Partners

Electricité de France SA (EDF)

Electricité de France (EDF) was set up in 1946 out of the desire to have a national electrical utility that could help rebuild the country after the Second World War. Since its creation, the company has had the responsibility for generating, transmitting, and distributing electricity in France.

Studiecentrum voor Kernenrgie- Centre d’Etudes de l’Energie Nucléaire (SCK.CEN)

The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK•CEN, was created in 1952. SCK•CEN is a foundation of public utility with a legal status according to private law, under the tutorial of the Belgian Federal Minister in charge of energy. More than 600 employees realize a turn-over of 80 M€.

Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA)

The CEA is the French Atomic Energy Commission (Commissariat à l'Energie atomique), a public body established in October 1945. A leader in research, development and innovation, the CEA mission statement has two main objectives: to become the leading technological research organization in Europe and to ensure that the nuclear deterrent remains effective in the future. The CEA is active in three main fields: energy, information and health technologies, and defense and national security. In each of these fields, the CEA maintains a cross-disciplinary culture of engineers and researchers, building on the synergies between fundamental and technological research. In 2007, the total CEA workforce consisted of about 15,000 employees, 1,000 PhD students and 300 post-docs.

SERCO Ltd. (SERCO)

Serco Technical and Assurance Services (formerly Serco Assurance) is a division of Serco Limited, which in turn is a subsidiary of Serco Group plc. Serco Group plc employs more than 40,000 staff worldwide. A large part of TAS was originally part of UKAEA and then AEA Technology plc, and it has over 40 years’ experience in the nuclear industry, both in the UK and overseas, as a leading supplier of independent safety, risk management and engineering services. TAS employs over 700 staff, the majority of whom are scientists and engineers educated to first degree level (and above).

Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas, Medioambientales y Tecnologicas (CIEMAT)

The CIEMAT, an Organism of the Ministry of Education and Science, is a Public Research Agency for excellence in energy and environment, as well as in many vanguard technologies and in various areas of fundamental research. Since its creation in 1951, then as the JEN, and since 1986 as the CIEMAT, it has been carrying out research and technological development projects, serving as a reference for technical representation of Spain in international forums, and advising government on matters within its scope.

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

The CNRS, "Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique"  (French National Centre for Scientific Research)  is a public organisation for scientific and technological research and is under the authority of the French Ministry for Research.

AREVA NP SAS (ANP-F)

With manufacturing facilities in 40 countries and a sales network in more than 100, AREVA offers customers reliable technological solutions for CO2-free power generation and electricity transmission and distribution. AREVA is the world leader in nuclear power and the only company to cover all industrial activities in this field. Around 58,000 employees are committed to continuous improvement on a daily basis, making sustainable development the focal point of the group's industrial strategy.

AREVA NP GmbH (ANP-G)

AREVA NP (former Framatome ANP) is an AREVA group company dedicated to the design and construction of nuclear power plants and research reactors, engineering, instrumentation & control, modernization the maintenance and repair services, components manufacture and supply of nuclear fuel. Headquartered in Paris with regional subsidiaries in the U.S. and Germany, AREVA NP has a total workforce of 14,200 employees and is active in Eastern and Western Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa. In the company, AREVA has a 66% stake and Siemens 34%.

Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus (VTT)

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is an impartial multidisciplinary research expert organisation. VTT´s special strength is its ability to create new technologies, create new innovations by combining knowledge and expertise in different fields. With its comprehensive know how VTT produces research, development, testing and information services to public sector and companies as well as international organisations.

Nuclear Research Institute Rez plc (NRI)

NRI is a research institute founded in 1955 as an institute of Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, in 1993 was privatized. The institute deals with safety and reliability of nuclear facilities, including reactor and neutron physics, thermal-hydraulics, radiation chemistry, material research, environment protection, dosimetry and waste management. The institute also operates a 15 MW research reactor LVR-15 and performs irradiation in rigs and loops. Reactor metallurgy including radiation damage as well as corrosion studies started in the institute already in 1960, activities are now concentrated mainly on VVER materials.

Rolls-Royce Power Engineering Plc (Rolls-Royce)

Rolls-Royce Power Engineering plc has had forty years experience in the nuclear energy field, and has been responsible for the design, the procurement and the provision of safety justifications for over 30 reactor plant. The company has been responsible for a number of programmes of work to develop data and understanding of irradiation damage, and to produce irradiation shift models. It has been involved in collaborative projects in this field within Europe, and internationally, for many years.

Tractebel Engineering (TRACTEBEL)

Tractebel Engineering, a division of SUEZ-Tractebel, is an Architect-Engineer and Consulting Engineer. It is active in the fields of power generation, transmission and distribution. The activities cover the full range of engineering, from feasibility studies to engineering, procurement and construction contracts, including operational support services and consultancy, in the domains of fossil-fired power generation plants, nuclear power stations and installations, power networks and energy services.

Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. (FZD)

FZD is a non-profit scientific organisation funded by German Federal and Saxonian Authorities and a member institute of the ”Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft G. W. Leibniz”. The application-oriented basic research is focused on three major research topics: advanced materials research, cancer research, and nuclear safety research. Around 650 people are employed at FZD. FZD consists of a number of 6 institutes, of which the Institute of Safety Research is contributing to the PERFORM 60 project. The institute conducts application-oriented basic research for the protection of human being and environment from technical risks and for improvement in the sustainability of technical processes.

Association pour la Recherche et le Développement des Méthodes et Processus Industriels (ARMINES)

Armines is a non-profit association of around 470 people with a public-interest mission which rules the contract research of the over 60 research laboratories of the Ecoles des Mines network.

BG H2 Society (BGH2)

BG H2 Society is a volunteer, independent, non-governmental formation, registered under the Law on the Non-profit Corporate Bodies, which uses the civil and public principles, integrating leading scientists with legislators, authorities, managers, and sponsors to help incorporate the scientific and technological progress in the field of the advanced energy technologies.

The University of Manchester (UNIMAN)

The University of Manchester was created in 2004 by bringing together The Victoria University of Manchester and UMIST, two of Britain's most distinguished universities.

Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

The Université Libre de Bruxelles is the Free French-speaking University of Brussels (www.ulb.ac.be). ULB leads research activities at an international level - from fundamental research to applied R&D projects and socio-economic studies.

Loughborough University (LOUGH)

Loughborough University dates from 1909, when a small Technical Institute was established to provide local facilities for further education and offered courses in technical subjects, science and art from these humble beginnings on 19 April 1966 Loughborough University of Technology became Britain’s first technological university.

The University of Edinburgh (UEDIN)

The University of Edinburgh is over 400 years old and is one of the largest in the UK. It is Scotland's premier research University and graded among the top British Universities in the recent national Research Assessment Exercise. It has over 2000 academic staff, a student population of some 20,000 and an annual research income of around 171million Euros.

Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC)

The ‘Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya’ (UPC) is a public institution dedicated to higher education and research that specialises in the fields of architecture, science and engineering. It is organized in 41 Departments and 4 research institutes (Energy Technology, Industrial and Control Engineering, Robotics and Industrial Informatics, Textile research). It has over 30.000 students and 2700 academic staff.