Commission
proposals ( see Annex 6 ) drawn up to supplement the programmes
set out in this decision .
                         Article 3
The Commission shall ensure that these programmes are carried
out and for this purpose shall where necessary avail itself
of the resources of the Joint Nuclear Research Centre *      It
shall submit a report to the Council thereon each year .
                         Article k
The programme shall be reexamined at the beginning of the
second year , and if necessary at the beginning of the fourth
year , in accordance with the appropriate procedures in order
to adapt it to the development of the needs of the Community ,
with special reference to forthcoming decisions implementing
the Summit Conference resolution .
Further , the Council shall invite the Commission to submit ,
before the end of 1975 » proposals for a new long-term
programme with a view to the introduction of a "rolling
programme " system .   .
 ---pagebreak--- The dissemination of the information resulting from the
implementation of the parts of the programme set out in
Annexes 3 and 6 shall "be effected subject to the conditions
and within the limits determined "by the Commission.
Done at Brussels
For the Council
The President
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                   ACTIVITIES III THE FUCLBAR FIELD
                         ( Direct action – JTRC)
 1 . Long-term energy supply
An amount of 19»15 million u.a . shall be allocated, for this purpose
with an upper limit for staff of 1 64 Community servants ( including
a programme staff of 90 Community servants ).
The objectives are as follows :
- The use of nuclear energy for the production of hydrogen from water .
    The research is concerned, with chemical reaction cycles (work on
    chemistry, kinetics , materials and chemical engineering) .
- The processing and storage of radioactive waste :
    - basic research on the separation of fission products from
       irradiated fuel using the Saltex process ;
    - feasibility studies on radioactive waste disposal using
       self-burying containers ;
    - research on the chemical separation of actinides from highly
       radioactive waste ;
    - research on physical measurements for determining the neutron
       properties of actinides ; 4
    - theoretical studies designed to reduce the concentration of
       actinides in irradiated fuel by optimum reactor operation .
These activities will be carried out mainly at Ispra .
2 . Plutonium and transplutonium elements
*01 amount of 27.90 million u.a . shall be allocated . for this purpose
with an upper limit for staff of 210 Community servants, .{ including
a programme staff of 105 Community servants ). ■
The objectives are as follows :
- Research into the properties of plutoniilm compounds and the phenomena
    affecting these compounds under irradiaton . -        - :!     -
- Research on methods of preparing solid compounds of high-purity
    transplutonium elements and determining certain of their physical
    and physicochemical properties .
These activities will be carried out by the European Institute for
Transuranium Elements at Karlsruhe .
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3.    Materials science
An amount of 10.9 million u.a. shall be allocated for this purpose
with an upper limit for staff of 89 Community servants ( including
a programme ste„ff of 50 Community servants ).
The objectives are as follows :
- Research into lattice defects .
- Research into surface reactions ( interaction of particles and
   surface ).
- Research into mechanical behaviour , the fracture of metals and
   composites ( structure and mechanical properties , physical
   properties , plastic deformation and fracture characteristics ).
- Research into the physical properties of materials at high
   temperature ( solids and liquids ).
These activities will be carried out at Ispra .
4.    Reactor safety
An amount of 27.25 million u.a . shall be allocated for this purpose
with an upper limit for staff of 232 Community servants ( including
a programme staff of 115 Community servants ).
The objectives are as follows :
- Engineering research in connection with catastrophic accidents
   and their prevention .
- Research into thermohydraulic phenomena in the coolant due to
   accidents .
- Preventive detection of failures .
- Reliability studies .
- Reactor dynamics .
These activities will be carried out at Ispra.
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                                                        AMNEX 1 A
5 . Applied data-rpocessing
     A sun of 7.8 million u.a . has "been allocated for this purpose
     with an upper staff limit of 51 Community servants ( including
      a programme staff of 31 )•
      The objectives are as follows :
      - The implementation of appropriate measures with regard to the
          Application Program Library .
      - Research on an integrated system of documentation and automatic
          translation .
      - Systematic calculating aids (CAROUTE modular calculating system,
          special experimental mathematics programming language).
      These activities will "be carried out at Ispra .
 6 . Data Analysis Bureau
       An amount of 6.55 million u.a . shall be allocated for this purpose
       with an upper limit for staff of 51 Community servants (including
       a programme staff of 27 Community servants ).
       The objectives are as follows: three sections covering the
       acquisition, analysis and dissemination of scientific and
       technical information in the field of nuclear reactor shielding
        (ESIS) , integral nuclear data (IMDAC) and" structural mechanics
       ;• linked to reactor technology (ESMIS) .
       These activities will be carried out at Ispra .
   7 . Central Bureau for fluclear Measurements
                                                         " •      %
        An amount of 25.8 million u.a. shall be allocated for this
        purpose with an upper limit for staff of 170 Community servants
         (including a programme staff of 92 Community servants).
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                                               ANNEX 1 A
The objectives are as follows :
- The determination of basic neutron data .
- The carrying out of research in the field of nuclear
   metrology ( measurements on radioactive elements ,
   methods for measuring the isotope composition of elements
   by mass spectrometry , calibration and standardization of
   dosimetry methods ).
- The preparation and specification of samples and nuclear
   reference substances .
These activities will be carried out by the Central Bureau
for Nuclear Measurements at Geel .
8 • Technical aid for nuclear power plant operators
An amount of 7*9 million u.a . shall be allocated for this
purpose with an upper limit for staff of 60 Community ;
servants ( including a programme staff of 23 Community
servants ).
The objectives entail the provision of technical aid in the
following areas :
- water . chemistry ;
- in-reactor inspection and intervention ; ,
- post-irradiation examination of fuel elements ;
- methods of quality control for power plant material and
   equipment , introduction of reference techniques , training
   of local operating staff .
These activities will be carried out at Ispra *
9 « Training
An amount of 1 »9 million u.a* shall be allocated for this
purpose with an upper limit for staff of 15 Community servants
( including a programme staff of 10 ).
This objective will take the form of courses organized by the
JRC designed to provide training in particular techniques as
well as post-graduate and specialized courses .
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10.    Control and management of fissile materials
An amount of 6.90 million u.a. shall be allocated for this purpose ,
with an upper staff limit of 57 Community servants ( including a
programme staff of 27 ).
The objective shall consist of :        1
- systems analysis
- development of destructive and non–destructive methods
- study of fraud-proof sealing and identification techniques .
These activities shall be carried out mainly by the Ispra
Establishment in cooperation with establishments in the Member
States .
11 .   Research under contract
An amount of 2.40 million u.a. shall be allocated for this purpose ,
with an upper staff limit of 17 man-years per year ( including a
programme staff of five man-years per year ).
This objective shall consist of a Commission contribution to the
preparation of work for outside parties carried out by the JRC
against payment .
These activities shall be carried out by the Ispra Establishment .
12 .   Direction and coordination
This heading shall cover the activities of general supervision ,
coordination and management of the Joint Research Centre programmes .
An amount of 10.15 million u.a. shall be allocated to these
activities , the upper limit for personnel at the end of which shall
be 79 employees ( including 55 constituting the management staff
proper ).
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                           NUCL5AR ACTIVITIES
                           nitv " indirect action")
  !• PLUTONIUM REGYCLIIJG
  An amount of 3.620 million u.a, , plus a reserve fund, of
  0,109 million u . a , , shall be allocated to this programme , at
  the end of which there shall be one ( 1 ) employee ."
' This amount is intended to cover expenditure in connection with
  a basic programme as follows :
  The aim of this programme shall be to supply industry with the
  scientific and technical information still lacking to date where
  plutonium recycling is concerned.        Its main lines are :
  – the improvement of knowledge of the heavier isotopes of
    plutonium and its . decay product s §
  – problems of control , safety and health in light-water
    power plants using plutonium fuels5
  – the post-irradiation examination of plutonium fuel element s |
  – problems inherent 'in transport ., either in the raw state or
    in the form of finished fuel elements .                     . r
  The work shall be carried out under research contracts .
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II . ADVAITCED REACTORS
1•         ernperature £?.s ^reactors
An upper limit for research staff of 1 6 employees at the end. of
the programme and an amount of 2,900 million u.a , , plus a reserve
fund of 0.088 million u.a., shall be allocated to this
programme .
                                                   ,          »
The Objective shall consist       of :
( a) an analysis of the problems relating to HTR construction , more
     particularly in association with a working party to be set up
     in collaboration with the firm of EURO-HKG ^
(b) an HTR irradiation programme in the field of graphite ,
     materials and fuels .
2 , rasT^jreactors
An upper limit for research staff of 43 employees at the end of
the programme and an amount of 5.596 million u.a., plus a reserve
fund of 0.168 million u.a . shall be allocated to this programme .
The aim of the Objective shall be the maintenance and redeployment
of personnel seconded under national programmes in exchange for
the dissemination of detailed information oonceming the activities
in fields of interest from the public and from a Community point
of view .
III . MATERIALS TESTING REACTORS
An upper limit of research staff of two employees at the end of the
programme and an amount of 0.271 million u.a ., plus a reserve fund of
0,008 million u.a . shall be allocated to this programme .
The aim of the Objective shall be the establishment of a Coordinating
Committee on materials testing reactors and their associated
installations^    the secretariat shall be provided by the Commission*-
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IV. ÏÏÏAiaTTÏÏG
An upper limit for research staff of nine employees at the end of
the programme and an amount of 6.772 million u.a., plus a reserve
fund of 0.203 million u.a . shall be allocated to this programme .
The aim of the Objective shall be the encouragement of young
scientists and technicians , the promotion of the advanced
training of research scientists and engineers and periodic
refresher courses to update their knowledge in the course of their
professional career , and the transfer to interested quarters of
Community research results by direct participation of scientists
from the Member States in these programmes .
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STANDARDS AND HEFEREWCE SUBSTANCES
(Direct Action- JRC )
A sum of 7.0 million u.a. shall be allocated to this objective ,
and the upper limit for staff shall be 62 Community servants
( including a programme staff of 34 Community servants ).
The objective forms part of a set of Community activities in
the field concerned and includes :
 ( a)   Technical support for the project secretariats investigation
        of needs and the situation in the Community , dissemination
        of information and processing of data.
 (b )   Experimental wo:rk ( chemical analysis f physical and
        technological properties of reference substances )
        in collaboration with the laboratories participating
        in the project .
  (c)   Technical support for the Commission's departments
         ( removal of technical barriers , common customs tariff,
        etc .).
  The experimental work shall be carried out by the Ispra
  Establishment »
 ---pagebreak---                                           ANÏÏEX 2B
STANDARDS AND REPSREÏÏCB SUBST/JTCES
( indirect action)
An amount of 1.849 million u.a. , to which shall he added a reserve
fund of 0.55 million u.a# , shall he allocated to this objective ,
and the upper limit for staff shall he six Community servants .
The Community action programme is designed to strengthen , concentrate ,
harmonize and complement the national efforts in the field of
measurement methods and reference substances .
Activities over the next three years shall he more particularly geared to :
( a) The operation of a permanent secretariat for all the relevant
       activities in the Community .
(b) i . listing and defining of requirements for new certified
          reference substances ( CRS's)f
    ii . technical specification of CRS 's .
   iii . development and preparation of CRS ! s |
    iv. organization of comparison activities ^
     v. Europe-wide certification of the technical characteristics
          of CRS'sj
    vi . approval of the laboratories ooncerned.
The number of projects contemplated is :
   1973 :   5 surveys or studies
           10 laboratory projects
   1974i    5 surveys or studies .
           12 laboratory projects
   1975 :   5 surveys or studies
           16 laboratory projects .
 ---pagebreak--- ENVIROMCEM'AL PROTECTION
(Direct action – JRC )
An amount of 16.1 million u.a . shall "be allocated to this objective ,
and the upper limit for staff shall "be 142 Community servants
( including a programme staff of 75 Community servants ).
The objective forms part of a set of Community activities
and includes :
( a) /jialysis and monitoring (particularly development of a
     mult i detect ion unitf  studies on remote sensing and pollutant
     measurement |    development of a data "bank on chemical products ).
(b) Pathways and effects of pollutants in the environment ,
     ( including studies on bio-indicators of water pollution ,
     genetic toxicity, and biotelemetry of the subacute toxic
     effects on laboratory animals ).
( o) Models and analysis of systems describing ( a) the evolution of
     the eutrophioation of an alpine lake and (b ) atmospheric
     pollution.
( d) Theoretical studies on thermal pollution and water purification
     by catalytic oxidation .
These activities will be carried out by the Ispra Establishment ,
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                 PROTECTION OP THE ENVIRONMENT
                   POLLUTION /iM) NUISANCES
                       ( indirsct action )
An amount of 8.435 million u.a., together with a reserve fund
of 0.253 million u.a., is assigned to this objective , for which
the upper staffing limit is set at six Community servants at the
end of the programme .
                                                       1
The proposed projects fit into the general programme on
environmental matters submitted to the Council by the Commission
and are intended to fill certain gaps in the scientific knowledge
necessary for implementing , whilst providing scientific and
technical back-up for , the pollution-reducing programme .
Although it is recognized that the research requirements can only
be exhaustively identified in the course of carrying out this
Community programme, as a first step a number of projects are
authorized which concern the measurement of pollutants , their
transport in the environment , their effects , and ant i–pollution
technology , subjects which may be considered to be of particular
 interest at the present time .
These projects deal with the following!
 a)    Setting-up of a data bank on chemical substances that are
       liable to pollute the environment .
b)     Noxiousness of lead in the atmosphere.
 c)    Effects on the natural environment of discharges of cooling
       water from thermal , conventional and nuclear power stations .
 ''SEC (72)666 - Communication from the Commission to the Council
  on a European Communities' programme concerning the environment
  - March 1972 .
 ---pagebreak---                                             ANNEX 3B
Epidemiological surveys of the effects of air and water
pollution .
Effects of micropollutants of air and water on man .
Assessment of the ecological effects of water pollutants .
Acoustic nuisances .
Marine pollution .
Remote sensing of atmospheric pollution.
Physical model of the diffusion of atmospheric pollutants
Desulphurization .
Treatment of certain industrial effluents .
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           REMOTE SENSING OF EARTH RESOURCES
                   ( Direct action - JRC )
An amount of 1.35 million u.a. is assigned to this objective ,
for which the upper staffing limit is set at 10 Community
servants ( including a programme staff of four Community
servants ).
This objective consists in work in direct support of the
'Directorates -General of the Commission , for the purpose of
 developing a technique for global analysis of the conditions
 of the soil and its constituents by observation from the air .
 These activities will be carried out by the Ispra Establishment
 in collaboration with the Directorates-General concerned.
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                       usa OF ISPRA I REACTOR
( Support for objectives of the nuclear and non-nuclear programmes )
An amount of 2.8 million u.a . is assigned to this objective , for
which the upper staffing limit is set at 25 Community servants
( including a programme staff of 15 Community servants ),
Tliis objective concerns the use of the Ispra I reactor (at low
power ), mainly for the programmes on long-term energy supplies ,    ' -■
materials science , reference standards and substances , and protection
of the environment .
These activities will be carried out by the Ispra Establishment •
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                          OTHER RESEARCH PROJECTS
 Research programmes to complement the JRC activities nay be ohosen
"by the Council from the following proposals :
 1 . Environnent
The proposed project comprises the folloitfing activities :
 (a ) Increasing the personnel initially provided for in the
        Commission proposal for the data bank concerning chemical . .
        3ubntances_ 111 the ^environmont ( 12 Community servants directly
   ■    assigned to research ).               , .. .   :
 (b ) Participation in a Community project aimed at introducing an
        environmental label (nine Community servants directly assigned
        to research ).
 ( c ) Study of the energy balance and the wat or ut il ization balance
      ; in an urban system ( five Community servants directly assigned
        to research ).
This project thus involves a total of 50 h/year and a budget of
 1.04 million u.a . for 1973 and 5«9 million u.a . for the five years
 in question .
       Standards and reference substances
 The proposed project comprises :
 ( a ) Technical back-up work for Community action relating to the
        removal of technical barriers and to management of the common
        customs tariff ( three Community servants directly assigned to
        research ).
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 (b ) launching of a project dealing with hardness reference substances
       ( two Community servants directly assigned to research ).
This project , thus . involves a total of 9 h/year and a budget of
0.18 million u.a . for 1973 and 1.0 million u.a . for the five years
in question .
3 . Fusion technology
The proposed project comprises :
( a ) A study of. the ; phenomena connected with the interface between -
      plasma and metallic or ceramic walls ( eight Community servants
      directly assigned to research) .
(b ) A study of the properties of lithium and compound gases ( six
      Community servants directly assigned to research ).
( c ) A study of the properties of the structural materials for the
      blanket of a fusion reactor ( vanadium alloys ) ( six Community
      servants directly assigned to research ).
(d) A study on the extraction and monitoring of tritium in liquid
    . metals ( eight Community servants directly assigned to research ).
( e ) Participation in conceptual projects carried out in other
      specialized establishments ( four Community servants directly
      assigned to research ).
This project as a whole will be coordinated by the Advisory Group on
Fusion Technology .        It involves a total of 57 h/year and a budget of
1.32 million u.a . for 1973 and 7«45 million u.a . for the five years
in question .
4 * New technologies
The . project comprises :
( a) A study on real-time Hertzian holography ( feasibility of obtaining
      an image of any metal object enclosed in materials permeable to
      microv.-aves ) ( six Community servants directly assigned to research).
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                                                       ΛΝΝΕΧ 6
  b)   A study of energy transmission by microwaves (might be the
       subject of concerted action jointly with national laboratories )
       ( six Community servants directly assigned to research).
  c)   A study on the utilization' of solar energy -( coupling a
       Stirling engine to a set of mirrors by means of heat pipes 3
 t ^ collaboration with a Dutch firm ( Stirling engine ) and the
       CNRS (France ) for the use of the Odeillo solar furnace )
        (six .Community servants directly assigned to research).
  This project involves a "total of 36 h/year and a budget 'of
  0.83 million u.a. for 1973 and 4.7 million u.a. for the five years
. in question. , .   :• r   ;   '
  5.   Recycling; of basic materials
  The proposed project comprises:' . ' ;'
  a)   A general^ study: of strategies .( statistical studies of long-term
       trends , studies -of cycles of use of materials the known
       resources of which are limited) ( six Community servants
       directly assigned to research ).
 b)"'  A study of the pyrolysis of plastic materials ( five Community
       servants directly assigned to research ).
  0)   A study on the separation of strongly bonded alloy waste ( five
       Community servants directly assigned to research ).
  This project thus involves a total of 32 h/year and a - budget of 0.74
 million u.a. for 1973 and 4.20 million u.a. for the five years in
  question. .                                " ' '
  6.   Materials ( relating to solid-state physics ) ,
 The proposed project comprises fundamental studies on solid–state
 physics , which are considered as the necessary back–up for the applied
 research on materials , listed in Table 1 ( see Project 3 ).
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It is further proposed that a team of eight Community servants
specialized in neutron scattering and diffraction studies "be
seconded to the HFR , Grenoble,        The project oonsists of :
(a) A study on defeots in crystalline solids . and phase transitions
     ( 11 Community servants directly assigned to research),
(b) A study on transport - phenomena in solids and liquids ( 11
     Community servants directly assigned to research ). : :
Thus this project comprises' a total of 50 h/year and a budget of
1.16 million u.a . for 1973 and 6.55 million u.a. for the five years
This is a public service activity to back up the Commission 1 s
activities ,      A committee formed of representatives of the
Directorates-General of the Commission will establish the subjects
in detail ^ and . determine - the priorities .
The project proper comprises several phases - data acquisition and
analysis , the preparation of models , development of computer codes
and calculation methods , study of results obtained ( 12 Community
servants directly assigned to research).
Thus this project comprises a total of 20 h/year and a budget of
0,46 million u.a , for 1973 an& 2.60 million u.a . for the five years
8 , ESSOR loop for safet.v studies
The proposed project covers the construction and commissioning of a
loop in ESSOR , followed, in the last period of the programme , by
its utilization , for safety . studies ,              --  -   -
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The proposed studies include :
( a)  Optimization of emergency cooling systems...
("b)  Experimental melting of fuel rods .
(c )  The dissemination of fission products and methods of■ removing them .
( d)  Overstepping of the permitted power limits for fuel .
                           1 , «   ■ <; ' •... . . .
This project comprises a total of 28 h/year and a budget of 1.24
million u.a. , for 1973 and 10.06 million u;a. for the five years ,
including 5 J 182 million u.a. for construction of the loop and
0,93 million u.a,. for the irradiation costs .
9 . Pul sed neutron sources
In virtue of its experience in the field of pulsed reactor calculations ,
calculations of the neutron flux in moderators , and measurement of
moderator properties , the JRC proposes, to develop the following part
of a study programme on pulsed neutron sources :         - '
( a) Calculations and optimization of core assemblies , reactivity
      modulation system aJid. control.         -           ,
(t>) Study of the various target solutions .
( c ) Reactor/booster coupling study;                            - -
( d) Study of neutron moderators suitable for short-pulse conditions .
This project comprises a total of 23 h/year and a budget of 0.66
million u.a, for 1973 and 3.75 million u.a, for the five years .
1
  If this project is adopted it will be necessary to add to the amount of
  16 million u.a, mentioned in Article 2 of this Decision
5.82 million u.a , for the cost of constructing the Essor loop .
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10 . Data-processjn/^ hardware
(Technical eupport "to the Commission 's departments ) ,
The JRG will contritnrte to the Commission 's promotional work in
this field "by carrying out forward studies on the predictable
evolution of electronic components needed for Gilding computers
and their peripherals .-   This task-will involve the existing JRC
skills and resources in the following fields :
                 Data processing
                 Materials science
                 Solid state physics
                 Electronics ,          <  '
This project involves a total of 5 h/year and a "budget of -
0,12 million u.a, for 1973 and 0.65 million u.a . for the five years .
 ---pagebreak---                            ( Summary list )
                                    Personnel                 Funds
                                   First-line   Total       1973        5 yrs
 1 . Environment                       26        50         1.04        5.90
 2, Standards and reference
     substances                         5         9         0,18        1.00
 3 . Fusion technology                 32        37         1.3?        7.45
 4 . New technologies                  18        36         0.83        4.70
 5 . Recycling of raw materials        16        32         0.74        4.20
 6 . Materials      -               22 + 8*   42 + 8*       1.16        6.55
 7 . Systems analysis                  12        20         0.46        2.60
 8 . Essor loop for safety studies     16        28         1.24      10.06
 9 . Pulsed neutron sources            10        23         0.66        3.75
10 . Data processing – hardware         3         5         0.12        0.65
 *This is a materials programme to be carried out at the Ispra
   Establishment ,    The eight first-line staff shown represent a team
   of physicists who might be seconded to the Grenoble HFR .