European Projects

GUARDIANS

31/03/2026 by

inteGrated Users driven risks Assessment platfoRm for DecIsion mAkers in Nuclear criSis

The GUARDIANS project – inteGrated Users-driven risks Assessment platfoRm for DecIsion mAkers in Nuclear criSis – aims to develop new technologies and strategies to enhance emergency response in nuclear crises. Growing concerns about potential major accidents in nuclear power plants, heightened by current geopolitical tensions, necessitate that EU countries enhance their preparedness and response capabilities. A major reactor accident can lead to widespread contamination across large geographical areas, posing serious risks to public health and necessitating containment efforts and evacuation plans.

GUARDIANS will develop innovative, cost-effective and sustainable technologies and emergency protective measures to assist decision-makers, first responders, and receivers. These include advanced radiological detection technologies (radioactive gas sensors, active dosimeter networks), autonomous drones and robots equipped with radiological measurement capabilities, digital triage and video analysis systems, and new decontamination and medical countermeasure strategies including hydrogels.

All these resources will be integrated into GUARDNET, a web-based decision-support platform built upon existing operational tools, capable of handling real-time data processing, mission-critical operations, and simulation services. GUARDNET will serve as a successful bridge between disaster management systems and radiological/nuclear (RN) oriented Decision Support Systems (DSS), enabling real-time risk assessment and situational awareness during nuclear crisis events.

The project emphasises two major field tests and a systematic assessment of the alignment between population needs and authorities’ response strategies. GUARDIANS aims at accelerating the decision-making process, reducing intervention times, and mitigating the human and environmental impacts through improved protection of populations and infrastructures.

Co-funded by the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Union

The project is co-funded by EU Commission under Horizon Europe (HORIZON.2.3.1) programme.

Starting Date

Ending Date

October 2025

September 2029

The GUARDIANS consortium officially took up work in October 2025. Its kick-off was coordinated by the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), the program’s coordinator. The consortium consists of 22 participants across 11 countries, including research organisations, universities, SMEs, public bodies, and end users such as civil protection and emergency services. A list of consortium members is given below. The project is foreseen to be completed in 48 months, within a budget of approximately EUR 6 million in EU contribution.

Call: HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-05 – Civil Security for Society – Disaster-Resilient Societies
Grant agreement ID: 101225744

Project website:
https://he-guardians.eu/

Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), France

COSTRUZIONI APPARECCHIATURE ELETTRONICHE NUCLEARI CAEN SPA, Italy

ENEA, Italy

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard (UCBL), France

EXTENSEE, France

Service Départemental-Métropolitain d’Incendie et de Secours (SDMIS), France

Croix-Rouge Française, France

National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), GreeceBernard (UCBL), France

Institutt for Energiteknikk (IFE), Norway

Palladin Institute of Biochemistry (PIB), Ukraine

HUN-REN Energiatudomanyi Kutatokozpont (HUNREN), Hungary

Resilience Advisors (Europe) Limited (RAN), Ireland

Estonian Academy of Security Sciences (EASS), Estonia

EURAD-2

15/01/2025 by

European Joins Programme on Radioactive Waste Management

With the European Joint Programme on Radioactive Waste Management EURAD(-1) a step change in European collaboration was envisaged towards safe radioactive waste management (RWM), covering all phases including predisposal and disposal, through the development of a robust and sustained science, technology and knowledge management programme that supports timely implementation of RWM activities and serves to foster mutual understanding and trust between Joint Programme participants.

EURAD-2 builds upon EURAD-1 and PREDIS to further implement a joint strategic programme of research, development and knowledge management activities at the European level, bringing together and complementing EU Member States programmes in order to ensure cutting edge knowledge creation and preservation in view of delivering safe, responsible and publicly acceptable solutions for the management of radioactive waste throughout all programme phases (from “cradle to grave”) across Europe now and in the future.

EURAD-2 will support the implementation of the Waste Directive in EU Member States, taking into account the various stages of advancement of national programmes, the differences in capabilities and inventories.

The main goals are to:
– Support Member States in developing and implementing their national RD&D programmes for the safe long‐term management of their full range of different types of radioactive waste through participation in the RWM Joint Programme;
– Develop and consolidate existing knowledge for the safe start of operation of the first geological disposal facilities for spent fuel, high‐level waste, and other long‐lived radioactive waste, and supporting optimization linked with the stepwise implementation of geological disposal facilities;
– Building on the achievements of EURAD-1 and PREDIS, maintain a knowledge management system that enhances transfer of knowledge between organisations, Member States and generations.

The project is co-funded by EU Commission under Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

Starting Date

Ending Date

October 2024

September 2029

The Consortium is composed of 120 partners from all European countries and consists of Research Institutes, SMEs and Public Bodies. The project is expected to last 59 months with a budget of EUR 34 million.

Call: EURATOM-2023-RADIOWASTE-IBA – Co-funded European partnership on radioactive waste management
Grant agreement ID: 101166718

Project website:
https://www.ejp-eurad.eu/

INSTITUT MINES-TELECOM, France

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES, France

GALENCO SOLUTIONS, France

AGES – OSTERREICHISCHE AGENTUR FUR GESUNDHEIT UND ERNAHRUNGSSICHERHEIT GMBH, Austria

ARAO-AGENCIJA ZA RADIOAKTIVNE ODPADKE LJUBLJANA ZAVOD, Slovenia

BUNDESAMT FÜR DIE SICHERHEIT DER NUKLEAREN ENTSORGUNG, Germany

BEL V, Belgium

BUNDES-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ENDLAGERUNGMBH (BGE), Germany

GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service mbH, Germany

COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, France

ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE, France

ORANO SUPPORT, France

CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS, Spain

UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA, Spain

MERIENCE SCP, Spain

AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, Spain

UNIVERSIDAD DE CASTILLA – LA MANCHA, Spain

UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID, Spain

UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID, Spain

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS, France

UNIVERSITE DE LORRAINE, France

ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE D’ARTS ET METIERS. France

CENTRALE LILLE INSTITUT, France

UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER, France

UNIVERSITE DE POITIERS, France

INSTITUT MINES-TELECOM, France

ECOLE NATIONALE DES PONTS ET CHAUSSEES, France

UNIVERSITE D’ORLEANS, France

UUNIVERSITE DE LILLE, France

CENTRALE ORGANISATIE VOOR RADIOACTIEF AFVAL NV, Netherlands

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT, Netherlands

CENTRUM VYZKUMU REZ SRO, Czechia

TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V LIBERCI, Czechia

VYSOKA SKOLA CHEMICKO-TECHNOLOGICKA V PRAZE, Czechia

CESKE VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V PRAZE, Czechia

Institute of Geonics of the AS CR, v.v.i., Czechia

UNIVERZITA KARLOVA, Czechia

UJV REZ AS, Czechia

DANSK DEKOMMISSIONERING, Denmark

DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, Denmark

Hungarian Academy Of Sciences Centr For Energy Research, Hungary — HUN-REN ENERGIATUDOMANYI KUTATOKOZPONT, Hungary

RADIOOKOLOGIAI TISZTASAGERT TARSADALMI SZERVEZET, Hungary

ENEA, Italy

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PARMA, Italy

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PISA, Italy

COSTRUZIONI APPARECCHIATURE ELETTRONICHE NUCLEARI CAEN SPA, Italy

POLITECNICO DI MILANO, Italy

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA, Italy

EMPRESA NACIONAL DE RESIDUOS RADIOACTIVOS SA, Spain

UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA, Spain

CENTRE INTERNACIONAL DE METODES NUMERICS EN ENGINYERIA, Spain

FUNDACIO EURECAT, Spain

UNIVERSIDADE DA CORUNA, Spain

UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA, Spain

INGECID, INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO DE PROYECTOS SOCIEDAD LIMITADA, Spain

VALSTYBINIS MOKSLINIU TYRIMU INSTITUTAS FIZINIU IR TECHNOLOGIJOS MOKSLU CENTRAS, Lithuania

FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH, Germany

HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH – UFZ, Germany

HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM POTSDAM DEUTSCHES GEOFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GFZ, Germany

HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM DRESDEN-ROSSENDORF EV, Germany

GEOLOGICHESKI INSTITUT PRI BAN ST.DIMITROV, Bulgaria

INSTYTUT CHEMII I TECHNIKI JADROWEJ, Poland

UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI, Poland

INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SURETE NUCLEAIRE, France

CENTRE D’ETUDE SUR L’EVALUATION DE LA PROTECTION DANS LE DOMAINE NUCLEAIRE, France

NUCLEAR TRANSPARENCY WATCH, France

ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES MINES DE PARIS, France

IST-ID ASSOCIACAO DO INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO PARA A INVESTIGACAO E O DESENVOLVIMENTO, Portugal

UE Commission — JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Belgium

INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN, Slovenia

ZAVOD ZA GRADBENISTVO SLOVENIJE, Slovenia

Elektroinstitut Milan Vidmar, Slovenia

NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER KHARKOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY, Ukraine

https://www.kipt.kharkov.ua/en/

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ENERGORISK, Ukraine

KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE, Germany

BUNDESANSTALT FUER GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, Germany

https://www.bgr.bund.de/DE/Home/homepage_node.html

AMPHOS 21 CONSULTING SL, Spain

BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG, Germany

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG, Germany

GESELLSCHAFT FUR ANLAGEN UND REAKTORSICHERHEIT (GRS) gGmbH, Germany

GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAET HANNOVER, Germany

KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN, Sweden

LIETUVOS ENERGETIKOS INSTITUTAS, Lituania

NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “DEMOKRITOS”, Greece

DMT GmbH & CO. KG, Germany

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING SEIBERSDORF GMBH, Austria

https://www.nes.at/en/

NATIONALE INSTELLING VOOR RADIOACTIEF AFVAL EN VERRIJKTE SPLIJSTOFFEN, Belgium

UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE, Belgium

European Underground Research Infrastructure for Disposal of Nuclear Waste in Clay Environment, Belgium

NARODNY JADROVY FOND, Slovakia

NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY GROUP, Netherlands

ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION, Greece

http://old.ntua.gr/history_en.html

POSIVA OY, Finland

TEOLLISUUDEN VOIMA OYJ, Finland

RADIOAKTIV HULLADEKOKAT KEZELO KOZHASZNU NONPROFIT KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG, Hungary

REGIA AUTONOMA TEHNOLOGII PENTRU ENERGIA NUCLEARA – RATEN, Romania

STUDIECENTRUM VOOR KERNENERGIE / CENTRE D’ETUDE DE L’ENERGIE NUCLEAIRE, Belgium

TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING S.A., Belgium

INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE, Ukraine

SVENSK KARNBRANSLEHANTERING AKTIEBOLAG, Sweden

CLAY TECHNOLOGY AB, Sweden

SOCIETA’ GESTIONE IMPIANTI NUCLEARI PER AZIONI, Italy

STRALSAKERHETSMYNDIGHETEN, Sweden

STATE ENTERPRISE “STATE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CENTER FOR NUCLEAR AND RADIATION SAFETY”, Ukraine

SLOVENSKA TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V BRATISLAVE, Slovakia

Radioactive Waste Repository Authority, Czechia

STATNI USTAV RADIACNI OCHRANY v.v.i., Czechia

NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, Netherlands

TS ENERCON MERNOKIRODA KFT, Hungary

WSP HUNGARY CONSULTING ZARTKORUENMUKODO RESZVENYTARSASAG, Hungary

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA, Bulgaria

HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO, Finland

GEOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS, Finland

MITTA ENGINEERING OY, Finland

JYVASKYLAN YLIOPISTO, Finland

CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB, Sweden

TARTU ULIKOOL, Estonia

TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, Finland

EIDGENOSSISCHE MATERIALPRUFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT, Switzerland

ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE, Switzerland

GALSON SCIENCES LIMITED, UK

Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan

INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK, Norway

IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE, United Kingdom

https://www.imperial.ac.uk

Jacobs Clean Energy Limited, United Kingdom

KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, South Korea

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Energy Geosciences Division, United States

NATIONALE GENOSSENSCHAFT FUER DIE LAGERUNG RADIOAKTIVER ABFAELLE, Switzerland

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/radioactive-waste-management

NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY LIMITED, United Kingdom

RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED, United Kingdom

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/radioactive-waste-management-rwm-about-us

PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT, Switzerland

https://www.psi.ch/en

Sandia Corporation, United States

UNIVERSITAET BERN, Switzerland

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, United Kingdom

University of Manchester — THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, United Kingdom

UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER, United Kingdom

UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE, United Kingdom

UNITED KINGDOM RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, United Kingdom

BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE NON PROFIT CORPORATION, United States

https://www.battelle.org/

UT BATTELLE LLC, United States

XS-ABILITY

15/01/2025 by

Accessing hard-to-reach areas with Advanced and Breakthrough Innovation for reliable In-situ characterization of a facility

The XS-ABILITY project aims to develop advanced robotic solutions by embedding various types of sensors to address remaining challenges in D&D as remote and mobile investigation of hard-to-access areas and difficult-to-measure radionuclides characterization, in innovative, safe and cost-effective ways. The project innovations are related to nuclear instrumentation (accurate and compact sensors), their integration onto robotic platforms as well as Data-driven (through IA algorithms) robot fleet management by considering accuracy, compactness, automation, and cost-efficient aspects.

To achieve this goal, the consortium will develop all the necessary subcomponents. The demonstration will be achieved by integrating all the XS-ABILITY developments and testing (mainly in indoor environment) throughout use cases scenarios on real D&D facilities to assess in-situ performances and to acquire data in real experimental conditions.
The consortium behind XS-ABILITY is a unique combination of cross-functional experts from nuclear instrumentation, robotic and artificial intelligence (AI) fields. It consists of 8 partners from 7 EU countries, including 4 RTO (CEA, IFE, VTT, SCK), 2 SME (CAEN, FLY), 1 industrial company (SIGM) and 1 association (DEV) representative of the whole value chain. Workshops with stakeholders will be organized in order to guide the XS-ABILITY consortium during the project’s main steps.

The innovative solutions provided by the project will be exploited in Dismantling & Decommissioning, Nuclear Power Plant Monitoring & Maintenance market, sensor and CBRN-E defense markets. The enhanced knowledge generated will be disseminated to all these stakeholders according to the D&E&C measures defined. Furthermore, on the basis of the project demonstrations, guidelines covering multi-robot systems behaviour in indoor environment, data collection protocols as well as best practice harmonization will be developed showing how to effectively deploy in real D&D scenarios.

The project is co-funded by EU Commission under Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

Starting Date

Ending Date

October 2024

October 2027

The XS-Ability Consortium is composed of 8 partners from 7 European countries and consists of Research Institutes, SMEs and Public Bodies. The project is expected to last 36 months with a budget of EUR 2.1 million.

Call: HORIZON-EURATOM-2023-NRT-01-07 – Innovative technologies for safety and excellence in decommissioning, including robotics and artificial intelligence
Grant agreement ID: 101166392

Project website:
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101166392

COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, France

TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, Finland

SIGMA INGEGNERIA SRL, Italy

STUDIECENTRUM VOOR KERNENERGIE / CENTRE D’ETUDE DE L’ENERGIE NUCLEAIRE, Belgium

INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK, Norway

FLYABILITY SA, Switzerland

COSTRUZIONI APPARECCHIATURE ELETTRONICHE NUCLEARI CAEN SPA, Italy

FUNDACION DEVELOPIA, Spain

HARPERS

04/12/2024 by

Harmonised Practices, Regulations and Standards in waste management and decommissioning

The HORIZON-EURATOM project aims to establish and clarify the benefits and added value of more aligned and harmonised regulations and standards for prioritised topics related to decommissioning and initial phases of radioactive waste handling, including shared processing facilities between Member States (MS).

The project has a two-phase approach: first engaging with Stakeholders to assess needs and pros/cons for harmonisation and identify priority areas for deeper analysis (WP2). The second phase will pursue deeper engagement with Stakeholders to further assess the highest ranked priority areas in Work Packages (WP) focusing on (i) cross border services and cooperation (WP3), (ii) circular economy (WP4), and (iii) advanced technologies (WP5).
These WPs will review (inter)national practices, capture lessons learned, and assess opportunities. WP6 on Regulatory Framework will identify regulatory differences between MS and evaluate strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats associated with harmonisation, while quantifying the benefits of aligned regulations and proposing harmonisation methodologies.

The project will:

Support coordination between Stakeholders
Enhance existing commitments to facilitate sharing and exchange of knowledge and experience
Develop strategies for shared treatment and storage facilities
Cross border services and cooperation, and explore additional mechanisms to build capacity in MS
Assess and clarify the benefits and any disadvantages of harmonisation
Deliver S&T-based solutions and share best practices by engaging and supporting coordination between different actors through the TSOs and regulators
Define conditions and opportunities of a high safety circular economy

The project is co-funded by EU Commission under Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

Starting Date

Ending Date

June 2022

May 2025

The action will reinforce the activities of the EURAD, PREDIS, and SHARE projects, while encompassing MS national programs and the wider European Community, including i.e. ERDO, ENSREG, WENRA, IAEA, OECD NEA, IGDTP, SNETP, DigiDecom.

Lietuvos Energetikos Insitutas

TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING S.A., Belgium

JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Belgium

Caen SpA, Italy

GESELLSCHAFT FUR ANLAGEN UND REAKTORSICHERHEIT (GRS) gGmbH, Germany

COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES, France

ORANO DEMANTELEMENT, France

STATNI USTAV RADIACNI OCHRANY v.v.i., Czechia

AMPHOS 21 CONSULTING SL, Spain

STUDIECENTRUM VOOR KERNENERGIE / CENTRE D’ETUDE DE L’ENERGIE NUCLEAIRE, Belgium

STUDSVIK WASTE MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY AKTIEBOLAG, Sweden

UJV REZ AS, Czechia

REGIA AUTONOMA TEHNOLOGII PENTRU ENERGIA NUCLEARA – RATEN, Romania

CENTRE D’ETUDE SUR L’EVALUATION DE LA PROTECTION DANS LE DOMAINE NUCLEAIRE, France

ENEA, Italy

Cyclife Sweden AB, Sweden

INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SURETE NUCLEAIRE, France

TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, Finland

BEL V, Belgium

NUCLECO SOCIETA PER L’ECOINGEGNERIA NUCLEARE SOCIETA PER AZIONI, Italy

JADROVA A VYRADOVACIA SPOLOCNOST AS, Slovakia

AGENCE NATIONALE POUR LA GESTION DES DECHETS RADIOACTIFS, France

SilentBorder

02/12/2024 by

Cosmic Ray Tomograph for Identification of Hazardous and Illegal Goods hidden in Trucks and Sea Containers

Our goal is to develop and validate a new high-technology cosmic ray tomography (CRT) scanner for border guard, customs and law enforcement authorities (LEAs); alongside a novel and compact system to detect special nuclear material (SNM) during transit.

The new scanner enables safe and fast screening, detection and identification of hazardous and illegal goods, contraband as well as hidden persons in up to 20’ iso containers.

The novel scanner and SNM detector will fill the gap in security scanning where widely used conventional x-ray scanners are inefficient for fast scanning of high thickness goods filling the intermodal shipping containers. The scanner will outperform existing systems based on cosmic rays by implementing high performance novel algorithms combined with artificial intelligence for materials and SNM identification and application of cost-effective approach for construction the system to make its price attractive for wide pre-placement of existing x-ray scanners; addressing operative scenarios beyond the current technological research.

The novel system will compete with the widely used conventional x-ray scanners systems to provide an alternative to the inherent technological shortcomings. For example, use of hazardous artificial ionizing radiation, insensitive to elemental composition, impermeable through thick or dense materials, imaging blurring in the pile of materials. And as a result, provide a tomographic, elemental sensitive material classification system. It will allow automated detection of illegal goods, including drugs, explosives, weapons, hidden tobacco and alcohol products as well heavily shielded or masked nuclear material. After field tests the new tomography scanner will be ready for product development and commercialization. After the project, it is envisioned to scale system to accommodate truck and train car sized objects.

The project is co-funded by EU Commission under Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme

Starting date

Ending date

May 2021

December 2025

Call: SU-BES02-2018-2019-2020 – Technologies to enhance border and external security

SU-BES02-2018-2019-2020 – Technologies to enhance border and external security
Grant agreement ID: 101021812
Topic(s)

The SIlentBorder Consortium is composed of 10 partners from 8 European countries and consists of Research Institutes, SMEs and Public Bodies. The project is expected to last 48 months with a budget of EUR 7.5 million.

Project website:
https://silentborder.eu/our-partners/

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Germany

UCL – Université Catholique De Louvain, France

UT – University of Tartu, Estonia

SGS – Société Générale De Surveillance SA, France

CAEN – Costruzione Apparecchiature Elettroniche Nucleari CAEN Spa, Italy

GScan, EU

TULLI (Finish Customs), Finland

DGCE (Directorate General of Customs Enforcement, Ministry of Trade of Turkey), Turkey

ETCB (Estonian Tax and Customs Board), Estonia

CLEANDEM

02/12/2024 by

Cyber physicaL Equipment for unmAnned Nuclear DEcommissioning Measurements

The CLEANDEM project, with its collaboration of 11 partners from 4 EU countries, proposes a technological breakthrough associated to various dismantling and decommissioning (D&D) operational steps with an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) Platform.
The CLEANDEM strategy will be based on innovative detection technology systems that will constitute a toolbox for equipping an intelligent robotic platform for fully remote operations. The pre-identified technologies are low-cost sensor.

The CLEANDEM project, with its collaboration of 11 partners from 4 different EU countries, proposes a technological breakthrough for dismantling and decommissioning (D&D) operations of nuclear sites, employing an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) Platform equipped with innovative radiological sensing probes. The aim of the project is to deliver a cyber physical system which will support the endusers’ operations, initially performing a radiological assessment of the area and then monitoring D&D operations throughout the final characterization of the plant. This will result in a 3D and fully detailed digital twin of the surveyed area augmented with radiological information provided by the sensors, thus enabling an efficient and effective planning of the dismantling actions and optimizing the nuclear waste sorting for reprocessing or for delivery to the final storage.

Targeted impacts of the UGV Platform are to: save time, drastically reduce costs, minimize human intervention, improve workers and population safety and be greener; all of those driving the project execution to match the stakeholders’ expectation. The effectiveness of the UGV Platform will be assessed in an extensive testing and validation campaign that will be performed in laboratories, in simulated environment and finally on the field.

A demonstration event in a real nuclear site, involving all project partners and external stakeholders, will conclude the three years project activities opening for further exploitation in the D&D market.

The project is co-funded by EU Commission under Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme

Starting date

Ending date

March 2021

February 2024

The CLEANDEM Consortium is composed of 11 partners from 4 European countries and consists of Research Institutes, SMEs and Public Bodies. The project is expected to last 36 months with a budget of EUR 3.5 million.

Project website:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cleandem-project/about/

CEA, France

AACHEN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR TRAINING GMBH (AINT), Germany

AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE, Italy

ANSALDO NUCLEARE SPA, Italy

ARTTIC, France

COSTRUZIONI APPARECCHIATURE ELETTRONICHE NUCLEARI CAEN Spa, Italy

FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, Spain

ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI FISICA NUCLEARE, Italy

Orano, France

Società Gestione Impianti Nucleari per Azioni, Italy

GUARDIANS

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GUARDIANS

inteGrated Users driven risks Assessment platfoRm for DecIsion mAkers in Nuclear criSis

EURAD-2

European Joins Programme on Radioactive Waste Management

XS-ABILITY

Accessing hard-to-reach areas with Advanced and Breakthrough Innovation for reliable In-situ characterization of a facility

HARPERS

Harmonised Practices, Regulations and Standards in waste management and decommissioning

SilentBorder

Cosmic Ray Tomograph for Identification of Hazardous and Illegal Goods hidden in Trucks and Sea Containers

CLEANDEM

Cyber physicaL Equipment for unmAnned Nuclear DEcommissioning Measurements

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inteGrated Users driven risks Assessment platfoRm for DecIsion mAkers in Nuclear criSis

European Joins Programme on Radioactive Waste Management

Accessing hard-to-reach areas with Advanced and Breakthrough Innovation for reliable In-situ characterization of a facility

Harmonised Practices, Regulations and Standards in waste management and decommissioning

Cosmic Ray Tomograph for Identification of Hazardous and Illegal Goods hidden in Trucks and Sea Containers

Cyber physicaL Equipment for unmAnned Nuclear DEcommissioning Measurements

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