EURACT-NMR
Trans-National Access to Unique European Actinide and Radiological Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facilities
| Coordinatore | THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Organization address
address: The Old Schools, Trinity Lane contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | United Kingdom [UK] |
| Totale costo | 634˙415 € |
| EC contributo | 577˙517 € |
| Programma | FP7-EURATOM-FISSION
EURATOM: Nuclear fission and radiation protection |
| Code Call | FP7-Fission-2010 |
| Funding Scheme | CSA-SA |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-02-01 - 2013-09-30 |
Partecipanti
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| 1 |
THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Organization address
address: The Old Schools, Trinity Lane contact info |
UK (CAMBRIDGE) | coordinator | 275˙750.94 |
| 2 |
JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Organization address
address: Rue de la Loi 200 contact info |
BE (BRUSSELS) | participant | 156˙431.00 |
| 3 |
Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie
Organization address
address: Kaiserstrasse 12 contact info |
DE (Karlsruhe) | participant | 133˙971.00 |
| 4 |
COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
Organization address
address: RUE LEBLANC 25 contact info |
FR (PARIS 15) | participant | 11˙365.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
Substantial investment in advance nuclear magnetic resonance facilities has been made to establish the Actinide NMR Centre of Excellence in Karlsruhe between Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and JRC-Institute for Transuranium Elements (ITU). These instruments are in nuclear licensed facilities and are being commissioned for work on highly radioactive samples. This proposal for access to large infrastructure aims to provide European nuclear scientists access to these newly nuclearised modern analytical techniques with 100 days access made available over a two year acccess period. The user programme will be overseen by a Scientific Advisory Committee and an Expert review team that has been asssembled with a previous coordination action. NMR has made several very high profile contributions to actinide science over the last 5 years and this proposal aims to let European scientists use NMR to test their models of the behaviour of nuclear materials from exotic actinide superconductors and oxide nuclear fuels and nuclear waste forms to separations chemistry.
Introduzione (Teaser)
EU funding has provided European scientists with access to advanced facilities to study radioactive particles.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Great strides have recently been made in the study of actinide atoms (extremely heavy radioactive elements such as uranium and plutonium) using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The Karlsruhe Actinide NMR Centre of Excellence (CoE) has been established as a state-of-the-art NMR spectrometer facility to study solid and liquid radioactive materials.
The http://www.euract-nmr.eu (EURACT-NMR) project was designed to provide nuclear researchers across Europe with access to world-class NMR facilities capable of dealing with highly radioactive samples. It was coordinated by the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, and provided 100 days of access to the CoE in each of three research domains over a 2-year period.
EURACT-NMR supported 14 projects of visiting scientists from Belgium, France and the United Kingdom. Seventeen visiting researchers were also supported by the project, including eight PhD students and early-stage researchers.
A final workshop was held to highlight the work of EURACT-NMR researchers. All project participants presented the results of their work at this event.
By opening the doors of an important CoE in actinide NMR research, the project spread knowledge and techniques to other facilities and institutes throughout Europe. The end result is rapid advancement of nuclear fuel development and nuclear waste disposal technologies, leading to enhanced energy security and safety.